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Ouma Katrina Esau: Reviving a language, one child at a time UCT has bestowed an honorary doctorate on South African living legend and custodian of a critically endangered San language, Her Excellency ǂXuu Katrina Esau – and unveiled a N|uu dictionary. 31 Mar 2023

Celebrations aplenty as UCT caps hundreds of humanities graduands UCT Chancellor Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe told graduands they had conquered the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, the devasting UCT fire and load shedding to get to graduation day. 30 Mar 2023

UCT honours ‘indefatigable’ Ouma Katrina In recognition of her contribution to language studies in South Africa, UCT awarded Her Excellency ǂXuu Katrina Esau the degree of Doctor of Literature this week. 30 Mar 2023

Honorary doctorate for climate change champion – Deborah Roberts Dr Deborah Roberts was awarded a UCT honorary doctorate on Tuesday, 28 March. 29 Mar 2023

IARU members gather at UCT, discuss hybrid workspaces and universities of the future The move to hybrid working spaces post-COVID-19 has challenged physical planners at brick-and-mortar universities. IARU members gathered at UCT to discuss the future. 29 Mar 2023

Disability and Islam: PhD examines unconscious exclusion, burden of responsibility Nafisa Mayat’s PhD study addresses the dearth of research on how Muslims experience disability in their community. Nafisa will graduate on 30 March. 28 Mar 2023

Hold true to yourself – Council chair’s message starts bumper graduation season UCT’s Sarah Baartman Hall will host 5 214 graduands this week in a bumper 15-ceremony graduation season, a festival of celebration, jubilation and gratitude. 28 Mar 2023

UCT student Cwenga Koyana advocates for teen mothers at global conference Cwenga Koyana recently addressed the UNESCO and Women@Dior Global Conference in Paris on her social-impact project, Talitha Together, which won the programme’s Dream for Change competition in 2022. 27 Mar 2023

UCT’s sustainability response in an era of droughts, rolling blackouts UCT’s director of environmental sustainability in the OVC, Manfred Braune, charts long-term solutions to drought and loadshedding. 27 Mar 2023

‘Winners are losers who just kept trying’ Inspirational graduand Bukho Ndziweni shared his mantra to overcoming a list of adversities during his undergraduate degree at UCT. 24 Mar 2023

‘Outstanding’ PhD: A testimony to tenacity, support – and a dog called Ralph Caitlin Courtney’s PhD on a novel human urine treatment to make liquid fertiliser earned rave reviews. And puppy love helped her across the line. 24 Mar 2023

VC Open Lecture explores parts of the body’s most complex organ Professor Edvard Moser delivered the second UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture for 2023. 24 Mar 2023

World TB Day: Vaccine trial inspires clinicians to imagine a world without TB On World TB Day, UCT News shines a spotlight on a new phase three clinical trial led by clinicians at the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative. 24 Mar 2023

Live Art Network Africa Gathering: fertile ground for intriguing conversations and chance encounters From 16 to 19 February, audiences gathered at UCT’s Hiddingh campus to experience the Live Art Network Africa Gathering. 23 Mar 2023

UCT’s development studies rank 12th in the world UCT is one of the best institutions in the world for development studies, according to the latest subject rankings from Quacquarelli Symonds. 23 Mar 2023

Students rethink higher education Over two days, students and leaders in academia from the Global North and Global South, exchanged ideas on how to reinvent higher education and forge human-centred frameworks. 20 Mar 2023

Human Rights Day: ‘Refugees are people with rights and aspirations’ UCT student Innocent Biringanine shared some of his family’s struggles as they journeyed from the Democratic Republic of Congo to seek refuge in South Africa. 20 Mar 2023

Dedicated cruise deepens offshore research capacity in SA Two PhD students from UCT were part of a team of marine scientists who embarked on an offshore expedition to develop the capacity of young southern African scientists and to collect data in outer shelf and deep-sea habitats. 17 Mar 2023

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