News Steady progress for FSA UCT

UCT’s Formula Student Africa team is preparing its first race car for a competition later this year, uniting passionate students, industry support and ambitious engineering goals.

13 May 2026 - 3 min read
 
News 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 - 7 min read
 
News 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 - 5 min read
 
News 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 - 7 min read
 
News 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 - 6 min read