Media communications

The media liaison office issues official media releases and statements to highlight some of the key university activities as well as developments around – among others – the executive, staff and students. The office also serves to connect the media with UCT academics and subject matter experts.

Latest media communications

UCT celebrates the extraordinary role nurses play in society 16:43, 12 May 2021

Simulated satellite camera to aid vegetation monitoring in South Africa 11:45, 12 May 2021

UCT scientists scoop Human Frontier Science Program Award to study the genetics of floral asymmetry in South African plants 13:42, 11 May 2021

UNESCO regional director to visit campus following #UCTFire 11:47, 11 May 2021

The surprising evolutionary history of our oral bacteria 09:06, 11 May 2021

New climate fiction game shows how our choices will shape the future 13:08, 10 May 2021

Scaled up bioinformatics training to help scientists tackle continent’s urgent health challenges 14:51, 7 May 2021

UCT professor highlights the needs of autistic people in Africa 09:22, 7 May 2021

Sub-Saharan Africa in desperate need of clinical haematologists 15:15, 6 May 2021

Lessons from the pandemic in the words of Nobel Laureate Professor Abhijit Banerjee 11:10, 3 May 2021

One in five expectant women and new mothers in peri-urban areas experience suicidal thoughts, study reveals 14:40, 29 April 2021

Nobel laureate Prof Abhijit Banerjee to discuss how economics can be harnessed for the common good 09:21, 26 April 2021

Response options should be at the center of climate risk assessment and management 17:59, 23 April 2021

UCT condemns fake fee statement shared on Twitter 12:01, 22 April 2021

UCT among top 200 in world university impact rankings against United Nations SDGs 16:25, 21 April 2021

UCT planning return of students to residences 10:32, 21 April 2021

UCT suspends academic programme till Friday 10:27, 20 April 2021

UCT assisting students affected by the fire on campus 20:10, 18 April 2021

Update on Rhodes Memorial fire 17:28, 18 April 2021

Intestinal worm infections increases severity of STIs in females — research finds 15:14, 16 April 2021

Antibiotic resistance - ‘a faceless pandemic’, UCT scientist warns 15:51, 15 April 2021

A blood test to find those at high risk of tuberculosis in people living with HIV 15:43, 14 April 2021

UCT professor appointed to head Law and Society Association’s global portfolio 14:36, 14 April 2021

Response to the Sunday Independent’s article on the passing of a student 12:43, 14 April 2021

UCT publishes first Sesotho book in open access continental platform 11:46, 14 April 2021

Review finds South African healthcare workers are at high risk of contracting hepatitis B 14:53, 12 April 2021

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