The University of Cape Town’s oldest men’s residence will no longer be known as Smuts Hall after the university council decided to implement a name change. Effective from Saturday, Smuts Hall was renamed to Upper Campus Residence, as a…
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has launched an investigation into comments made by an academic who said Adolf Hitler “committed no crime”. In a pre-recorded lecture shared online with first-year political science students, Lwazi…
A group of “concerned citizens” has filed an urgent application at the high court in Cape Town challenging the constitutionality of the national coronavirus command council (NCCC) and the validity of the lockdown rules. “Each of us has…
Economists behind an extensive survey of smokers say the lockdown ban on cigarette sales has been a spectacular failure and should be lifted as soon as possible. More than 90% of the 12,000-plus smokers who completed an online…
As SA grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic — which has now infected more than 2500 people locally and killed at least 34 — University of Cape Town medical experts have made a plea to the national government to make the wearing of cloth…
We follow Uyinene Mrwetyana’s final steps on August 24 2019 when she was brutally murdered in a Cape Town post office and then disposed of in a hole next to a railway track. The murder of 19-year-old UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana caused…
The Clareinch post office – where UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana was brutally raped and murdered – has become a site of protest, commemoration, flowers, posters, grief and informal conversation on gender-based violence. When the post…
Deaths of her son and husband prompted introspection‚ then a drive to succeed It was losing her beloved son to a horrific car accident that prompted a 67-year-old UCT student to pursue her studies. “His death killed me on the inside; I…
A safe space for ideas or a citadel of ethno-fascism? That’s the discussion raging at the University of Cape Town as it prepares to finalise the decolonisation of its curriculum. A new activist group, Progress SA, escalated the debate…
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is investigating a threat against its vice-chancellor on Tuesday morning. The incident had been “escalated” to campus protection services for an investigation, said Elijah Moholola, senior manager of…
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is investigating a threat against its vice-chancellor on Tuesday morning. The incident had been “escalated” to campus protection services for an investigation‚ said Elijah Moholola‚ senior manager of…
