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Three in a row: UCT Rowing triumphs
UCT Rowing Club has matched a record set in the 1980s by winning the University Sports South Africa Boat Race for three consecutive years.
03 Oct 2025
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Three in a row: UCT Rowing triumphs
UCT Rowing Club has matched a record set in the 1980s by winning the University Sports South Africa Boat Race for three consecutive years.
03 Oct 2025
- 5 min read
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Enhancing the good within UCT
Head of HR, Juliet Mhango, has settled in and reflects on her first 100 days in office.
03 Oct 2025
- 4 min read
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Reliable energy solution wins The Pitch UCT 2025
Master’s student Vuyo Hlongwane’s reliable energy solutions, Caelix, walked away with first prize at the 10th iteration of The Pitch UCT.
03 Oct 2025
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UCT study probes infrared-radio connection in galaxies
UCT and the Global Centre on AI Governance recently launched the African Hub on AI Safety, Peace, and Security.
02 Oct 2025
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UCT leads global conversation on AI safety
UCT and the Global Centre on AI Governance recently launched the African Hub on AI Safety, Peace, and Security.
02 Oct 2025
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Global honour boosts UCT
UCT’s Prof Alison September has been inducted into the prestigious National Academy of Kinesiology.
02 Oct 2025
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Climate change: lessons from Durban and Harare
Certain cities in Africa have already faced the need to adapt to a changing climate and its intensifying hazards such as floods, droughts or intense heat.
01 Oct 2025
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Confronting mental health stigma and recovery
UCT held a Recovery Walk on 23 September in solidarity with those suffering from addictions and mental health issues.
30 Sep 2025
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UCT students tackle food insecurity with groundbreaking tech solutions
UCT engineering student Phemelo Maile and his team won at the TCS Sustainathon South Africa 2025 for a tool that helps small-scale farmers monitor their crops.
30 Sep 2025
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Curious Tim
29 Sep 2025
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One in three South Africans have never heard of AI – what this means for policy
29 Sep 2025
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UCT Big Band marks Heritage Day with a celebration
26 Sep 2025
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A decade of leadership excellence
26 Sep 2025
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AI in Africa: 5 issues that must be tackled for digital equality
26 Sep 2025
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Michaelis 100: objects, images and anecdotes
25 Sep 2025
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UCT launches Centre for Wellbeing and Flourishing
23 Sep 2025
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UCT champions access and inclusivity in scholarship
23 Sep 2025
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Acclaimed academics celebrated
22 Sep 2025
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UCT scholar puts Africa on the science world map
19 Sep 2025
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Mother gave birth to baby who grew outside her womb
19 Sep 2025
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Rewarding curiosity
18 Sep 2025
Sarah Baartman: memory, space and legacy
Following the renaming of the Sarah Baartman Hall, UCT hosted a special colloquium, reflecting on the occasion.
18 Sep 2025
Symposium unpacks partnerships and possibilities for a water-secured future in Africa
UCT hosted the RRIP Futures and Partnerships Symposium on 10 and 11 September – a culmination of three years of collaborative research under the project Reorienting Research, Innovation & Practice to Address Future Water Challenges in Africa.
18 Sep 2025
Delays to degree: loss, debt, and determination
What almost became a dream denied has since been fulfilled by UCT graduate Lwazi Thobani.
17 Sep 2025
SA’s small-scale rooibos tea growers not benefitting enough
South Africa’s small-scale rooibos tea growers aren’t getting much from an industry deal. The 2019 access and benefit-sharing agreement was meant to change that.
17 Sep 2025
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How do bodies decompose?
Cape Town forensic scientists are pushing frontiers of new detection methods.
17 Sep 2025
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Unravelling cash-in-transit networks
UCT PhD graduate Annie Kok said behind the smoke and twisted metal is something calculated: a disciplined, adaptive network that operates with utmost prudence and the resilience of a living organism.
15 Sep 2025
UCT honours four trailblazers at Spring graduation
UCT has awarded honorary doctorates to four distinguished individuals from health sciences and humanities fields during the graduation last week.
15 Sep 2025
Championing early childhood development in higher education
Principal of UCT’s Educare, Natascha Hector, was recently named as a finalist for the 2025 HERS-SA Women in Science and Scholarship award.
