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Parliament picket sparks free-education debate Hundreds of academics and students picketed outside Parliament on 22 September 2016 to implore the state to improve its funding of South Africa's higher education system. 23 Sep 2016

Quadruple awards for UCT brewers It certainly wasn't heartbreak for the UCT team from chemical engineering who blew the judges away with their four category winners. 22 Sep 2016

Heritage tour spotlights city's little-known slave history When arts graduate Amie Soudien visited the Western Cape Archives and Records Service in Roeland Street to trace her family history, she was frustrated by the patchy record of her genealogy. 21 Sep 2016

Students present demands at mass meeting Under the banners of #BringBackOurCadres and Fees Must Fall, protesting students packed Jameson Hall on 19 September 2016 while UCT classes, lectures and tutorials remained suspended. 21 Sep 2016

Lobola and love: a film-maker's journey Sihle Hlophe knew precious little of the rich and complex lives of her Bantu ancestors, until she visited the ancient Kingdom of Mapungubwe. 21 Sep 2016

University fees in South Africa: many questions, lots of anger, and fires to fight South Africa's Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Blade Nzimande has announced it is up to the country's universities to “individually…determine the level of (fee) increase that their institutions require…”. 20 Sep 2016

Award-winning paper: 'Valuing waste and wasting value' Adam van Heerden from the School of Architecture, Planning & Geomatics at UCT has won the Student Award at the 2016 Royal Town Planning Institute's (RTPI) Awards for Research Excellence. 20 Sep 2016

UCT Upstarts students to 're-educate education' 16 Sep 2016

MasterCard Foundation scholar wants to develop Lesotho Thato Semoko, from Maputsoe, Lesotho, has always had an interest in creating things – it's what informed his choice to study electrical and computer engineering at UCT. 16 Sep 2016

Future of SA water looks brighter South Africa is experiencing its worst drought in a century. 16 Sep 2016

Flying safe with UCT's legal eagle Tamara Thomas is a final-year law student at UCT. She is also a lieutenant colonel in the South African Air Force (SAAF), and has been flying planes for more than a decade. Thomas shared a snippet of her story with Yusuf Omar. 16 Sep 2016

Same-sex marriage – assimilation or radicalisation? Ten years after South Africa legalised marriage between same-sex couples, UCT sociology student Lwando Scott is on the cusp of finishing a doctorate that explores how the experiences and challenges of same-sex couples speak to the democratic and decolonisation projects. 15 Sep 2016

UCT honours stalwarts 15 Sep 2016

Memorials that go beyond boring statues of big-men-on-bronze-horses The corner of Longmarket and Buitenkant Streets, Cape Town, is a popular public drinking spot in South Africa's largest coastal city. 15 Sep 2016

Herbivores triggered the grass revolution The origin and spread of savannahs is one of the great mysteries of the earth's ecological histories, say botanists. 14 Sep 2016

Virtual reality will change the world. Here's what parents need to know I've always been a nerd who loves technology and games. So when it emerged that virtual reality (VR) tech was becoming available to gamers, I was ecstatic. 13 Sep 2016

Remembering Steve Biko 12 September 2016 marks the 39th anniversary of Steve Biko's death in detention. 12 Sep 2016

Bianca Hansen: the entrepreneurial go-getter BCom management student Bianca Hansen almost faced academic exclusion in her first year of study, but she persevered. Three years later, she now runs two successful businesses. 12 Sep 2016

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