News Imported gunshot detection systems can marginalise communities

A research paper revealed that when technologies like ShotSpotter travel from the Global North to Global South countries they arrive not simply as tools, but as governance scripts that shape how problems are understood.

03 Jun 2026 - 5 min read
 
News Apply for Falling Walls Lab 2026

Applications are now open for Falling Walls Lab Cape Town 2026.

03 Jun 2026 - 1 min read
 
News Sightings of blue and fin whales increase in South-East Atlantic

UCT-led research revealed an increase in sightings of the world’s two largest whale species in the Southeastern Atlantic.

03 Jun 2026 - 5 min read
 
News Where polluted rivers meet possibility

The Water Hub, under UCT’s Future Water Institute, is transforming wastewater, waste and discarded landscapes; and has become a living laboratory for sustainability, innovation and social change.

02 Jun 2026 - 9 min read
 
News UCT ranked among world’s top 1.3% universities

UCT maintains a strong position in the latest Center for World University Rankings Global 2000 list to be ranked in the world’s top 1.3%. 

02 Jun 2026 - 5 min read