Reflecting on a legacy: UCT’s special colloquium on Sarah Baartman

UCT has made impressive progress to address gender-based violence on campus and to improve sexual and gender diversity.

The Rhodes Must Fall movement is one of the student-led societal uprisings that can rightfully claim to have reignited decolonial discourse and scholarship in the African continent and beyond.

Following the renaming of the Sarah Baartman Hall, UCT hosted a special colloquium, reflecting on the occasion.

UCT officially marked the renaming of the Sarah Baartman Hall on 10 September 2025.

UCT will commemorate the renaming of Jameson Memorial Hall to Sarah Baartman Hall on Thursday, 10 September.

The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at UCT hosted MCBEngage, a three-day job shadowing programme that represented a vital step toward widening access to science education and careers.

A disability rights unit capacity-building programme, Access4All, has been celebrated at UCT.

UCT Vice-Chancellor Prof Mosa Moshabela outlines the role of universities in South Africa’s future.

UCT academic Msakha Mona’s endeavours in decolonial thinking, language justice and community-centred education have given birth to the Kulani Arts Project.

UCT’s Disability Service created a website that is fully accessible in South African Sign Language.

UCT News sat down with a few learners and a teacher at Siphamandla Senior Secondary School to get their take on the Languaging-for-Learning project’s in-class library concept.

As part of its deliberate and continuous commitment to holistic institutional transformation, UCT is fostering and integrating creative arts as a vital part of this journey.

Dr Mapheyeledi Sibindlana’s doctoral research interrogates the contested nature of violence during the Rhodes Must Fall protests.

Former UCT SRC president Ramabina Mahapa reflects on what it meant to lead during the historic Rhodes Must Fall student movement.

On the 10th anniversary of the Rhodes Must Fall student movement, UCT News reflects on the Agents for Change Peer Education Programme, which was redefined to accommodate student needs.

UCT recently commemorated 10 years since the removal of the statue of Cecil John Rhodes from its upper campus precinct.

UCT’s “Transformation through Disability Inclusion” course was developed to help staff with tools to create a more accessible university for students and colleagues with disabilities.

The higher education sector is losing its spark due to several factors. UCT master’s student Charline Chikomo has some sage advice to get back on track.