Master’s student Shamiso Kumbirai has been selected to represent the youth of southern Africa at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in 2018. Kumbirai is a member of an iCOMMS research team that is focusing on participatory upgrades in large-scale water and sanitation infrastructure... Read more
“I had only ever used my passport before to go to Botswana, and now I have been to the UN in New York,” says master’s student Maryjane Mokgethi, laughing. The elated 25-year-old has just returned from the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit, which took place in iconic Midtown Manhattan... Read more
Absa increases support to UCT
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of Cape Town October 31, 2017
A total of 250 “missing middle” students from the University of Cape Town (UCT) will receive scholarships after a R10 million donation was handed over to the university by the Barclays Africa Group on Tuesday, 24 October. This follows an almost three-fold increase in the Barclays Africa Group’s CEO... Read more
UCT’s Brightest Young Minds 2017
AchieversArchivesUniversity of Cape Town October 23, 2017
Brightest Young Minds (BYM) is a 17-year old non-profit organisation, whose mission is to create a positive social impact by identifying, connecting and mobilising 100 high-impact leaders and go-getters between the ages of 20 and 35 from across the African continent. This year the organisation received a total of... Read more
GSB academic conference centre takes shape
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of Cape Town October 16, 2017
Work has started on the construction of a R130 million state-of-the-art academic conference centre on UCT’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) campus. The venue will greatly enhance the school’s ability to convene thought leadership conferences and host sizeable international delegations. “The limited scale of existing facilities has hampered our... Read more
A case study on the governance failure at African Bank written by UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) academic Associate Professor Stephanie Giamporcaro and MBA student Matthew Marrian has been recognised as one of the top 10 business case studies of the year. When local micro lender African Bank... Read more
Love immemorial
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of Cape Town October 6, 2017
An entirely South African production of the hit comedy Shakespeare in Love comes to the Fugard Theatre from 10 October. Caught in the throes of writer’s block and with his latest deadline looming ever nearer, the young Will Shakespeare is desperate for a source of inspiration. He then meets... Read more
UCT hit back to take Varsity MTB Challenge crown
ArchivesUniversity of Cape TownVarsity Sports October 3, 2017
University of Cape Town produced an impressive showing on the final stage to turn a small deficit into overall victory over arch-rivals Stellenbosch in the men’s race of the Varsity MTB Challenge at Nederburg near Paarl on Sunday. Maties however remained firmly in control of the women’s race, with... Read more
John Ataguba: ‘I made a vow to myself that I would rewrite my story.’
ArchivesResearchUniversity of Cape Town September 25, 2017
Associate Professor John Ataguba has been the recipient of numerous awards recognising his prowess as both an economist and a teacher. He is a Commonwealth Scholar, a member of the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS), a Mandela Mellon Fellow and a recipient of a National Science and... Read more
Shining a light on student entrepreneurs
AchieversArchivesUniversity of Cape Town September 22, 2017
Under the umbrella of the new UCT Careers Festival, the UCT Careers Service has hosted its first Student Entrepreneurship Week (#SEW2017). Between presentations from a number of student entrepreneurs, an entrepreneurial marketplace and a day-long entrepreneurship boot camp, the week brought the efforts of many future business leaders to... Read more
