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Huawei awards bursaries to UCT students
Multinational technology company Huawei South Africa has partnered with the University of Cape Town to fund 15 students as part of the firm’s external bursary programme.
03 Apr 2020
Supporting students during the national lockdown
DVC Feris addresses students about the support that UCT is providing during the national lockdown to “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 virus.
26 Mar 2020
Creating a community of care and support
VC Phakeng calls on the UCT community to be a community of support and care even though we may not be together.
26 Mar 2020
A message from UCT's VC to students and staff during Covid-19
The University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, updates staff and students ahead of the Covid-19 lockdown.
25 Mar 2020
A message from UCT’s VC to parents, guardians and sponsors during Covid-19
Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng updates parents, guardians and sponsors ahead of the Covid-19 lockdown. ’
25 Mar 2020
Honouring Neville Isdell
Alumnus and former Smuts Hall resident Neville Isdell was honoured at a special lunch on 4 February.
28 Feb 2020
First-years’ Braai: sharing hopes and dreams
After a jam-packed orientation week, UCT’s 2020 first-year students had fun at the annual First-years’ Braai on Thursday, 30 January.
28 Feb 2020
UCT legacy project honours Bongani Mayosi
On Tuesday, 28 January, the late Professor Bongani Mayosi was honoured with the renaming of UCT’s Health Sciences Library, which will now be known as the Bongani Mayosi Health Sciences Library.
21 Feb 2020
4th Annual Heads of Mission Breakfast
The University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted the 4th annual Heads of Mission Breakfast on Thursday, 13 February, ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address.
20 Feb 2020
Retiring Deputy Dean of Health Sciences, Gonda Perez, commends UCT’s inspiring students
Associate Professor Gonda Perez, who is the deputy dean for undergraduate education in the Faculty of Health Sciences
18 Feb 2020
Vice-Chancellor’s message to the UCT community as the academic year starts
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, welcomes first-year students, as well as staff and returning students after the year-end break.
13 Feb 2020
Inclusive Practice Speaker Series: Professor Rozena Maart
Professor Rozena Maart from UKZN delivered a public seminar titled "Reason and unreason: Pedagogies of the oppressed in the twenty-first century: Gender, philosophy, education and the law.”
07 Feb 2020
Parent Orientation 2020 (highlights)
This year’s Parent Orientation welcomed parents of first-year students to be a part of the UCT community.
04 Feb 2020
Local Government Women’s Leadership Development Programme
The inaugural eight-month leadership development programme will run from April 2020 until November 2020.
31 Jan 2020
Annual UCT Legacy Society guest lecture
Advocate Hermione Cronje, Head of the Investigating Directorate in the Office of the National Director of Public Prosecutions delivered this years’ UCT Legacy Society guest lecture.
30 Jan 2020
Parent Orientation 2020 (full recording)
This year’s Parent Orientation welcomed parents of first year students as part of the UCT community.
30 Jan 2020
Annual Dr Stuart Saunders Lecture
Dr Solomon Benatar, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Cape Town (UCT) presented the second annual Dr Stuart John Saunders Lecture on 27 November 2019.
30 Jan 2020
VC’s Message to Matriculants
The Vice-Chancellor congratulates matriculants who have just received their results and invites prospective students to choose UCT.
08 Jan 2020
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