News SA scientists decode cancer’s key survival tactic

UCT-led researchers decoded how cancer rewires the MUC1 protein’s sugar coating to evade immune detection, paving the way for new cancer vaccines, biomarkers and precision therapies.

19 Jun 2026 - 6 min read Republished
 
News Youth Month: Student’s tutoring programme helps learners excel at life sciences

Nkanyiso Dlamini’s tutoring programme supports hundreds of high school leaners across the country to wrap their heads around life sciences.

19 Jun 2026 - 9 min read
 
Photo Essay Soweto in the early 1970s

UCT News spent some time in the Special Collections library for life in Soweto in the lead-up to the Soweto Uprising.

19 Jun 2026
 
News Inclusive education post-June 1976: ‘A struggle worth fighting for’

Fifty years on and the struggle for inclusive education continues in South Africa.

18 Jun 2026 - 8 min read
 
News Attend UCT’s Distinguised Almuni Lecture

Join UCT Science’s Distinguished Alumni Lecture on Wednesday, 24 June, at 18:00 and discover where a science degree can lead.

18 Jun 2026 - 1 min read