Welcome to the
University of Cape Town News
Wamkelekile, Welkom
Menu
Search
News
Daily news
Newsbytes
Research & innovation
Newsletters
Publications
Lectures & speeches
Photo essays
Videos
Audio
Campus communications
From the UCT Executive
Campus Announcements
In remembrance
Campus updates
Audio
Media communications
Media releases
Archives
News archives
Features archives
Campus communication archives
Media archives
Debates in higher education
Contact Us
Newsroom
Media liaison
Social Media
archive: News
All
News
Campus communications
Media
category
All
News
Newsbyte
Research and innovation
Cape Town water crisis
Obituary
Faculty of Health Sciences
Graduation
Photo Essay
Videos
Event recordings
Highlights
Affirmative Action debate
Correspondence
Correspondence around debates in higher education
Debates in higher education
Free Education Planning Group
Institutional Reconciliation and Transformation Commission (IRTC)
Transform UCT Third batch
UCT correspondence around #FeesMustFall and #EndOutsourcing
UCT correspondence around #RhodesMustFall
University fees in 2017 and beyond
Views from campus
Front page
Front page extra
Campus Life
Student Life
2000 - 2008
Ad Hominem Promotions
Administration
Afropolitanism at UCT
Arts
Books
Books & Arts
Capital projects
Celebrating Africa
COP17 focus
Corporate
Council
Doctoral Studies
Editorial
Events/Arts
Events/Sports
Executives
Farewell
Feature
Focus
Focus on Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Governance
Graduation archive
Graduation Doctorates
Graduation News
Health
Health and Safety
Inaugural Lecture
Installation
Lectures and speeches
Letter to the Editor
On Campus
Opinions
Outreach/Sport
SHAWCO
Social Responsiveness
Special Focus
Special Projects
Sport
Staff
Student Research
Technology
The Brain Behaviour Initiative
Transformation News
Tribute
UCT Abroad
Vice-Chancelor's Medals
World Cup
Youth Day
Faculty Focus - Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED)
Faculty Focus - Commerce
Faculty Focus - Engineering & the Built Environment
Faculty Focus - Humanities
Faculty Focus - Law
Faculty Focus - Science
year: 2019
All
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
month: April
All
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Load Previous
Ms Judy Sikuza, guest speaker at Humanities graduation ceremony
Ms Judy Sikuza, Deputy Executive Director of the Nelson Mandela Rhodes Foundation, was the guest speaker at the Faculty of Humanities graduation ceremony that took place at 18:00 on 10 April 2019.
10 Apr 2019
Faculty of Humanities graduation ceremony - 10 April at 18:00
Students from the Faculty of Humanities were robed at a graduation ceremony at 18:00 on 10 April.
10 Apr 2019
My family and other animals
On her recent birthday, alumnus Dr Roberta Griffiths received an unusual gift: a framed photograph of a sea shrimp named in her honour.
10 Apr 2019
Data science to support cyclone relief efforts
UCT eResearch is partnering with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and Missing Maps to support the disaster response operations following Cyclone Idai, via remote mapping.
10 Apr 2019
‘Don’t allow your circumstances to define you’
Psychology graduand Minkateko Ndlovu (21) says she has emerged successful from three “tough” years at university because she decided not to allow her challenges to define her.
10 Apr 2019
‘I am somebody because of UCT’
With help from colleagues and classmates, graduand Mteteleli Jobela has beaten the odds and will be capped in the Sarah Baartman Hall tomorrow.
10 Apr 2019
April graduation 2019
In what VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng called a “true African celebration”, more than 5 000 students were capped in 14 graduation ceremonies from 10 to 18 April.
10 Apr 2019
International poverty study’s lessons for SA
UCT Department of Psychology academics collaborated on an international poverty study that has key lessons for South Africa.
09 Apr 2019
Graduation part of queer activist’s mission
Nigel Patel’s graduation is a stepping stone on the way to fulfilling their life’s mission to effect the decriminalisation of queerness.
09 Apr 2019
Water polo stars have a ball in Perth
The SA water-polo team, including three UCT students, are back from the FINA World League Intercontinental Cup competition in Australia with some valuable new skills.
09 Apr 2019
Master’s oceanography thesis ‘all at sea’
The inhospitable Southern Ocean is not a place from which any master’s graduand – not even an oceanographer – would choose to relay final changes to their thesis.
09 Apr 2019
Saving cash-strapped students money
Two UCT students and a friend have launched an online platform designed to help save students on a budget time and money.
08 Apr 2019
Programme helps black academic staff focus on research
The Black Academics Advancement Programme has enabled Dr Mandisa Malinga to conduct invaluable research among men who look for work on the side of the road.
08 Apr 2019
‘This is my mother’s graduation’
While it’s his name on the degree, Ntebogang Segone says his 17 April graduation belongs to his mother.
08 Apr 2019
Women top UCT’s civil engineering honours class
UCT women are making significant strides in civil engineering, where they account for six of the department’s 11 first-class honours students graduating this month.
08 Apr 2019
Inaugural African fellowships for young UCT scholars
Seven early-career UCT scholars have received prestigious inaugural Future Leaders – African Independent Research (FLAIR) Fellowships to support their development as independent research leaders.
05 Apr 2019
Making his ‘first lady’s’ dream come true
When Sanele Mangena graduates with his BCom in economics and finance from UCT, he will make his mother’s dream come true.
05 Apr 2019
New script for shark survivor and drama graduand
When a great white shark attacked Caleb Swanepoel in June 2015, he thought he would die. But a new script was being written for the April graduand.
05 Apr 2019
Load More
TOP