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ISEM research article wins prestigious sports medicine award

Research Jan 8, 2019

Dr Pierre Viviers and colleagues from the Institute of...

Open Access: UP hosts panel discussion on making research available to all

Latest news Dec 20, 2018

A panel discussion held at the University of Pretoria...

University of Pretoria AFMA feed mill research facility on the rise

Research Dec 14, 2018

A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the University of...

Injection with cheaper drug could help against diabetic eye disease

Research Dec 13, 2018

Diabetic eye disease (diabetic retinopathy) is one of the...
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Cape Peninsula University: Fashion on film

arts and culture Cape Peninsula University of Technology December 3, 2018

Cape Peninsula University of Technology fashion students recently got a chance to watch their showreel at The Labia cinema in Cape Town. Third year and BTech Fashion students each had to work on a short video clip explaining their design collection and these were put together into a film... Read more

CPUT Students donate R54 000 to Children’s Hospital

Cape Peninsula University of Technology Latest news Must-Read October 16, 2018

CPUT first year students recently donated R54 300 to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital Trust. The Business Administration 1 students and lecturer Belinda Berman, who is the project’s facilitator, recently handed over the cheque to the Trust on the District Six Campus. The money was raised earlier this year and will be... Read more

CPUT Student stars in popular TV drama

Archives Cape Peninsula University of Technology Latest news September 17, 2018

Student Thandolwethu “NT” Jikwa is one of the stars of Mzansi Magic’s DSTV popular drama series, Nkululeko. Nkululeko is a coming of age story set in the dusty streets of one of South Africa’s most infamous townships, Khayelitsha. The story is about a young boy who jeopardises his bright... Read more

Racing on sunshine

Archives Cape Peninsula University of Technology Latest news August 28, 2018

CPUT students and staff members will take part in this year’s Sasol Solar Car Challenge 2018, South Africa for the first time. Held every second year, the competition sees teams from across the world design and build solar-powered vehicles to drive across South Africa in an eight day event.... Read more

CPUT Men say no to violence

Archives Cape Peninsula University of Technology Latest news August 21, 2018

“There is a new man at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. A man who takes responsibility for his actions. A man that will not participate in, approve of or remain silent about any form of violence.” This is the introduction of the commitment pledge that was recited at... Read more

Student activist selected for prestigious fellowship

Achievers Cape Peninsula University of Technology February 26, 2018

A third-year Accounting student and activist, who is passionate about human rights, will be jetting off to Lagos, Nigeria this weekend after being selected for theCANVASSITY Pan African Youth Democracy Fellowship. Luchulumanco Nanto was selected into the programme after two rounds of rigorous assessment and will be spending 10 days in... Read more

Budding academic clinches international scholarship

Achievers Cape Peninsula University of Technology November 14, 2017

A CPUT staffer is going to Ireland next year after being awarded a full doctoral scholarship. Aifani Tahulela, a Research Assistant in the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, has been selected by the AESOP Project to undertake PhD studies in Global Human Development at University College Dublin. Tahulela... Read more

CPUT celebrates teaching excellence

Achievers Archives Cape Peninsula University of Technology October 27, 2017

Teaching and Learning enjoyed centre stage recently when the university, for the first time, honoured recipients of in-house as well as external teaching awards at one event. Normally only the winners of the Institutional Teaching and Learning Excellence Awards would be lauded in this way, but this year the... Read more

Student takes top honours in design competition

Achievers Archives Cape Peninsula University of Technology October 18, 2017

Interior Design student, Kriska Liebenberg, recently won a prestigious competition, which will see her winning chair being manufactured and sold by a renowned Cape Town-based furniture-maker. Kriska won prize money of R10 000 and will also get a percentage of future sales for her nesting chair, which as the... Read more

National Teaching award for Surveying Lecturer

Achievers Archives Cape Peninsula University of Technology October 2, 2017

A willingness to tackle difficult topics and include creative influences in his lectures have earned a CPUT lecturer a top teaching award. Siddique Motala, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying, was recently announced as a National Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award winner for 2017... Read more