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Remembering SS Mendi 13 Feb 2017
What South Africa can do about youth unemployment in the short run South Africa’s youth unemployment rates are now considered to be chronic. 10 Feb 2017
Alive and kicking: ICA's live art festival The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) presents an array of thought-provoking live art events in its third ICA Live Art Festival. 10 Feb 2017
BRICS wants to set up an alternative rating agency. Why it may not work The idea of establishing an alternative credit rating agency led by the BRICS bloc of countries is gaining momentum . 10 Feb 2017
UCT alumnus at opening of parliament 10 Feb 2017
Nepotism, corruption and state capture: the real state of the nation Sipho Pityana, UCT’s Chair of Council and convener of Save South Africa, delivered the keynote address at the “real state of the nation (SONA)” event at St George’s Cathedral on 8 February and outlined the hard truths that he says will not be owned by the state's premier during his 2017 SONA address. 09 Feb 2017
Award-winning South African punk documentary is back. Why it's so special An award-winning documentary about the iconic South African Afrikaans punk-rock band Fokofpolisiekar (Afrikaans for “fuck off police car”) made nearly 10 years ago is back on screen; this time on the small screen.   09 Feb 2017
DNA test uncovers hidden TB cases 09 Feb 2017
Students tackle deferred exams Four weeks of teaching at UCT were lost due to protest activity and shutdowns on campuses nationwide last year. UCT students who felt unprepared to write their exams in November, had the option to defer either individual exams or their whole exam block to January this year. Some were also offered a mini-semester of teaching to complete the 2016 academic programme. 09 Feb 2017
UCT's Champions of the Flyway 08 Feb 2017
UCT app to make every Drop Drop count 08 Feb 2017
Tom Raworth: 1938–2017 The British poet Tom Raworth died on Wednesday, 8 February, after a long and courageous struggle with cancer. He will be remembered at UCT for his teaching of the very first course on creative writing, held in the English department in 1991; the exhibition of his books at the Jagger Library; and for the unforgettable readings he gave while here. A selection of writing by the students from the course was published as Velcro Donkey (Cape Town: Option 92, 1991). 08 Feb 2017
Politicians must account for the deaths of 94 psychiatric patients in South Africa 08 Feb 2017
Green Campus Initiative's water-saving tips The City of Cape Town imposed Level 3B water restrictions on 1 February in their attempt to reduce water usage in the face of rapidly diminishing dam levels and an uncomfortably distant rainy season. 07 Feb 2017
Politicians must account for the deaths of 94 psychiatric patients in South Africa The local government minister for health in Gauteng, South Africa’s wealthiest province, resigned on Tuesday 31 January just before the release of a report into the deaths of 94 mental health patients.  07 Feb 2017
UCT opera star back on international stage 06 Feb 2017
Mental health care 'chronically underfunded' in SA Mental health care in South Africa has been chronically underfunded for many years, which is reflected in inadequate care in primary clinics, community residential care facilities and acute mental health units in district and national hospitals, says Professor Crick Lund. 03 Feb 2017
UCT's four new Rhodes Scholars 03 Feb 2017
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