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Blood, grit, and global breakthroughs
UCT’s Prof Darlene Lubbe delivered her inaugural lecture on 28 August, detailing her journey in innovation of transorbital surgical techniques.
01 Sep 2025
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Blood, grit, and global breakthroughs
UCT’s Prof Darlene Lubbe delivered her inaugural lecture on 28 August, detailing her journey in innovation of transorbital surgical techniques.
01 Sep 2025
- 7 min read
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Muscles, motion and markets
UCT’s Assoc Prof Yumna Albertus has co-founded a start-up called AcinoTech, which aims to increase access to movement-measuring technology.
01 Sep 2025
- 7 min read
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In quotes: UCT VC’s 12 months in office
UCT VC Prof Mosa Moshabela has marked one year in office.
01 Sep 2025
- 4 min read
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Students, Springboks and dinner with Nelson Mandela
VC Prof Mosa Moshabela has spoken highly of UCT’s student body and its everlasting appeal in society.
01 Sep 2025
- 4 min read
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‘It’s possible to do the impossible at UCT’
UCT VC Prof Mosa Moshabela has highlighted some of the outcomes of stakeholder conversations as he marks one year in office.
01 Sep 2025
- 5 min read
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Time to celebrate after years of juggling
Thulisa Mkatazo’s graduation marks the end of years of balancing her campus job with her academic research.
01 Sep 2025
- 7 min read
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Finding ease in hardships
Every year, UCT spotlights a cohort of graduates who have achieved remarkable feats during the course of their studies. This year, Dr Fadia Gamieldien is in those ranks.
01 Sep 2025
- 8 min read
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AI, authorship and authority
AI is here to stay – and lecturers and students at UCT are thinking about its role together.
29 Aug 2025
- 4 min read
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Three UCT alumna at the helm of SA’s most influential companies
Three UCT alumna – who are sisters – are running some of South Africa’s most successful and influential companies.
29 Aug 2025
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Women at work
28 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
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28 Aug 2025
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Baanbrekerswerk met gebaretaalwebwerf by UK
28 Aug 2025
Afrikaans
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Addressing South Africa’s silent sleep crisis
28 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
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Thandiswa Nxomani’s inspiring rise in women’s rugby
26 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
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Marching for memory, justice and change
26 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
Research and innovation
UCT researchers awarded for shaping the future of disease prevention
25 Aug 2025
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Steering change on and off the road
25 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
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First female adult epileptologist leads the way
25 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
Obituary
Professor Lehlohonolo Burns Banda Jiyane Machobane (1941–2025)
22 Aug 2025
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Gig economy shows familiar work disparities
20 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
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Strengthening language, writing in higher education
19 Aug 2025
UCT’s academic excellence celebrated at the NRF awards
Several leading University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers received recognition at the prestigious National Research Foundation (NRF) Awards ceremony on 7 August 2025.
18 Aug 2025
Men are dying younger worldwide
UCT honorary research associate Dr Morna Cornell has called for governments, global health agencies and funders to prioritise men’s health in the global push for universal health coverage.
15 Aug 2025
M&G 200 Young South Africans: celebrating our own
The latest Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans list is out and UCT is once again celebrating its people.
14 Aug 2025
Job expo: connecting students and corporate
UCT hosted its annual Epic Job Expo, where students were offered opportunities to connect and get first-hand information from industry leaders.
13 Aug 2025
African countries have an opportunity to reshape global power relations
The international order is shifting fast. Africa can finally break with the legacy of managed dependency.
13 Aug 2025
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iThemba Walkway: safe, inclusive spaces
EBE senior professor Dr Kathryn Ewing speaks about the 2024 Social Responsiveness Award and creating safe walkways in communities.
12 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
Study finds four low-income communities can’t cope with global warming
Environmental scientist Sithabile Hlahla interviewed people in 378 homes in Pietermaritzburg and found that they were not coping well with climate disasters.
