The barrier is not the technology South Africa has 5G. The spectrum exists, the hardware exists, and the standards bodies ...

The World Universities Network’s Mental Health Symposium took place at the UCT Graduate School of Business on 23 and 24 June.

Pregnant women exposed to indoor air pollution and tobacco smoke may be putting their babies at greater risk of poor growth ...

UCT sports people reflect on the significant milestones achieved by UCT Sport over the past five decades, and the challenges ...

The South African Sports Association for the Physically Disabled and Visually Impaired has presented Dr Muya Koloko with the ...

UCT ranked 97th worldwide in the 2026 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, with nine areas ranked in the top 100.

Nassifu Ssemwanga’s story is a powerful reminder that perseverance, purpose and support can transform challenges into ...

Cities as contested sites: A conversation navigating urban land use This UCT conversation series explores the urgent complexities of urban land use, specifically through the lenses of justice, ecology ...

Global leader in tuberculosis (TB) research Professor Keertan Dheda has been awarded the Order of Mapungubwe from President Cyril Ramaphosa. The award recognises his ongoing efforts to reduce the TB ...

It gives me great pleasure to share that nine University of Cape Town (UCT) academics and research teams have been named among the finalists in the prestigious 2025/2026 National Science and ...

It is with a heavy heart that I pay this tribute to Mlingani Matiwane. A neurodivergent spirit. Mlingani meant a great deal to a complicated and evolving community in a way very few people ever do. He ...

“Transformation at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has always centred on student protest. This is a very important thread to pick up on, which is very telling.” These were some of the opening ...