News
19 April 2021
Wild Cape Town Fire Mostly Contained
A 35-year-old man has reportedly been arrested on charges of arson. This, after firefighters had been battling to put out the Cape Town fire that caused extensive damage.
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News Brief
18 April 2018
New UCT Vice-Chancellor: “We Have to Work at Being The Best FOR Africa”
New UCT vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng wants to ensure students' issues are heard.
News Brief
17 November 2017
This is why the University of Cape Town May Stop Offering Law Degree
It's reported that the CHE had raised concerns about UCT's academic support for black law students and the success rate of black students in general.
News Brief
27 October 2017
CPUT and UCT Have Spent R54 Million on Campus Security in the Past 2 Years
Why aren't universities prioritizing student fees, and support services such as mental health and wellness?
News
04 October 2017
UCT Names Residence After First Coloured student to Obtain a University Degree in South Africa
Cressy was an activist who tried to improve education for black people in those times.
News
29 September 2017
This UCT Lecturer is willing to Excuse Students from a Test to go to Rocking the Daisies festival
If they could supply evidence of having booked for the festival well in advance.
Arts + Culture
28 November 2016
The Students Fighting to Decolonialise Music and Dance in South Africa
We speak with Inkqubela, the group of music and dance students in Cape Town pushing for free decolonial education.
Photos
28 October 2016
Photo Essay: Police and Protesters Clash in Cape Town
This is part two of a photo essay from a first-year University of Cape Town student.
News
16 February 2016
#Shackville: Students Demand University Of Cape Town To Address Housing Crisis
Students at the University of Cape Town erected a shack Monday to bring awareness to the institution’s student housing shortage.
Photos
20 October 2015
Sons And Daughters Of The Fire: A Dispatch From Yesterday's Cape Town Student Protests
Imraan Christian documents the #FeesMustFall protests as they turn from peaceful demonstration to police standoff in Cape Town.
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Photos
09 April 2015
Rhodes Has Fallen [Photos]
On April 9, 2015, students gathered at a mass meeting at the University of Cape Town to see the statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes finally fall.
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