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Ikey Tigers clinch prestigious Varsity Cup title
UCT’s Ikey Tigers have overcome an 11-year Varsity Cup drought to become 2025 champions.
17 Apr 2025
Rain couldn’t dampen spirits at UCT’s packed 2025 Open Day
Hundreds of future students braved Cape Town’s stormy weather for an informative and inspiring campus experience.
17 Apr 2025
RMF10: ‘One of the most influential global movements’
UCT recently commemorated 10 years since the removal of the statue of Cecil John Rhodes from its upper campus precinct.
16 Apr 2025
Celebrating the graduates of 1974 and 1975 at Golden Graduation
Alumni who graduated approximately 50 years ago came back to UCT to celebrate their golden graduation.
16 Apr 2025
How UCT is transforming gender and inclusion
UCT has made impressive progress to address gender-based violence on campus and to improve sexual and gender diversity.
15 Apr 2025
Future Water Institute wraps up six-year living lab project in Mitchells Plain
The initiative operates at a stormwater pond in Mitchells Plain and forms part of the bigger Pathways to water resilient South African cities project.
15 Apr 2025
Why South Africa needs its own educational playbook
UCT’s Prof François Cilliers delivered his inaugural lecture on 9 April, unpacking the complex relationship between theory, research and practice.
14 Apr 2025
Building interdisciplinary partnerships to drive innovation and improve cancer outcomes
Three new research grants have been awarded to advance the understanding, prevention and comprehensive management of cancer.
14 Apr 2025
A shared stage, a shared story
The recent UCT autumn graduation celebrated many milestones, including a mother and daughter taking to the stage – a moment shared between the two that left a fond memory.
11 Apr 2025
Study in Cape Town looked at using seawater to flush toilets
South Africa’s Water Research Commission recently commissioned a study into using seawater to flush toilets in Cape Town.
10 Apr 2025
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UCT researchers further global effort to study Antarctic ice loss
UCT researchers explored Antarctica’s Fimbul Ice Shelf, collecting data to model future climate shifts and marking South Africa’s return to Antarctic glaciology.
10 Apr 2025
First Uyinene Mrwetyana Scholarship recipient graduates
Four years after being the first recipient of the Uyinene Mrwetyana Scholarship, Luhlanganiso Majebe is grateful for the chance taken on her.
09 Apr 2025
Address SA’s adolescent vaping catastrophe
Vaping among teens in South Africa has been described as a public health crisis, and dealing with it is a collective effort.
09 Apr 2025
Empowering next generation of women STEM leaders
The 2025 STEM MentHER induction ceremony was held on Friday, 4 April.
08 Apr 2025
Building an inclusive UCT through new online course
UCT’s “Transformation through Disability Inclusion” course was developed to help staff with tools to create a more accessible university for students and colleagues with disabilities.
08 Apr 2025
A premium on academic excellence
Luxolo Mdolo placed a premium on his academic excellence.
07 Apr 2025
The struggle for equity in post-school education 30 years on
UCT’s SALDRU hosted the ‘South Africa at 30 years of democracy conference’ to take stock and to identify new pathways to unlock South Africa’s potential.
04 Apr 2025
The Harambee Project: A legacy of transformation
UCT hosted the closing ceremony of the Harambee Project, which redefined the administrative processes of the university.
04 Apr 2025
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