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Know your status
The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation hopes to reach 500 people who find it difficult to access public clinics, through a health and welfare jamboree in Athlone this Saturday, 29 July 2017.
26 Jul 2017
Wasserman honoured by Humboldt Foundation
Herman Wasserman, professor of media studies and director of the Centre for Film and Media Studies, has been awarded the prestigious Georg Forster Research Award by the Alexander Humboldt Foundation.
24 Jul 2017
#LearnActImpact initiative
Two of UCT’s massive open online courses (MOOCs) have been handpicked by Coursera, the world’s largest MOOC platform, as featured courses on its newly launched #LearnActImpact initiative.
21 Jul 2017
Baxter goes to Edinburgh Fringe
Six productions from the Baxter Theatre Centre will be staged at the largest arts festival in the world, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, this year.
19 Jul 2017
Double win for communication department
UCT’s Communication and Marketing Department (CMD) won bronze in the Circle of Excellence awards programme run by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
17 Jul 2017
A civic mobilisation dialogue
UCT’s Department of Social Development and the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation are hosting a civic mobilisation dialogue on 18 July to explore how young people can take the lead towards a better Africa.
14 Jul 2017
Cybersecurity boffins to compare notes
UCT, in partnership with Dimension Data, will host the inaugural Cyber Security Symposium Africa from 16 to 19 July on UCT’s middle campus.
12 Jul 2017
Mandela Day blanket drive
With Mandela Day coming up on 18 July, the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED) Transformation and Events Committee invites you to collect and donate as many blankets as possible.
10 Jul 2017
Renowned Compagnie Philippe Saire performs two works at UCT
Free tickets are available for two performances of the renowned contemporary dance company Philippe Saire at P4 Studio on UCT’s Hiddingh campus on 3 and 4 July at 19:30. World-renowned Swiss choreographer Philippe Saire’s company will perform works that have been described ...
30 Jun 2017
Tolu Oni to lead Global Young Academy
Assoc Prof Tolullah Oni, in UCT’s School of Public Health and Family Medicine, has been elected to jointly lead the Global Young Academy (GYA) as co-chair for 2017/18.
26 Jun 2017
Mary Burton: Patron of the Black Sash
Mary Burton, who joined the Black Sash in 1965, is only the second person to be honoured by being named as the movement’s patron.
22 Jun 2017
Celebrating a giant of theatre
To celebrate the 85th birthday of theatre giant and UCT alumnus Athol Fugard, the Fugard Theatre announced its first staging of The Road to Mecca.
19 Jun 2017
Keynote address accolade for Prof Dheda
Professor Keertan Dheda, head of the Division of Pulmonology in UCT’s Department of Medicine, recently delivered a keynote address at the 2017 American Thoracic Society Conference in Washington DC.
15 Jun 2017
A Day at Sea
A Day at Sea, an exhibition by Martina Gruber and Gillian Rosselli, will be displayed at the UCT Irma Stern Museum from 10 June to 1 July.
12 Jun 2017
Asteroids and impacts: Should we worry?
An object large enough to make a crater one kilometer in diameter strikes the earth once every 5 000 years, on average.
07 Jun 2017
Back by popular demand
Following its sold out run in 2016, the Fleur du Cap-winning production The Fall returns to the Baxter theatre.
05 Jun 2017
Before the storm breaks
Playwright and actor Paul Slabolepszy and director Bobby Heaney, both UCT alumni, have teamed up again to create a distinctly South African experience in Suddenly the Storm.
31 May 2017
What do you say to the dead?
Louis Viljoen’s latest play, The Eulogists , premiers at the Fugard Theatre on 30 May, with a cast full of UCT alumni.
29 May 2017
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