Prof Pumla Dineo Gqola: ‘Retain, protect and defend academic freedom’
ArchivesLatest newsUniversity of Cape Town August 30, 2018
The 2018 TB Davie Memorial Lecture has focused on a renewed call to the university community to do far more to defend academic freedom. Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola, the dean of research at the University of Fort Hare, said at the event at the University of Cape Town (UCT) that... Read more
VC launches substantial scholarships for women
ArchivesLatest newsScholarshipsUniversity of Cape Town August 29, 2018
Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has launched three substantial scholarships for women, focused on gender issues. The launch was part of a UCT National Women’s Day event, For Womxn by Womxn, on 8 August, hosted at Graça Machel Hall. Guests of honour were UCT Chancellor Graça Machel and former UCT Vice-Chancellor Dr Mamphela... Read more
mGenAfrica: sparking interest in careers in genomics
ArchivesCareersUniversity of Cape Town August 28, 2018
Making learning fun is the aim of a new internet-based platform and mobile app designed to encourage interest and excitement about career possibilities in genomics and other life sciences among high school learners. The platform, mGenAfrica, was launched at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Saturday, 18 August.... Read more
UCT hosts African junior squash championships
ArchivesUniversity of Cape TownVarsity Sports August 21, 2018
The second All Africa Junior squash tournament hosted by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Squash Club from 10 to 12 August attracted 65 teen players from as far afield as the United States and Saudi Arabia, while raising much-needed funds for bone marrow transplant charity The Sunflower Fund. The players,... Read more
100 new faces for 100UP
Latest newsMust-ReadUniversity of Cape Town August 15, 2018
The recent intake of learners to the 100UP programme – which assists them through matriculation and the university application process, and ultimately to graduation – heralds the start of an enduring relationship between these promising young people and the University of Cape Town (UCT). The 100UP programme, the flagship project... Read more
Epic opportunities at Job Expo
ArchivesCareersUniversity of Cape Town August 13, 2018
This year’s Epic Job Expo was the largest of its kind held at the University of Cape Town (UCT), combining five expos into one and giving students a unique opportunity to meet multiple possible future employers on a single day. Organised by UCT’s Careers Service and held on Wednesday,... Read more
Minibus taxis crucial in public transport overhaul
ArchivesLatest newsMust-ReadUniversity of Cape Town August 10, 2018
There are signs of a fundamental shift in the South African government’s attitude towards the minibus-taxi sector and its role in urban transport. Since its origins in the 1920s in the form of independently owned sedan vehicles, the minibus-taxi sector has been both a reviled and welcomed part of... Read more
Primo, UCT Libraries’ new cloud-based, multiplatform search tool, opens access to all its content databases to users, on the go, using any device from anywhere. It was officially launched on 1 August. Though Primo made its debut in December last year, this “gestation” period has given designers time to eradicate... Read more
Dr Elona Toska, a postdoctoral research fellow in the AIDS and Society Research Unit (ASRU) and an associate lecturer in the Department of Sociology, is one of two UCT recipients of a prestigious Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research (CIPHER) grant. The second awardee is Dr Millicent... Read more
Hundreds of students from the University of Cape Townʼs Faculty of Health Sciences held a candlelight vigil for their dean, Professor Bongani Mayosi, who passed away on Friday, 27 July. The students sang struggle songs and hymns and paid tribute to Mayosi, describing him as a guiding light and a... Read more
