As the alleged wrongdoing at Bishops Diocesan College shows, equating wealth with virtue is a bad idea, writes Helena Wasserman.
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The loss of five students at the University of Cape Town within a space of two months has been "extremely difficult and highly distressing" for those on campus, says vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng.
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has found that UCT was at fault more than three years after student Mosimanegape Boyz Madiba drowned during a training session with the university's rowing team.
UCT's Ikey Tigers secured their second successive World University Rugby Cup title when they beat Bordeaux University in the tournament’s final.
UCT has for the first time secured a top 100 spot in the 2020 QS Graduate Employability Rankings.
UCT says it will not tolerate further disruptions by a group of people not employed by it but who have protested on its campus wanting the institution to give them jobs.
The university says this will allow the campus community to reflect and heal as they continue to mourn the death of first-year-student Uyinene Mrwetyana.
Universities South Africa (USAf), together with all its member institutions, expressed it distress by news of the gruesome death of Uyinene Mrwetyana, a student at the University of Cape Town, one of its member universities.
UCT vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng says the university feels a "great burden" about what happened to murdered student Uyinene Mrwetyana.
South Africans have flooded social media with messages of anger, heartbreak and fear following the news that a man arrested in connection with the disappearance of University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana had been charged with her murder and rape.
The man arrested in connection with the disappearance of missing UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana is expected to make his first appearance in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court.
UCT Graduate School of Business researchers look into their remarkable success and debunk a few common myths about entrepreneurship.
The University of Cape Town has confirmed that four of its students have been involved in an apparent robbery at Clifton Third Beach in Cape Town in which one was stabbed to death and another was injured.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has postponed the reburial of human remains in Sutherland that it obtained unethically, in light of "broader engagements that are still ongoing".
A cutting edge virtual assistance for all things banking is in the pipeline, as a group of UCT students finalise the launch of "Naledi", a multilingual personal banking and financial management assistant powered by artificial intelligence that reaches users via WhatsApp.
A special ad hoc tribunal and online reporting tool has been created that makes the reporting of sexual and gender-based violence user-friendly and accessible.
Expressing their gratitude for the outpouring of love and support received from UCT and the country at large, her aunt, Nombulelo Kokha, said their beloved Nene was the apple of her loved ones' eyes.
"Uyinene was killed and there are many other faceless and nameless people Uyinene joins in this declaration of war," the vigil has heard.
Noli Makha remained hopeful that her niece Uyinene Mrwetyana was alive, even as she stood in line to enter the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Monday morning where a man believed to be involved in the teenager's disappearance was expected in the dock.
South Africans appear more divided than ever. To become a great, and united, nation we urgently need to reimagine a way to build our people - and this must be about more than jobs and GDP, writes Athol Williams.
Philanthropist and businesswoman Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe has been elected as the new chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT).
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