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UCT is looking for over 300 staff members for Online High School

UCT is hiring over 300 staff members from South Africa to meet learner demand for its recently-announced Online High School. The university is looking…

UCT to launch online high school in 2022

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has announced it will launch an online high school next year to create new opportunities for learners. The…

Uyinene Mrwetyana: South Africans rally together in search of missing student

South Africans are rallying together on social media to bring home a missing University of Cape Town student. Uyinene Mrwetyana, 19, has been missing…

UCT chooses not to suspend lecturer after #MenAreTrash Facebook post

UCT on Wednesday announced that it will not suspend a chemical engineering lecturer who published a “deeply disturbing” post to Facebook earlier this week….

UCT lecturer’s ‘disgusting’ Facebook post slams women for #MenAreTrash

UCT is again coming under fire on social media after a lecturer took to Facebook to criticise women for the #MenAreTrash movement, and confessing…

‘Writing the Daisies’: UCT’s exam tent has become an impromptu meme

In the midst of student protests, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has confirmed that exams will go ahead as scheduled. But perhaps not…

When will Cape Town run out of water? This tool imagines the scenarios

For the second week running, Cape Town’s dam levels have fallen sharply. As summer draws nearer, the City continues to plead with residents to…

13 Twitter accounts to follow for #FeesMustFall2017

Fees Must Fall 2017 has already kicked off on three South African campuses, marking the third year of protests for free tertiary education. So if…

UCT scientists find ‘first for Africa’ dinosaur footprints in Lesotho

A team that included scientists from the University of Cape Town has discovered a new set of footprint fossils that suggests a large carnivorous…

Dear Cape Town, dam levels are rising but you’re still using too much water

The City of Cape Town believes that the city’s residents are still using far too much water. This even after the more stringent Level…

#BlackCoffeeftYoza: Twitter user scores collab with Black Coffee

Yesterday was Yoza Mnyanda’s crown birthday and she decided to shoot her shot. Mnyanda — a recent University of Cape Town film grad and…

#FeesMustFall: University students react to Nzimande’s statement

Update #4, 18 September, 3.27pm: In the wake of the student protests on South Africa’s various university campuses, UCT’s Faculty of Health Science has…

5 geeky ways CSIR’s Lengau supercomputer will aid researchers

Petaflops. Cores. Terabits per second. Cool terms, bro, but what do they actually mean in relation to day-to-day life? Yes, Lengau – the CSIR…

Why it’s a good time to be developing mobile apps in Africa

The African mobile developer community should be smiling right now, what with being ideally placed to take advantage of a number of factors that…

WhereIsMyTransport: The solution to public transport problems?

From third world countries battling with proper organisational issues with regards to locating routes, to travelers unable to locate transport when commuting in new…

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