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How to add the #UCTCOVIDPledge stickers to your Facebook story You can easily add UCT COVID-19 pledge stickers to your Facebook story following these easy instructions. 23 Aug 2021
Message from the Chancellor to the UCT community On behalf of the University of Cape Town (UCT), in celebration of Women’s Month, Chancellor Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe commends women for their remarkable achievements. 17 Aug 2021
UCT Womxn’s Day Celebration Event The 2021 virtual Women’s Day event honoured UCT’s exceptional women, celebrating their work and featuring research by For Womxn By Womxn research grant recipients. 16 Aug 2021
UCT staff receive the Covid-19 vaccine at the Pinelands vaccination site UCT staff members who are 35 and older received the Covid-19 vaccine at the Pinelands Emergency Medical Services vaccination site. 16 Aug 2021
UCT Women’s Day Celebration Event This year’s virtual Women’s Day event celebrated the womxn of UCT by highlighting their research on gender-based violence, contraception, HIV risk and building capacity in the field of oceanography. 17 Aug 2020
UCT Celebrates Women’s Day with a ‘Womxn Power Medley’ by The Kamva Quintet UCT’s virtual Women’s Month celebration included a stellar performance by The Kamva Quintet featuring Lana Crowster. 14 Aug 2020
Hebert Gumbi wins UCT’s Stella Clark Teachers’ Award 2020 The University of Cape Town (UCT) hosted its annual Stella Clark Teachers Award ceremony virtually, on 4 August 2020. Award winner, Mr Hebert Muzi Gumbi. 13 Aug 2020
Celebrating the UCT women spearheading the fight against COVID-19 The University of Cape Town (UCT) celebrates 5 women who are making strides in the fight against COVID-19 in their respective fields. 13 Aug 2020
Economic inequality and academic freedom discussed at the TB Davie Memorial Lecture 2020 The 54th TB Davie Memorial Lecture, delivered by Cornell University’s Professor Ravi Kanbur, explored the implications of rising inequality for academic freedom. It was hosted virtually on 5 August 2020. 05 Aug 2020
Undergraduate student mobility: are virtual experiences a realistic substitute? The third conversation in UCT's series of digital events aimed at reimagining the new global university took place on Monday 27 July 2020. 03 Aug 2020
Viewpoints | Conversation #3: Undergraduate student mobility Are virtual experiences a realistic substitute? Here we listen to some opinions on the sudden shift to virtual environments and how this impacts the student experience. 03 Aug 2020
UCT community holds silent protest against gender-based violence Hundreds of UCT students and staff participated in a silent protest on campus against gender-based violence on 2 August 2019. 26 Aug 2019
Education and the complex shadow of our unjust past Professor Thuli Madonsela, Law Faculty Trust Chair for Social Justice and law professor at Stellenbosch University, delivered the Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture on Wednesday, 21 August 2019. 22 Aug 2019
Inaugural Lecture: Professor Adam Haupt On 31 July, Professor Adam Haupt presented a Vice-Chancellor's Inaugural Lecture: “Why does ‘success’ continue to elude contemporary Africa?”. 22 Aug 2019
2019 TB Davie Memorial Lecture The 2019 TB Davie Memorial Lecture was presented by Dr Steven Salaita – a Palestinian-American scholar, author and public speaker, on 7 August 2019. 21 Aug 2019
UCT celebrates women For Women’s Month, the university’s focus is on celebrating womxn and womxn’s achievements. 08 Aug 2019
UCT launches pioneering TB and HIV research site in Khayelitsha The Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa – CIDRI-Africa – extended clinical research site has been launched in Khayelitsha in Cape Town. 01 Aug 2019
Primo On The Go is live! UCT’s new Primo multi-platform search tool, which has been likened to a 21st-century mining tool, invites students and staff to a whole new world of knowledge. 29 Aug 2018
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