UCT confirms qualification despite debt

Students who have completed a degree but not paid all their study fees can still use their qualification, the University of Cape Town says.

• Cleaner gets UCT degree after 17 years
• UCT: Student race piece problematic
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Student confession sites go viral

Anonymous Facebook confession sites are going viral as thousands of university students confess their most intimate thoughts.

• UCT: Student race piece problematic
• 'Most attractive race' UCT poll causes stir
• Complaint lodged over student article

Complaint lodged over student article

The Young Communist League of SA has lodged a complaint over an opinion piece in the University of Cape Town's student newspaper, the SA Human Rights Commission says.

• 'Most attractive race' UCT poll causes stir

Tuks hold off fiery Ikeys

Defending Varsity Cup champions UP-Tuks are back to winning ways after defeating the University of Cape Town's Ikeys.

• Are the playing fields level?
• Maties blow UJ away
• Pukke beat Tuks in thriller

Cape universities call for SAPS inquiry

Probing the state of policing in Khayelitsha is the first step in tackling high levels of crime in the area, the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch say.

• Police commission deciding way forward
• Khayelitsha police probe legal - court
• SJC, Zille welcome Khayelitsha ruling

UCT in malaria cure 'breakthrough'

Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pando has announced UCT scientists in collaboration with Swiss-based colleagues are onto a possible breakthrough in the fight against malaria.

Local innovator takes water out of bath

With inspiration from a friend too lazy to take a shower and a few months of research on the internet, South African university student Ludwick Marishane has won global recognition for an invention.

• UCT invents bone reconstruction device
• Super thin solar cells invented
• CSIR invents new water treatment

UCT students stranded over bus strike

University of Cape Town students using a campus shuttle service have been left stranded by striking drivers.

• Gautrain strikers to be dismissed
• No skeleton bus services for Gautrain

UCT invents bone reconstruction device

A new device has been developed at the University of Cape Town to bring back the smiles to people with upper jaw abnormalities.

UCT student dies after fall from 6th floor

A third-year commerce student at the University of Cape Town has died when he fell from the window of his room on the sixth floor of a building.

• UCT student stable after 5-storey fall

UCT student stable after 5-storey fall

A 20-year-old University of Cape Town student is in a critical, but stable condition, having broken her back, a leg, an arm and ribs, after falling five storeys from a campus residence.

• Child pushed, plunges to death from flat
• Man plunges to death at mall
• KZN man plunges 70m down cliff

Climate conference has 'already failed'

An environmental activist organisation has labelled the UN-sponsored climate talks in Durban a failure as negotiators struggle to reach consensus on a binding climate treaty.

• Gore in 24-hour inconvenient truth
• Climate change a reality - UN chief
• Zuma calls for equitable climate deal

Cause of UCT chopper crash still unknown

Civil Aviation Authority inspectors have said they have “no idea” yet what could have been the cause of a helicopter crash at the University of Cape Town’s main campus.

• UCT crash: Lucky escape for occupants
• Chopper crash lands at UCT in Cape Town

Chopper crash lands at UCT in Cape Town

A helicopter has crash landed on the University of Cape Town's campus, according to reports.

UCT team scans cyclist's brains

Researchers say they have found a way to measure the brain activity of cyclists at racing speed, breaking new ground in the study of how the brain works during exercise.

• Cycling linked to sperm health
• Super highways... for bikes
• Cycling keeps weight down

Prosecutions for fake degrees

Two universitites say they will pursue charges against anyone using fake degrees claiming to be from their institutions.

• SA teachers failing in maths
• SA's artisan shortage laid bare
• More now have access to education: Nzimande

SA planes may fly in 'flocks'

Long-distance passenger aircraft between SA and Europe may soon fly in V-formation, like birds, to save fuel.

• Scramble for flights to SA
• 50 000 flights authorised during SWC
• Too few flights for Dutch fans

Fire at UCT chemical lab

A chemical laboratory at the University of the Cape Town has been damaged by a fire, which required specialised equipment to extinguish, according to reports.

• Rooms gutted at UCT residence

Boffins make own Cup power

Boffins at UCT have harnessed advanced technology to Eskom-proof their soccer World Cup viewing.

• Power cuts strand SWC trains
• Moz ready for WC power supply
• Minister urges power awareness

Murder accused 'bloodstained'

One of the three men accused of murdering UCT student Dominic Giddy was seen wearing bloodstained clothes after the incident, court has heard.

• Man in court for UCT murder
• Alleged student killer in court

Alleged student killer in court

A 22 year-old man who is accused of the murder of a University of Cape Town student last month, has been denied bail.