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FILE: UCT's Jameson Hall. Picture: Supplied.

University of cape town

WC Dept of Health appoints investigator to probe UCT rape allegations

By Dominic Majola

The student took to social media claiming she was raped by the member of staff.

  • The University of Cape Town. Picture: Supplied.

    University of Cape Town probes rape allegations against staff member

    This time, a student from the University of Cape Town (UCT) has taken to social media, claiming she was raped by a member of staff.

    6 days ago
  • There have been intermittent protests on UCT campuses since last week. Picture: @UctRes_Council/Twitter.

    UCT engaging with SRC to resolve disgruntled students’ demands

    UCT says its executive has worked extensively to engage meaningfully with the SRC to resolve concerns and meet their demands.

    96 days ago
  • FILE: The deadline for students to apply for exemption and the grace period for outstanding fees to be paid has been extended. Picture: @UctRes_Council/Twitter.

    Student protests at UCT continue ahead of council meeting

    The UCT management called for a special council meeting where a proposal to reconsider the fee block policy would be tabled.

    97 days ago
  • Image: © Dmitrii Sakharov /123rf.com

    UCT 'aware' of rape claims against SRC member, says investigation under way

    The student representative council (SRC) member and another have been suspended from the council pending an investigation.

    112 days ago
  • 'The Fall of the University of Cape Town'. Picture: Supplied.

    DAVID BENATAR: Yonela Diko's tired refuge

    There is no indication at all that Mr Diko has read my book 'The Fall of the University of Cape Town.' He appears to judge it by its title.

    128 days ago
  • University of Cape Town vice-chancellor Max Price. Picture: Michael Hammond/University of Cape Town/Wiki commons

    YONELA DIKO: The fall of white domination is not the fall of UCT

    Professor David Benatar's book 'The Fall of the University of Cape Town' is a journey of one bitter man who wants his colonial rights back and not a true reflection of what the University of Cape Town is going through.

    133 days ago
  • The University of Cape Town. Picture: Supplied.

    UCT says most staff, students support mandatory vaccine policy

    UCT vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng on Wednesday said the campus community was invited to complete a short survey.

    217 days ago
  • FILE: Early data from the local COVID-19 vaccine candidate trial showed that it was safe. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    UCT partners with US company to test efficacy of hAd5 vaccine as a booster shot

    Researchers are hoping it proves to be efficient against possible variants that might emerge in future.

    247 days ago
  • Patients are seen lying on hospital beds inside a temporary ward dedicated to the treatment of possible COVID-19 coronavirus patients at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria on 11 January 2021. Picture: Phill Magakoe/AFP

    'The hidden pandemic': 1.5 million children lost primary caregivers to COVID

    Findings have shown families have very little time to prepare children for the trauma that comes with losing a parent because COVID-19 can lead to death within weeks and sometimes days.

    281 days ago
  • Eskom's Medupi power station. Picture: Eskom.co.za

    Medupi blast seems like an industrial accident - UCT academic

    The utility said that there was a deviation from procedure at one of its units which led to the explosion on Sunday night.

    288 days ago
  • An older gentleman receives his COVID-19 vaccine shot on 17 May 2021. Picture: @GautengHealth/Twitter

    Research finds reduction in onward transmission of COVID post-jab, says expert

    Medical virology lecturer at the University of Cape Town, Dr Marvin Hsiao, said that besides the level of protection the COVID-19 vaccines gave recipients, they also held benefits for people sharing the same space as the inoculated individual.

    302 days ago
  • UCT online high school. Picture: @UCT_news/Twitter.

    UCT is Africa’s first university to launch online high school platform

    Admissions for the UCT online high school opened on Wednesday, with classes scheduled to start in January 2022.

    308 days ago
  • Luhlanganiso Majebe is the first Uyinene Mrwetyana Scholarship recipient. Picture: Lerato Maduna/UCT.

    UCT selects Majebe as first Uyinene Mrwetyana Scholarship recipient

    The Uyinene Mrwetyana Scholarship was established in honour of the UCT student who was raped and murdered in 2019.

    309 days ago
  • Firefighters try, in vain, to extinguish a fire in the Jagger Library, at the University of Cape Town, after a forest fire came down the foothills of Table Mountain, setting university buildings alight in Cape Town, on 18 April 2021. Picture: Rodger Bosch/AFP

    UCT to study independent investigator's report on fire

    SANParks appointed Enviro Wildfire Services' Rob Erasmus to investigate the origin and cause of the blaze and he shared his findings during a media briefing on Thursday.

    334 days ago
  • FILE: University of Cape Town's upper campus. Picture: 123rf.com

    Smuts has fallen: UCT removes General Jan Smuts name from res hall

    This decision of the council takes immediate effect in that the name Smuts Hall will be removed from the residence and in the interim, the name Upper Campus Residence will be used until the process of determining a new name is formally concluded.

    338 days ago
  • FILE: Medical staff in personal protective equipment (PPE) prepare to start their rounds in Kenyatta stadium turned into a mass isolation facility for COVID-19 patients on 3 August 2020 at Kenya's eastern town of Machakos. Picture: Tony Karumba/AFP

    Africa has much higher mortality rate for very ill COVID patients: study

    The study followed 3,000 coronavirus patients admitted to intensive care units across 10 African countries between May and December last year.

    369 days ago
  • Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande with UCT Vice-Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng during the minister's visit to the university on 14 May 2021, to inspect the damage to some building in a wildfire earlier in the year. Picure: Graig-Lee Smith/Eyewitness News

    UCT: Most buildings damaged by fire will be repaired by end of July

    Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande visited the campus on Friday, where he promised that the university would get assistance with rebuilding following a devastating fire.

    375 days ago
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