UCT’s decline: Phakeng’s reign ends with R12M exit amid bullying and racism scandal – Andrew Kenny
Andrew Kenny discusses the controversial tenure of Dr. Rosina Mamokgethi Phakeng as Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT)
Andrew Kenny discusses the controversial tenure of Dr. Rosina Mamokgethi Phakeng as Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT)
The IEC says voters will not be expected to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination to cast their ballots in the municipal elections.
Robert Paddock, founder of Valenture Institute, discusses the launch of UCT Online High School in partnership with Valenture Institute.
The blaze that caused extensive damage to the University of Cape Town and scorched the slopes of Table Mountain has been doused.
Researchers from the University of Cape Town have “grown” a bio-brick using bacteria and urea found in human urine.
At UCT, it seems, the sins of the colonial masters are being revisited on them by the Fallists and it’s been an eye for an eye leading to eventual complete academic blindness.
In this piece, Sara Gon outlines how the University of Cape Town has caved in to the mob, taking steps to censor art that might offend young students.
Brilliant cardiologist, pioneering researcher and head of UCT’s Department of Medicine and Groote Schuur Hospital Bongani Mayosi committed suicide at the end of July. Luminous campus rape activist and law student Khensani Maseko – just 23 years old – committed suicide in the first week of August.
Celebrated actor, director and producer Akin Omotoso has been turning his passion for motion pictures into miracles ever since his parents gave him a movie camera for his birthday.
Global rankings have seen SA universities slipping, with the University of Cape Town, our best internationally ranked university, dropping from 141st in the world in 2014, to 191st in 2016.