News Tackling transformation in research at UCT

Executive, academic and professional staff gathered on 27 May to discuss how UCT’s structures, systems and practices can enable more just and inclusive research.

05 Jun 2026 - 8 min read
 
News Putting UCT Global Surgery on the world stage

At the end of May, dignitaries and students gathered to celebrate the trailblazing contribution of Prof Salome Maswime, as she looks to her new role as head of Wits School of Clinical Medicine.

05 Jun 2026 - >10 min read
 
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