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Re-Seeing Shackville: Ten years on Marking a decade since the 2016 Shackville protests, UCT’s Faculty of Humanities launched a Digital Humanities programme featuring augmented and virtual reality installations that revisit the protest site and reflect on questions of space, belonging and institutional transformation. 08 May 2026

UCT professor to explore how data shape public health decision-making Amid growing uncertainty in public health, the director of the Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa (MASHA) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Professor Sheetal Silal, will present an inaugural lecture exploring how simulation models support public health decision-making by integrating data on diseases, populations and health systems to predict the impact of policy choices, offering a systems perspective on complex health challenges. 08 May 2026 Media release

Inaugural lecture examines the future of Jewish life in SA Drawing on decades of data, Prof Adam Mendelsohn explored the pressures bearing down on South Africa’s Jewish community and asked what effect they may ultimately have. 08 May 2026

Inaugural lecture by Professor Silal and other updates The first lecture for the month of May 2026 in the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Inaugural Lecture series will be presented by Professor Sheetal Silal on Tuesday, 12 May 2026. Read more about this and other recent developments on campus. 06 May 2026

UCT and HyperionDev in partnership to expand access to future-focused skills The University of Cape Town (UCT) has collaborated with HyperionDev, a global leader in online tech education, in a strategic partnership to deliver a portfolio of high-impact, career-focused online programmes designed to equip students with in-demand digital and leadership skills. 06 May 2026 Media release

UCT and HyperionDev in partnership to expand access to future-focused skills I am pleased to share that the University of Cape Town (UCT) has entered into a strategic partnership with HyperionDev, a global leader in online tech education. This collaboration represents an important step in advancing our commitment to innovative teaching and learning and preparing our students for success in a rapidly evolving digital economy. 06 May 2026

Join Digital Humanities’ #Shackville commemoration This year marks 10 years since the 2016 #Shackville protests at the University of Cape Town (UCT). 05 May 2026

UCT researchers build multilingual AI system for SA’s official languages A team of researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) language model trained specifically on South Africa’s 11 official written languages. This marks a significant step toward closing a gap that has left millions underserved by mainstream AI tools. 05 May 2026 Media release

Social grant intervention in running for top honour What if access to credit didn’t depend on formal systems that exclude people? So asked Fanelesibonge Mbuyazi before coming up with a solution. 05 May 2026

Building a connected and supported postgraduate community at UCT Postgraduate education sits at the heart of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) mission as a research‑intensive institution committed to social impact, innovation and the public good. Our postgraduate students are not only advancing knowledge in their disciplines – they are shaping new ways of thinking about society, technology, health, sustainability and justice. 04 May 2026

UCT-led study reveals clues to the origin of the world’s largest diamonds The conditions under which the world's rarest and most valuable gem-quality diamonds – referred to as Cullinan-like, large, inclusion-poor, pure, irregular, resorbed (CLIPPIRs) – form have remained poorly understood. 04 May 2026 Media release

Former asbestos miners face elevated mortality decades after exposure, study finds A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) School of Public Health has provided new insights into the long-term health consequences and mortality experience of former asbestos miners in South Africa. 04 May 2026 Media release

UCT researchers develop AI model for 11 South African languages UCT researchers have built MzansiLM, an AI language model covering 11 of South Africa’s official languages, addressing a critical gap in AI tools for low-resource languages. 04 May 2026

Workers’ Day in a jobless economy There is not just a crisis of unemployment. There is a crisis of how we define work itself, according to UCT alumnus Usiphile Mpetsheni. 01 May 2026

New AfriGen-D platform set to transform genomics research across Africa The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Division of Computational Biology , in partnership with key stakeholders from the Institut Pasteur de Tunis and the University of Mauritius, will launch the groundbreaking AfriGen-D platform – a transformative initiative dedicated to advancing human genomics research, capacity building and data analysis across the African continent. 30 Apr 2026 Media release

Upcoming UCT inaugural lectures: May 2026 Professor Mosa Moshabela invites colleagues and students to the next three inaugural lectures at the University of Cape Town (UCT), to be hosted during May 2026. These will be presented by Professors Sheetal Silal, Kasturi Behari-Leak and Ryan Nefdt. 30 Apr 2026

UCT leads collaborative launch of music-based maternal mental health programme The Perinatal Mental Health Project at the University of Cape Town (UCT), in partnership with the Institute for Life Course Health Research at Stellenbosch University, will join the Khayelitsha community on World Maternal Mental Health Day to host the South African launch of Community Health Intervention through Music Engagement for Maternal Mental Health (CHIME). 30 Apr 2026 Media release

UCT GSB’s EMBA programme among the world’s best The EMBA programme’s latest ranking cements its status as a benchmark for business education on the continent and in the Middle East. 30 Apr 2026

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