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Digging below the surface 25 Mar 2015
Racism at Rhodes, Cecil's statue at UCT I completed my undergraduate studies at Rhodes University five years ago, before I transferred to University of Cape Town to pursue my Honours degree in Information Systems. I must admit, I owe these two institutions prodigious gratitude but the recent developments leave me disappointed, writes Phumlani M UMajozi. 24 Mar 2015
Podcast: The Daily Maverick Show 24 March CliffCentral Podcast: Together with Daily Maverick assistant editor Ranjeni Munusamy and talk show host Gushwell Brooks, CliffCentral's Kingsley Kipury touches on three contentious topics – firstly "Rhodes must fall", secondly Chabane's passing and thirdly the Hawks judgement. 24 Mar 2015
The Rhodes to introspection The #RhodesMustFall campaign provides an opportunity to interrogate how South Africa should be dealing with its colonial and apartheid past, argues Pierre de Vos, who holds the Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance at UCT. This article first appeared in the Daily Maverick on 25 March 2015. 24 Mar 2015
Danger of 'rationalist conceit' Assoc Prof Xolela Mangcu asks the academy to listen to student voices and transform a potentially volatile moment in history into a creative one. This article appeared in the Cape Times on 25 March 2015. 24 Mar 2015
Marlene van Niekerk among Man Booker International finalists 24 Mar 2015
The big racial divide: Rhodes statue Noluvuyo Mpekelana, an information systems student at UCT and founder of Inside Out Mentors , a non-profit organisation dedicated to educating young girls and encouraging them to have an entrepreneurial mindset, speaks up about how she's experienced the last two weeks' worth of debate and protest on campus. 24 Mar 2015
Tribute to physics' luminary Perez 24 Mar 2015
Black academics support #RhodesMustFall campaign TransformUCT, a grouping of black academics from different departments and faculties at UCT, stands in solidarity with students in the #RhodesMustFall campaign and the removal of the statue. 24 Mar 2015
From the VC's Desk: Progress in discussing the removal of Rhodes statue 24 Mar 2015
Ask an expert: SONA – politics as theatre 24 Mar 2015
UCT alumni shine at Fleur du Cap 24 Mar 2015
Make your voice heard on #TransformUCT 23 Mar 2015
Denny heads new national gynaecological cancer centre 23 Mar 2015
UCT graduates prepare for Beijing 23 Mar 2015
Major neurosciences initiative launched at UCT and Groote Schuur 23 Mar 2015
Until the lion has its own storyteller 23 Mar 2015
Students continue peaceful occupation of Bremner 23 Mar 2015
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