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Must Fall exhibition: “Lest we forget, there are wounds…”
“The Aftermath Exhibition” tells the stories of students from five universities who experienced trauma and violence during the Must Fall campaigns.
06 May 2022
Leago Sebesho awarded Bongani Mayosi Medical Students Academic Prize
Dr Leago Sebesho was awarded UCT’s Bongani Mayosi Leadership Prize for the medical student most representative of the late dean’s academic excellence and altruistic values.
06 May 2022
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Inspirational mining law student has her master’s converted to PhD
Inspirational graduate, Rebecca Pein had her master’s converted to a PhD through sheer passion and determination.
05 May 2022
UCT among the top 200 universities for impact
UCT was ranked in the top 40 in two focus areas – no poverty and gender equality – in the latest Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.
04 May 2022
World Press Freedom Day: The ups and downs of digital technology
On World Press Freedom Day, UCT News spoke to Humbulani Rambau, a UCT alumnus and journalist. He shared his views on the ups and downs of digital technology.
03 May 2022
Information disorder: Report harnesses Global South responses
On World Press Freedom Day UCT News looks at a new report to counter information disorder in the Global South and the dangers inherent for democracies.
03 May 2022
Celebrating international relations on Freedom Day
VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng invited international students to celebrate South Africa’s place on the international stage for Freedom Day 2022.
03 May 2022
A special Jagger Library memorial exhibition commemorates 1 year since UCT fire
UCT commemorates the 1-year campus fire with a Jagger Library memorial exhibition, “Of Smoke and Ash” based at the Michaelis School of Fine Art.
03 May 2022
Faculty of Health Sciences celebrates Africa Day
UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences celebrated Africa Day with the theme, ‘Re-imagining Health in Africa’.
31 May 2021
Pan-African imagination and the role of South Africa
UCT’s Associate Professor Christopher Ouma writes about the important contributions made to the ‘decade of decolonisation’ by South Africans who went into exile during apartheid.
31 May 2021
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Jagger reflections: ‘It was always my favourite place at UCT’
The Department of Historical Studies’ Associate Professor Shamil Jeppie shares his reflections on the burning down of the Jagger Reading Room.
31 May 2021
Cape Town’s drip system plan will entrench water apartheid
UCT researchers and colleagues from UWC and the African Water Commons Collective respond to the City of Cape Town’s revised approach to domestic water metering.
28 May 2021
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A safari across the African savannah and into the Cape
UCT’s Professor Muthama Muasya presented the second virtual inaugural lecture for 2021 on Wednesday, 26 May.
28 May 2021
Jagger reflections: An ‘invaluable resource’
The Centre for African Studies’ Professor Horman Chitonge shares his reflection on the burning down of the Jagger Reading Room.
28 May 2021
South Africa’s vaccine rollout needs a boost
The number of vaccinations is far below the number of vaccine doses in the country. The available vaccines need to be used urgently.
28 May 2021
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UCT professor elected as Fellow of South African Academy of Engineering
Professor Harro von Blottnitz has been elected a Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering, placing him among an elite group of fellows.
27 May 2021
Thank you from Millennium Fundraising
Luke Mackie wishes to thank all donors and volunteers for their contributions to the UCT Fire Relief Fund.
27 May 2021
Orchid sexually exploits male beetles – a world-first from Africa
UCT research associate Dr Callan Cohen discovers one of the most remarkable cases of deception in nature: a Cape orchid that sexually exploits male beetles.
27 May 2021
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