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National physical activity policy for COVID-19 and beyond COVID-19 has highlighted the need for a multi-faceted national plan for physical activity to underpin the country’s health development. 19 Oct 2020
UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture by UN Deputy Secretary General Amina J Mohammed On 14 October, Her Excellency Ms Amina J Mohammed delivered the third virtual UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture for 2020. 16 Oct 2020
UCT’s special online staff assembly On Tuesday, 13 September, UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted a staff online assembly. 16 Oct 2020
Commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Trojan Horse Massacres As South Africa remembers the tragedy of 15 and 16 October 1985, four members of the UCT community reflect on what happened. 16 Oct 2020
Interactive website tracks SA’s post-school qualifications Siyaphambili, a project in UCTʼs Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, has launched an interactive website to help track South Africa’s post-school qualification scores. 16 Oct 2020
Mobile app for UCT’s Jammie Shuttle Users of the Jammie Shuttle mobile app can now access the campus bus serviceʼs schedules and other information at a click of a button. 16 Oct 2020
Trojan Horse Massacres: ‘It’s like it never happened’ Three prominent members of the UCT community reflect on the Trojan Horse Massacres and the tragic events that unfolded 35 years ago. 16 Oct 2020
Visit the Irma Stern Museum on its new website Closed since lockdown began, the Irma Stern Museum has launched a new website to allow fans, old and new, to enjoy the museum online. 16 Oct 2020
Rhodes’ Distinguished Alumni Award for Robert Morrell UCT social scientist and gender and masculinities scholar Dr Robert Morrell has been awarded a Rhodes University 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award. 16 Oct 2020
The Trojan Horse Massacre: ‘We had stones; they had bullets’ Four prominent members of the UCT community reflect on the Trojan Horse Massacre and the tragic events that unfolded 35 years ago. 15 Oct 2020
Virtual staff assembly: difficult year provides useful lessons The UCT executive hosted an online staff assembly to discuss and respond to questions about the challenges of 2020 and the university’s plans for 2021. 15 Oct 2020
‘I take your hopes as my instruction’ Amina Mohammed, the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, delivered this year’s third UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture on Wednesday, 14 October. 15 Oct 2020
Decade of action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): So what? Amina Mohammed is the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations. 14 Oct 2020
Construction begins on new d-school building A new home for Africa’s first school dedicated to design thinking is officially under construction on UCT’s middle campus. 14 Oct 2020
A fishy backyard lockdown tale Lockdown has taught us all many lessons about making do at home, even fly-fishers like UCT’s Dr Rob Little. 14 Oct 2020
COVID-19 multitool opens communal doors, taps A novel multitool designed by a UCT electrical engineering team will make opening doors and taps much safer for communities who rely on communal facilities. 14 Oct 2020
Students’ talk show reimagines news Two UCT postgraduates have developed and produced a talk show that takes a feminist approach to news that unpacks tough topics in an accessible way. 14 Oct 2020
Podcast series ‘dissects’ racism in clinical practice The first of a series of podcasts organised by several UCT societies aims to be a springboard for building a more transformed healthcare sector. 13 Oct 2020
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