Article | UCT News

Load Previous

SA’s small-scale rooibos tea growers not benefitting enough South Africa’s small-scale rooibos tea growers aren’t getting much from an industry deal. The 2019 access and benefit-sharing agreement was meant to change that. 17 Sep 2025 Republished

How do bodies decompose? Cape Town forensic scientists are pushing frontiers of new detection methods. 17 Sep 2025 Republished

Unravelling cash-in-transit networks UCT PhD graduate Annie Kok said behind the smoke and twisted metal is something calculated: a disciplined, adaptive network that operates with utmost prudence and the resilience of a living organism. 15 Sep 2025

UCT honours four trailblazers at Spring graduation UCT has awarded honorary doctorates to four distinguished individuals from health sciences and humanities fields during the graduation last week. 15 Sep 2025

Championing early childhood development in higher education Principal of UCT’s Educare, Natascha Hector, was recently named as a finalist for the 2025 HERS-SA Women in Science and Scholarship award. 15 Sep 2025

UCT marks spring graduation with multilingual thesis orations UCT conferred degrees, diplomas and certificates when over 2 000 students celebrated the completion of their studies during the spring graduation. 12 Sep 2025

Humour, family, a shared graduation stage Mother-and-son duo Katherine Wilson and Cameron Thomson shared a stage during UCT’s spring graduation. 12 Sep 2025

Personal trials a source of strength, resilience Matholi Hlophe said obtaining her master’s degree has given her confidence in her ability to contribute meaningfully to her field as a maintenance manager. 12 Sep 2025

Resilience and perseverance paid off South African Medical Research Council scientist Jodilee Erasmus has overcome years of personal challenges to complete her master’s at UCT. 12 Sep 2025

UCT innovators sweep Falling Walls Lab Cape Town 2025 UCT student Candice Eslick has won the Cape Town regional leg of the prestigious Falling Walls Lab competition. 11 Sep 2025

The resilient spirit of a woman UCT officially marked the renaming of the Sarah Baartman Hall on 10 September 2025. 11 Sep 2025

Shaping global chemical safety and workers’ health Dorothy Ngajilo intends to use her position as the health and labour officer of the United Nations Environment Programme to ensure that workers and communities are safe from chemicals. 11 Sep 2025

UCT Language Indaba 2025: turning policy into practice Every year, Grade 11 visual art and design learners in the province are invited to step into Irma Stern’s world by visiting the museum and engage with her work. 11 Sep 2025

Reimagining Irma Stern through youth voices Every year, Grade 11 visual art and design learners in the province are invited to step into Irma Stern’s world by visiting the museum and engage with her work. 11 Sep 2025

A hall of reckoning UCT will commemorate the renaming of Jameson Memorial Hall to Sarah Baartman Hall on Thursday, 10 September. 10 Sep 2025

Championing socially just and decolonised education UCT lecturer and performing artist Msakha Mona, who graduated with his PhD this week, has devoted his time and efforts to advocating for social justice, multilingualism and decoloniality. 10 Sep 2025

Music, queerness, and selfhood UCT student Fumani Jwara has created an extended play for his master’s degree in global media and communications, a joint programme between UCT and the London School of Economics. 10 Sep 2025

Bold, inclusive, African-centred: the HPALS way UCT’s HPALS leads globally in sports science, combining bold, people-centred, African-rooted research with international impact – from rehabilitation technology to genetics and community health. 10 Sep 2025

Load More

TOP