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UCT’s Women’s Football Club – driven by strength and passion UCT’s Women’s Football team displayed energy and resilience during a recent match against opponents from KwaZulu-Natal. 18 Aug 2025

Men are dying younger worldwide UCT honorary research associate Dr Morna Cornell has called for governments, global health agencies and funders to prioritise men’s health in the global push for universal health coverage. 15 Aug 2025

M&G 200 Young South Africans: celebrating our own The latest Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans list is out and UCT is once again celebrating its people. 14 Aug 2025

UCT’s academic excellence celebrated at the NRF awards Several leading University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers received recognition at the prestigious National Research Foundation (NRF) Awards ceremony on 7 August 2025. 13 Aug 2025

Epic Job Expo sparks new opportunities The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) annual Epic Job Expo transformed the Sports Centre into a vibrant hub of opportunity, bringing together a record 106 companies and thousands of students for a day of high-impact networking, skills-building, and career exploration. 13 Aug 2025

Job expo: connecting students and corporate UCT hosted its annual Epic Job Expo, where students were offered opportunities to connect and get first-hand information from industry leaders. 13 Aug 2025

African countries have an opportunity to reshape global power relations The international order is shifting fast. Africa can finally break with the legacy of managed dependency. 13 Aug 2025 Republished

Critical access to higher education: A multimodal approach to academic literacies UCT’s Writing Centre head, Professor Arlene Archer, explored how language and writing continue to shape access, inclusion and exclusion in higher education. 12 Aug 2025

iThemba Walkway: safe, inclusive spaces EBE senior professor Dr Kathryn Ewing speaks about the 2024 Social Responsiveness Award and creating safe walkways in communities. 12 Aug 2025 Women’s Month

Study finds four low-income communities can’t cope with global warming Environmental scientist Sithabile Hlahla interviewed people in 378 homes in Pietermaritzburg and found that they were not coping well with climate disasters. 12 Aug 2025 Republished

‘Call in, not out’: Activist on justice with compassion Assoc Prof Loretta J Ross delivered the 59th TB Davie Memorial Lecture on 6 August, calling for a new human-rights-based movement that centres around love. 11 Aug 2025 Women’s Month

59th TB Davie Memorial Lecture: The power of calling in In the 59th TB Davie Memorial Lecture, Assoc Prof Loretta J Ross urged a shift from outrage to radical empathy, offering her ‘Five Cs’ framework as a path to justice grounded in love, integrity, and growth. 11 Aug 2025

Thirty-two-year wait to fulfil an academic dream UCT CPS manager, Madia Frieslaar, is sending a message of following dreams delayed this Women’s Month. 11 Aug 2025 Women’s Month

Professor LBBJ Machobane (1941–2025) UCT mourns the passing of Professor Lehlohonolo Burns Banda Jiyane Machobane, who passed away on 9 August 2025. 09 Aug 2025

A heartbeat of hope: stories of grit and glory As part of Women’s Month celebrations, UCT’s ParaSport hosted its annual Women in Sport Talk dedicated to the struggles and achievements of women student athletes against the odds. 08 Aug 2025 Women’s Month

African-led neuroscience research earns national science recognition UCT researcher, Dr Rachael Dangarembizi, is determined to shift the focus towards cryptococcal meningitis, one of the leading causes of meningitis-related deaths in adults living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. 08 Aug 2025

We need inclusive science of human origins Opportunities for women of colour in palaeoanthropology are limited by both structural inequalities and hostile environments. 08 Aug 2025 Women’s Month

UCT opens new strategic conference venue UCT launched a new conference venue at Protea Hotel Mowbray to contribute to economic growth and job creation. 08 Aug 2025

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