12 Aug 2025
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‘Call in, not out’: Activist on justice with compassion
Assoc Prof Loretta J Ross delivered the 59th TB Davie Memorial Lecture on 6 August, calling for a new human-rights-based movement that centres around love.
11 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
Thirty-two-year wait to fulfil an academic dream
UCT CPS manager, Madia Frieslaar, is sending a message of following dreams delayed this Women’s Month.
11 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
A heartbeat of hope: stories of grit and glory
As part of Women’s Month celebrations, UCT’s ParaSport hosted its annual Women in Sport Talk dedicated to the struggles and achievements of women student athletes against the odds.
08 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
We need inclusive science of human origins
Opportunities for women of colour in palaeoanthropology are limited by both structural inequalities and hostile environments.
08 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
UCT opens new strategic conference venue
UCT launched a new conference venue at Protea Hotel Mowbray to contribute to economic growth and job creation.
08 Aug 2025
UCT unveils Flourishing Community Showcase after groundbreaking summit
On 1 August 2025, UCT hosted the inaugural Flourish Summit, marking a defining moment in the university’s commitment to holistic well-being and community flourishing in higher education.
07 Aug 2025
‘Best experience in my year in office’
UCT VC Prof Mosa Moshabela has once again hailed the Ikey Tigers after becoming 2025 Varsity Cup champions.
07 Aug 2025
Five UCT women selected for prestigious fellowship
The Mawazo fellowship supports African women scholars driving innovative research and policy solutions across Africa.
06 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
A journey from the lab to the stove
Samishka Govender has swapped theory for thermal analysis as part of an internship with HYENA, a UCT spin-off company developing hydrogen-based energy solutions.
06 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
Opening doors for young African women in science
Carol Ngwenya looks to a future where women in science and engineering is the norm, not the exception.
04 Aug 2025
Women’s Month
Prioritising excellence
UCT VC Prof Mosa Moshabela hosted the annual academic heads of departments dinner on 30 July.
31 Jul 2025
UCT students attend high-level UN SDG engagement
A UCT student delegation recently participated at the 2025 United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
30 Jul 2025
Vibrant sports field comes to life in Mbekweni
The Langabuya Primary School multi-purpose sports field, a 10-year project of UCT’s Drakenstein Child Health Study, is now open.
30 Jul 2025
‘Chasing zebras and catching futures’
Prof Dick Ng’ambi delivered his inaugural lecture on 25 July, which focused on how technology is reshaping our educational values.
30 Jul 2025
Global partnership powers Africa’s blockchain future
The Deep Dive into Blockchain Summer School brought world-class blockchain education from the University of Zurich to Cape Town over the mid-year winter break.
28 Jul 2025
A transformative step towards scientific inclusion
The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at UCT hosted MCBEngage, a three-day job shadowing programme that represented a vital step toward widening access to science education and careers.
28 Jul 2025
Disability services support accelerated
A disability rights unit capacity-building programme, Access4All, has been celebrated at UCT.
25 Jul 2025
Bold thinking and open hearts needed for transformation
UCT Vice-Chancellor Prof Mosa Moshabela outlines the role of universities in South Africa’s future.
24 Jul 2025
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UCT scraps flawed AI detectors
UCT has made a decisive move in the global education debate on artificial intelligence (AI) by officially adopting a university-wide framework that sets out how AI technologies should be integrated.
24 Jul 2025
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UCT breaks ground on flagship Green Precinct
UCT officially launched its flagship Green Precinct and Water Treatment Facility, a project to transform water sustainability, research and community well-being.
24 Jul 2025
Music and astronomy: a celebration of wonder, sound and space
VOX Cape Town, led by UCT’s Dr John Woodland and Dr Kyle Paulssen, celebrated 10 years of performances with an immersive musical experience.
23 Jul 2025
UCT linguist elected to British Academy
UCT Emeritus Professor Rajend Mesthrie has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy.
22 Jul 2025
It takes a team
UCT’s Prof Alan Davidson delivered his inaugural lecture on the theme of collaborative work on 17 July.
22 Jul 2025
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