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Book launch: Centre for Extra-Mural Studies and the Human Sciences Research Council: The meaning of a life: a south african scientist’s tale

The Meaning of a Life: A South African Scientist's tale is a frank and full account of the ways in which chance and opportunity affect the life of a scientist, with lessons for the young and hopeful who might wish to tread on a similar path

Editing academic texts: the essential fundamentals

The course sets out to describe and clarify the different approaches to editing examinable (e.g. theses) and publishable texts (e.g. typically, academic articles) and the levels and extent of editing permissible in each type.

Whose economy is it anyway?

Snippets from the story of Winnie and Nelson Mandela

The chilling world of organised crime: Land, air and sea

Jacob Zuma’s MK Party poses a major threat to South African democracy – new book

The May 2024 general election changed the country’s political landscape when the ANC lost its majority for the first time. The editors of a new book called 'Election 2024, South Africa: Countdown to Coalition' fields some questions.

Northern Cape snapshots of Fraserburg, Eksteenfontein, Khuboes, Riemvasmaak and Kimberley

Fraserburg, a little-known farmer’s town in the Northern Cape, actually punches well above its weight when it comes to local attractions. The most astounding feature in the Fraserburg district is a footprint left 252 million years ago.

Karoo tapestry — the lure of stillness, nostalgia for long-gone locos and the look of yesterday

Welcome to one of the quietest villages in the Karoo: Rietbron is the Very Flat Mind’s Eye Karoo, where the horizon is only occasionally broken by the perky ears of a hee-hawing donkey straying into your field of vision.

The first kudu: building a tech startup in South Africa

My side of the ocean

The poisoners: on South Africa's toxic past

Glowfly dance: Literature as a changemaker- Insights into writing difficult stories

UCT authors at Summer School

We are pleased to let you know that we have added four free In Conversation sessions to the Summer School programme. Most of the authors are UCT alumni and staff. This will give you an opportunity to meet and engage with them.

Fossil finds: footprints on South Africa’s coast offer a glimpse into our ancestors’ lives

Mention the word “fossils” and most people will probably think of bones. Of course body fossils make up a large part of the global fossil record. But humans and other species leave their mark in other ways too - their tracks

How does our sun shine?

COP29: Only by returning carbon to the ground is net zero truly possible

The threat of climate change to South Africa’s agriculture

Temperatures across southern Africa are increasing. This presents a threat to many crops across the region. Rainfall projections are uncertain but the impact of climate change on agriculture is clear.

What is an ice age and how often do they happen?

Fifty years after the discovery of Lucy, it’s time to ‘decolonise paleoanthropology’ says leading Ethiopian fossil expert

On November 24 1974, renowned American paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson spotted “a piece of elbow with humanlike anatomy” poking out of a rocky hillside in northern Ethiopia.