15 Sep 2025
UCT marks spring graduation with multilingual thesis orations
UCT conferred degrees, diplomas and certificates when over 2 000 students celebrated the completion of their studies during the spring graduation.
12 Sep 2025
Humour, family, a shared graduation stage
Mother-and-son duo Katherine Wilson and Cameron Thomson shared a stage during UCT’s spring graduation.
12 Sep 2025
Resilience and perseverance paid off
South African Medical Research Council scientist Jodilee Erasmus has overcome years of personal challenges to complete her master’s at UCT.
12 Sep 2025
Personal trials a source of strength, resilience
Matholi Hlophe said obtaining her master’s degree has given her confidence in her ability to contribute meaningfully to her field as a maintenance manager.
12 Sep 2025
UCT innovators sweep Falling Walls Lab Cape Town 2025
UCT student Candice Eslick has won the Cape Town regional leg of the prestigious Falling Walls Lab competition.
11 Sep 2025
The resilient spirit of a woman
UCT officially marked the renaming of the Sarah Baartman Hall on 10 September 2025.
11 Sep 2025
Shaping global chemical safety and workers’ health
Dorothy Ngajilo intends to use her position as the health and labour officer of the United Nations Environment Programme to ensure that workers and communities are safe from chemicals.
11 Sep 2025
UCT Language Indaba 2025: turning policy into practice
Every year, Grade 11 visual art and design learners in the province are invited to step into Irma Stern’s world by visiting the museum and engage with her work.
11 Sep 2025
Reimagining Irma Stern through youth voices
Every year, Grade 11 visual art and design learners in the province are invited to step into Irma Stern’s world by visiting the museum and engage with her work.
11 Sep 2025
Championing socially just and decolonised education
UCT lecturer and performing artist Msakha Mona, who graduated with his PhD this week, has devoted his time and efforts to advocating for social justice, multilingualism and decoloniality.
10 Sep 2025
Bold, inclusive, African-centred: the HPALS way
UCT’s HPALS leads globally in sports science, combining bold, people-centred, African-rooted research with international impact – from rehabilitation technology to genetics and community health.
10 Sep 2025
UCT launches The Learning Store
UCT launched a new online short course learning portal, a major step forward in widening access to quality short courses and continuing education opportunities.
09 Sep 2025
Workshop lays groundwork for new Climate Action Innovation Lab
UCT’s ACDI convened a collaborative workshop on 27 August to explore the development of a proposed Climate Action Innovation Lab.
09 Sep 2025
UCT academy empowers women with multi-conditions
UCT celebrated women living with multiple long-term conditions who completed a three-year Advocacy Skills Programme.
09 Sep 2025
Lecture calls for universally dignified and equal healthcare access for Africa
On 1 September, UCT’s FHS hosted its annual Global Health Lecture, themed: “Universal Health Access for Africa: Where are we now?”
09 Sep 2025
Evaluation as inquiry, power and possibility
According to Prof Sarah Chapman, evaluation is the most dynamic, evolving, and deeply human disciplines of our time.
09 Sep 2025
Reflecting on 10 years of Rhodes Must Fall
On 28 August, UCT hosted the first of three public dialogues, marking a decade since the eruption of the Rhodes Must Fall movement at UCT.
05 Sep 2025
UCT retains African lead in 2025 global rankings
Evaluated out of 2 500 institutions globally, UCT placed in the top 201–300 band in the 2025 ARWU rankings.
05 Sep 2025
‘Noticing the growth in myself was thrilling’
Nina Taaibosch was initially reluctant to study. Now she’ll be graduating, and the study bug has bitten.
04 Sep 2025
‘My chronic illness has been the biggest blessing in my life’
Inspirational graduand Huyaam Samuels is an advocate for palliative care and pain management support and will be graduating with her master’s this month.
03 Sep 2025
Turning a lived experience into advocacy
Every graduation ceremony holds a significant moment for all involved, and for the upcoming UCT September graduate Deborah van der Berg it is no different.
03 Sep 2025
From Natal’s sugar fields to galleries around the world
Fine art master’s graduand Zenaéca Singh highlights South African indentured Indians in her work.
02 Sep 2025
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