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Original children’s shows at the Baxter The Baxter Theatre Centre is presenting two beautiful and original children’s shows for one week only, starting tomorrow, 26 March. 25 Mar 2019
CFMS honours project wins a SAFTA A documentary created as part of an honours project in UCT’s Centre for Film and Media Studies has won a SAFTA for Best Student Film. 22 Mar 2019
Lifetime Achievement Award for Dizu Plaatjies Dizu Plaatjies, UCT’s head of African Music, has been awarded a ministerial Lifetime Achievement – Heritage Presentation Award by the provincial Cultural Affairs and Sport department. 15 Mar 2019
Mother City Comedy Festival A festival for “comedy connoisseurs” is what’s promised by the organisers of the Mother City Comedy Festival, at the Baxter Studio Theatre from 19 to 31 March. 12 Mar 2019
Bespoke silk squares go on show Stern on Silk, an exhibition of bespoke silk squares designed by Louis Jansen van Vuuren, goes on show at the Irma Stern Museum from 18:00 tomorrow, 12 March. 11 Mar 2019
Ambroise Wonkam Inaugural Lecture UCT’s Professor Ambroise Wonkam, Health Sciences deputy dean of research, will discuss the clinical applications of DNA technology in his Vice-Chancellor’s Inaugural Lecture on Wednesday. 11 Mar 2019
Annual Steve Lawn Memorial Lecture National Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi will deliver the annual Steve Lawn Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, 02 April, at the UCT Medical School. 07 Mar 2019
UCT students to meet Nobel laureates Four UCT students are among 20 top young South African scientists selected to attend a prestigious Nobel laureate meeting in Germany in June. 06 Mar 2019
Michaelis staff show their work Work by the staff of the Michaelis School of Art goes on show at the Michaelis Galleries today until 12 April. 05 Mar 2019
Win R25 000 to build your business The deadline is looming for current UCT students to pitch for a chance to win R25 000 to turn their business idea into reality. 05 Mar 2019
Austrian honour for renowned UCT heart surgeon Austria’s highest national honour has been conferred on renowned heart surgeon Professor Peter Zilla, head of UCT’s Chris Barnard Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 27 Feb 2019
Art, science and psyche meet at UCT Pieces from Melancholia, the latest body of work by artist Natasja de Wet, will go on show at UCT from 9 to 30 March. 27 Feb 2019
President lays wreath at SS Mendi Memorial President Cyril Ramaphosa has laid a wreath at UCT’s SS Mendi Memorial in honour of the South African soldiers who died when the ship sank in 1917. 21 Feb 2019
Public Protector visits UCT Ombud The UCT Ombud and the Public Protector have met on campus to formalise the relationship between their offices. 18 Feb 2019
UCT climbs social media rankings UCT has climbed 11 positions to 57 in the World 100 Reputation Network’s Twitter Engagement rankings for the fourth quarter of 2018. 15 Feb 2019

 
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