The University of Cape Town (UCT) community and peers are deeply saddened by the passing of Alderman Owen Kinahan.

The Reach Alliance 2025 Conference created a space where case-study research, service-delivery realities, and policy ...

Calls for the return of looted belongings have become part of a global conversation about decolonisation, justice and healing ...

UCT’s PGDA accomplishments contribute significantly to the transformation and empowerment of the accountancy profession.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed how fractured South Africa’s democracy is, and just how unequal we are as a society. The biggest ticking timebomb we have in this country is inequality,” said Busi ...

The University of Cape Town (UCT) places significant emphasis on effective financial management to ensure a combination of best practices, responsible stewardship, and forward thinking. This approach ...

UCT’s Prof Adam Haupt and UWC’s Assoc Prof Quentin Williams at Haupt’s inaugural lecture in 2019. Photo Brenton Geach. Following the recent launch of the first-ever dictionary of Afrikaaps, Professor ...

Earlier this week, the University of Cape Town (UCT) bestowed an honorary doctorate on Her Excellency ǂXuu Katrina Esau. Affectionately known as Ouma Katrina, the nonagenarian is the last remaining ...

The publication of South Africa’s latest unemployment figures was accompanied by the usual wringing of hands and promises of job creation. This time, however, a new controversy arose because of an ...

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has made a decisive move in the global education debate on artificial intelligence (AI) by officially adopting a university-wide framework that sets out how AI ...

Strengthening UCT’s strategic partnerships from Africa to Asia UCT advanced key partnerships in Hangzhou, China, strengthening Africa–Asia collaboration in research and innovation. 24 Dec 2025 ...

A new paper published in the top journal Nature Ecology & Evolution explores how we evolved through a complex process of hybridisation between Neanderthals and ancient humans at multiple points in ...