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‘Retain, protect and defend academic freedom’
TB Davie Memorial Lecture presenter Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola says it’s time to challenge self-censorship, and both internal and external threats to academic freedom.
16 Aug 2018
The 2018 TB Davie Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola
The 2018 TB Davie Memorial Lecture was presented by Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola, the Dean of Research at the University of Fort Hare, on 15 August.
16 Aug 2018
Enhancing infrastructure in Imizamo Yethu
For seven years, second-year architecture students from UCT have used their June vacations to improve the lives of people living in Imizamo Yethu.
16 Aug 2018
UCT hosts African junior squash championships
The second All Africa Junior squash tournament at UCT drew 65 players from the continent and abroad, while also raising R2 500 for The Sunflower Fund.
16 Aug 2018
Professor Pumla Gqola: “Between Academic Inheritance and the Urgency of Definitions”
The 2018 TB Davie Memorial Lecture was presented by Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola, the Dean of Research at the University of Fort Hare, on 15 August.
16 Aug 2018
UCT Cycling Club celebrates women
For Women’s Month, the UCT Cycling Club is running a series of events and talks to celebrate women in sport.
15 Aug 2018
Justice Zak Yacoob on the IRTC
Justice Zak Yacoob recently shared his views on what the Institutional Reconciliation and Transformation Commission (IRTC) is trying to achieve at UCT.
15 Aug 2018
IRTC assembly recorded on 14 August 2018
Watch the IRTC assembly recorded on 14 August 2018.
15 Aug 2018
Closing an unhappy chapter for SA
The exit of national prosecutions head Shaun Abrahams offers South Africa’s criminal justice system a fighting chance at a new start.
15 Aug 2018
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Promises no longer enough Mr President
President Cyril Ramaphosa must take drastic steps that go beyond his stimulus package — with great speed — if he is to save South Africa’s ailing economy.
15 Aug 2018
Republished
Student-driven conference for women by women
Women students at UCT’s Graduate School of Business have assembled a compelling line-up of women business leaders and entrepreneurs for their 19th annual Women in Business Conference.
15 Aug 2018
UCT needs ‘mechanisms for self-care’
As UCT marks ‘The Wellness Drive’ week, the call to develop a community of care has proved dominant at several recent high-profile university events.
14 Aug 2018
Integrated student support on the cards
An integrated, digitised support system that tracks studentsʼ data all the way from application to graduation could soon become a reality for UCT.
14 Aug 2018
Computer win ups odds for coveted scholarship
As the gold-medal winner of the hotly contested Computer Applications Olympiad, Gauteng matric learner Sean Groenewald is now eligible for a first-year scholarship to study at UCT.
14 Aug 2018
Mental health colloquium for students
As part of the Student Wellness Service’s health promotion week, students are invited to a mental health colloquium on 15 August in Memorial Hall.
13 Aug 2018
Rose Kennett: 1940–2018
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Rose Kennett on 13 August. Rose spent more than 30 years at the University of Cape Town in a variety of crucial roles.
13 Aug 2018
IRTC engagements
The Institutional Reconciliation and Transformation Commission (IRTC) will engage with all faculties and professional, administrative support and service (PASS) departments, as well as student and leadership structures of the university, from 13 to 17 August 2018.
13 Aug 2018
Creative science kits to excite learners
UCT’s C*hemRoots initiative is giving teachers the tools to bring science to life for learners in a bid to help boost pass rates.
13 Aug 2018
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