Companies Helping hands for budding matric scientists A group of South African matric learners who aspire to become scientists are getting a chance to learn from... Read more 8 Apr
Countries New low-cost antibiotic could reduce HIV adult mortality rate Cape Town — A new trial named REVIVE is set to test the efficacy of a low-cost HIV antibiotic... Read more 6 Mar
Countries Gaza: UCT senate calls for ceasefire UCT has called for a ceasefire in Gaza. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks By Ella Morrison GroundUp The University... Read more 21 Nov, 2023
Countries Supporters of gay rights and EFF members go head to head at UCT Gay students and supporters at UCT protested on campus before the lecture by Patrick Lumumba, who was the keynote... Read more 25 Jul, 2023
Countries EFF criticised for decision to host anti-gay lecturer Patrick Lumumba Cape Town — Staff at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are demanding that the institution change its decision... Read more 9 Jun, 2023
Countries UCT chair resigns following governance panel’s recommendations The University of Cape Town has been embroiled in leadership battles for several years. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks By... Read more 23 May, 2023
Countries ‘It was a memorable day in my life’ – UCT confers Kaizer Motaung with an honorary doctorate in Social Sciences Cape Town – The University of Cape Town (UCT) conferred an honorary doctorate in Social Sciences on Kaizer Chiefs... Read more 22 Jul, 2022
Coronavirus Africa’s top university to bar unvaccinated from campus Johannesburg – The University of Cape Town will require all staff and students to be vaccinated against Covid-19 from January,... Read more 21 Oct, 2021
Arts and Leisure Nigerian Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s open lecture at UCT Those who have read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will perhaps understand my excitement over the announcement that the Nigerian author... Read more 28 Jul, 2021