Researchers discover widespread contamination in one of South Africa’s most important marine ecosystems, but immediate risks to marine life appear low.

As South Africa marks 50 years since the Soweto Uprising, UCT reflects on the enduring legacy of a generation that challenged injustice and changed the course of the nation’s history.

IDIA’s first decade has shown that South Africa can build and sustain the data-intensive capability required for frontier astronomy.

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.

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