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Financial update: UCT receives clean audit opinion
Following the University of Cape Town (UCT) Council meeting held on 13 June 2026, I would like to share a brief update on the university’s financial position, based on the Annual Financial Statements (AFS) for the year ended 31 December 2025 and the management accounts for the period ended 30 April 2026.
14 Jul 2026
Geoengineering alone won’t save Africa from deadly heat, UCT study finds
A new study led by researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) found that stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) – a technology designed to cool the planet by reflecting sunlight into space – could substantially reduce Africa’s soaring temperatures, but it would not be enough to shield the continent from the growing risks of heat stress.
14 Jul 2026
Media release
UCT helps South Africa defend CUCSA championship title
University of Cape Town (UCT) staff and students recently played a pivotal role in helping Team South Africa retain the 2026 Confederation of Universities and Colleges Sports Association (CUCSA) games title, with UCT officials leading the national delegation and coaching championship-winning teams in Botswana.
14 Jul 2026
Media release
UCT professor shines light on fertility crisis in new documentary
As fertility rates continue to decline worldwide and an estimated one in six people experience infertility during their lifetime, a University of Cape Town (UCT) academic is helping to bring greater attention to one of the emerging environmental factors linked to reproductive health.
14 Jul 2026
Media release
Parenting programmes reduce violence against teenage girls by over 60% – UCT study
A University of Cape Town (UCT) study in collaboration with the University of Oxford has found that parenting programmes, when delivered at scale, cut physical abuse against girls by 65% and emotional abuse by 59%. Published in the journal BMJ Global Health , the study was conducted in eight African countries.
14 Jul 2026
Media release
UCT hotel earns top sustainability international recognition
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has strengthened its commitment to environmental sustainability after its Protea Hotel by Marriott Breakwater Lodge received the internationally recognised Green Key certification.
13 Jul 2026
Media release
Apho imilambo engcolisekileyo idibana khona
IHabhu yaManzi ephantsi kweFuture Water Institute yase-UCT, iguqula amanzi amdaka, inkunkuma kunye neendawo ezazilahliwe; yaye iye yaba yindawo ephilayo yophando nokuziqhelanisa nokuzinza, ukuvelisa izinto ezintsha, kunye notshintsho kwezentlalo.
13 Jul 2026
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