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Interpreting chronic COVID-19 lung complications
UCT’s Professor Keertan Dheda discusses long COVID and its effects on the lungs.
04 Mar 2021
New research head talks about alignment, agility and support
UCT’s new executive director of research, Dr Linda Mtwisha, shared her thoughts and plans after her first 100 days in (a virtual) office.
04 Mar 2021
UCT alum directs South Africa's first gay rom-com
UCT News caught up with alum Gabe Gabriel who wrote and directed South Africa’s first gay romantic comedy.
04 Mar 2021
Win-win for municipalities and engineering students’ professional skills
UCT engineering students built on the university’s input into the Data for Municipal Infrastructure Assets initiative, gaining vital data analysis and project management skills.
04 Mar 2021
UCT’s development studies in top 10 worldwide
UCT is among the top 100 universities in the world for six subjects according to the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings by Subject 2021.
04 Mar 2021
Students settle in at residences, quarantine period begins
First-year students were welcomed with open arms at UCT residences on Tuesday, 2 March.
03 Mar 2021
Bootcamp prepares fourth-year medical students for clinical practice
The first cohort of fourth-year medical students have successfully completed the Bootcamp Orientation Programme organised by UCT’s Division of General Internal Medicine.
03 Mar 2021
UCT VC invites you to Parent Orientation 2021
Parent Orientation will be held online this year, at 13:00 on Friday, 12 March 2021.
03 Mar 2021
2020 in pictures
As we draw the curtain on what was one of the toughest years in our collective history, UCT reflects on some of the defining and memorable moments of 2020.
03 Mar 2021
Destination UCT
Welcome, incoming students to the University of Cape Town.
03 Mar 2021
UCT residences roll out red carpet for students
As UCT prepares to start the academic year following strict COVID-19 guidelines, residence staff are excited to welcome students to their campus homes.
02 Mar 2021
Residence life under lockdown: What to expect
Shanaaz Sonday from UCT’s residence operations team explains what students can expect when arriving at their residences.
02 Mar 2021
Emeritus Professor Anwar Mall gives a tribute to the late Stuart Saunders
Emeritus Professor Anwar Mall recalls some of his memories with Dr Saunders and pays tribute to his life.
02 Mar 2021
Fine-tuning TB technology
UCT researchers are tackling the challenges of capturing and identifying the live tuberculosis bacterium through microbiological and microscopy techniques.
01 Mar 2021
Memorial service for UCT's former VC Dr Stuart Saunders - 24 February 2021
The UCT community past and present, family and friends honoured the late Dr Stuart Saunders in a virtual memorial service on 24 February, 2021.
25 Feb 2021
In memoriam: Dr Stuart Saunders (Tribute Video 2)
This second tribute video was played during a virtual memorial service on 24 February 2021, and pays homage to his service to UCT the institution and to higher education in South Africa.
25 Feb 2021
In memoriam: Dr Stuart Saunders (Tribute Video 1)
This video, played during a virtual memorial service on 24 February 2021, highlights special moments with family members.
25 Feb 2021
Stuart Saunders: Farewell to the ‘king clinician’
On 24 February 2021 UCT hosted an online memorial service for former UCT vice-chancellor Dr Stuart Saunders.
25 Feb 2021
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