UCT’s Department of Philosophy hosted the 2026 Philosophical Society of Southern Africa Annual Conference, welcoming more than 200 delegates from over 30 countries.

UCT’s First-Year Campus Reception kicks off on 31 January and runs until 2 February.

During the annual Dr Stuart Saunders Memorial Lecture, Emer Prof Wieland Gevers explored how and why humans age.

UCT scholar Dr Marianne Camerer was honoured with the 2025 International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award for her sterling work in the fight against corruption.

Prof Jaco Barnard-Naude was recently awarded the coveted Ingrid Jonker Literary Prize – widely considered the highest honour for debut Afrikaans poetry.