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UCT art collection: more than décor
Take a closer look at a few choice pieces of art around campus.
27 Oct 2025
- 8 min read
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UCT art collection: more than décor
Take a closer look at a few choice pieces of art around campus.
27 Oct 2025
- 8 min read
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Vibrant tribute to Prof Jay Pather’s transformative artistry
UCT hosted a performance celebration to honour Prof Jay Pather’s contribution to scholarship and arts in South Africa and beyond.
27 Oct 2025
- 5 min read
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Cannabis boom in SA: who is benefitting?
Cannabis is booming as an ingredient in everything – but is this benefiting indigenous cannabis farmers in southern Africa?
27 Oct 2025
- 7 min read
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Revisiting South Africa’s first black-owned newspaper
A team of UCT academics and an alumna are collaborating with journalists, creatives, and others to revisit and reimagine ‘Imvo Zabantsundu’, the first black-owned newspaper in South Africa.
24 Oct 2025
- 7 min read
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Research powers insights into sustainable housing
A team of investigators from UCT’s Energy Systems Research Group is leading an international study on the use of energy in affordable and social housing.
24 Oct 2025
- 7 min read
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UCT spinout selected into global fellowship to drive clean fuel innovation
A spinoff company by a team of UCT researchers has won the coveted Breakthrough Energy Fellowship to create sustainable, climate-friendly fuels.
24 Oct 2025
- 9 min read
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Discipline, dreams: top athletes crowned
UCT athletes, coaches and teams took turns celebrating one another at the sports awards evening on 21 October.
23 Oct 2025
- 4 min read
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‘Zest for entrepreneurship’ fuels student marketplace
A zest for entrepreneurship and a student marketplace: meet UCT’s Thando Mzimela-Ntuli.
23 Oct 2025
- 4 min read
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Hearts, minds and deep dialogue on ‘living values’ in higher education
UCT VC Prof Mosa Moshabela hosted vice-chancellors, chancellors and SRC presidents from around the country for the Values in Higher Education Conversations.
22 Oct 2025
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The UCT art collection: past and present
22 Oct 2025
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Student leaders celebrated at awards evening
22 Oct 2025
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Lighting the flame of change
21 Oct 2025
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Travel between African countries is still hard: fresh ideas to get movement flowing
21 Oct 2025
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Staging the baby business
20 Oct 2025
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Legacy, laughter and lifelong bonds
20 Oct 2025
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IDM Africa’s first My Green Lab-certified academic research institute
17 Oct 2025
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Professional athletes, gambling the latest study frontier
17 Oct 2025
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Espousing transcultural mental health approaches
15 Oct 2025
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Prof Ramugondo: a beacon of hope
15 Oct 2025
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Historic botanical treasure donated to UCT
14 Oct 2025
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Celebrating ‘society’s quiet heroes’
13 Oct 2025
Associate Professor Lis Lange (1961–2025)
Associate Professor Lis Lange passed away on 8 October 2025.
10 Oct 2025
UCT leads Africa once again, climbing in global rankings
UCT has advanced to 164th place in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026, placing among the top 7.5% of universities worldwide.
09 Oct 2025
Studente, Springbokke en aandete met Nelson Mandela
Die Universiteit van Kaapstad se rektor, Professor Mosa Moshabela, het met groot lof gepraat oor die studente en die voortdurende hoë aansien wat hulle in die samelewing geniet.
09 Oct 2025
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Abafundi, amaBhokobhoko kunye nesidlo sedinala noNelson Mandela
UVC uNjingalwazi uMosa Moshabela uthethe kakhulu ngequmrhu labafundi be-UCT kunye nokubekelwa kwabo phezulu kuya kuhlala kuhleli eluntwini.
09 Oct 2025
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Reimagining mobile money via stablecoins and WhatsApp
The utility of stablecoins in emerging markets was well articulated by Mandla Money co-founder, Julian Kanjere, as he showcased his Mandla Money WhatsApp Wallet.
08 Oct 2025
UCT climate scientist on 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list
Dr Romaric C Odoulami, a researcher with the ACDI at UCT, has been included in the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list.
08 Oct 2025
UCT, CBE partner to reshape SA infrastructure
UCT has signed an agreement with the Council for the Built Environment that will refine collaboration between academia, government, and the built environment sector.
07 Oct 2025
Tee off for a cause
UCT’s 2025 Golf Day in Johannesburg set a positive tone for the series, creating a platform for industry leaders to engage with UCT’s mission.
07 Oct 2025
Parents co-create exhibition to redefine and inform care policies
UCT’s sharing The Motherload project empowers parents to redefine care and inform care policies.
07 Oct 2025
SA graduates face toughest path to adulthood yet
A new report has revealed that South African graduates find the transition to adulthood more challenging than ever.
06 Oct 2025
Varsities clash in sitting volleyball
UCT ParaSports Club hosted a sitting volleyball tournament for the second consecutive year to raise awareness and promote inclusivity on campus and beyond.
06 Oct 2025
Africa’s borrowing costs are too high
Through the influence of their opinions, Moody’s, S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings are at the centre of driving the high cost of borrowing in Africa.
06 Oct 2025
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Reimagining Africa's future in times of turbulence and disruption
UCT conversation series explores how Africa can shift from passive consumption to active co-creation of future value in technology and finance.
03 Oct 2025
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
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
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
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
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
Global honour boosts UCT
UCT’s Prof Alison September has been inducted into the prestigious National Academy of Kinesiology.
02 Oct 2025
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
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
How passion, perseverance, and hard work drove one ICTS employee from a childhood wonder to a life-long pursuit of knowledge and a stellar career in IT.
29 Sep 2025
One in three South Africans have never heard of AI – what this means for policy
A new survey of over 3,000 South Africans reveals that most South Africans can’t relate to AI in meaningful ways.
29 Sep 2025
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UCT Big Band marks Heritage Day with a celebration
The Baxter Concert Hall came alive on Wednesday, 24 September, as the UCT Big Band hosted a Heritage Day celebration.
26 Sep 2025
A decade of leadership excellence
UCT hosted the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program’s “Decade of Leadership Excellence” celebrations from 9 to 10 September 2025.
26 Sep 2025
AI in Africa: 5 issues that must be tackled for digital equality
Without deliberate action, the AI “revolution” risks deepening inequality more than it will expand opportunity. Here are five issues that need to be looked at and overcome.
26 Sep 2025
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Michaelis 100: objects, images and anecdotes
UCT’s Michaelis School of Fine Art is celebrating 100 years through 100 objects, images and anecdotes.
25 Sep 2025
UCT launches Centre for Wellbeing and Flourishing
It was all about the success of students and staff as UCT hosted the inaugural Wellbeing and Flourishing Conference to launch the Centre for Wellbeing and Flourishing.
23 Sep 2025
UCT champions access and inclusivity in scholarship
UCT Libraries Press has produced another volume that emphasises the university’s commitment to inclusive knowledge sharing.
23 Sep 2025
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