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Addressing the comorbidity challenge around TB in SA
This World TB Day we highlight some of this work being done by researchers at UCT who are working to address the comorbidity challenge of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV: a serious public health threat.
24 Mar 2025
How to add UCT graduation stickers to your Facebook story
You can easily add UCT graduation stickers to your Facebook story by following these easy instructions.
24 Mar 2025
Autumn 2025 Graduation
We congratulate the autumn 2025 cohort on their academic success and we are looking forward to the ceremonies in Sarah Baartman Hall.
24 Mar 2025
A journey of leadership and impact
Rirhandzu Mkhari is a recipient of a 2024 Student Leadership Award. She will be graduating with a BSc Honours in Infectious Disease and Immunology on 2 April 2025.
24 Mar 2025
Tackling the challenges of tuberculosis in South Africa
Researchers at the UCT Faculty of Health Sciences are working to tackle TB on many fronts. To commemorate World TB Day, we spotlight a few examples of cutting-edge TB research at UCT.
24 Mar 2025
How to add UCT graduation stickers to your Instagram story
You can easily add UCT graduation stickers to your Instagram story by following these easy instructions.
24 Mar 2025
S#*t happens: A decolonial feminist psychological reflection on institutional racism in higher education
UCT Humanities dean Prof Shose Kessi’s inaugural lecture focused on the hot-button topic of institutional racism.
19 Mar 2025
UCT DVCs cycle for a cause
UCT’s Prof Jeff Murugan and Prof Brandon Collier-Reed saw the Cape Town Cycle Tour as an opportunity to raise funds to help students struggling with fee debt.
18 Mar 2025
Cultivating the next wave of neuroscientists
UCT hosted Grade 7, 10 and 11 learners from disadvantaged communities to celebrate a two-day Brain Awareness event.
18 Mar 2025
#RhodesMustFall: A distinct historical chapter in theorising black struggle
The Rhodes Must Fall movement is one of the student-led societal uprisings that can rightfully claim to have reignited decolonial discourse and scholarship in the African continent and beyond.
18 Mar 2025
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UCT welcomes new additions to shuttle fleet
UCT has introduced nine new 40-seater Yutong midi buses to its iconic UCT Shuttle fleet.
17 Mar 2025
Applications are open for the Exness Fintech Scholarship
Exness and UCT have teamed up for a third consecutive year and will bring academically deserving students a golden scholarship opportunity.
14 Mar 2025
Defending open society values in a fractured world
Open Society Foundation president, Binaifer Nowrojee, delivered a compelling lecture at UCT, calling for urgent action to defend open society values.
14 Mar 2025
Turn PEPFAR funding freeze crisis into opportunity
The PEPFAR funding freeze has impacted millions of South Africans living with HIV.
14 Mar 2025
The 2025 Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship : UCT honours its brightest stars
UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mosa Moshabela hosted a special luncheon to recognise the 2025 recipients of the Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement; and to warmly welcome them to the UCT community.
14 Mar 2025
A celebration of excellence
The VC’s Blue Carpet Scholarship Luncheon brought together a group of first-year students who have earned one of UCT’s most prestigious scholarships.
14 Mar 2025
UCT spin-off companies win inaugural Cape Chamber Innovation Award
Two UCT spin-off companies were honoured with the inaugural Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry Innovation Award for Best University Spin-off Company.
13 Mar 2025
A fintech’s purple patch
UCT is one of the leading places in Africa to develop financial technology ideas, according to start-up ace Gregory Andrews.
13 Mar 2025
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