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When Zahraa Hendricks ran onto the field to play her first rugby match with the University of Cape Town (UCT), she had no idea what would happen after the game. Cheryl Roberts, a supporter of women’s sports took a picture of Hendricks…

COMMENT Update: On Saturday, the UCT council declined to adopt the resolution of a full academic boycott of Israeli institutions, which was passed by the Senate earlier, choosing instead to send it back for an assessment process. …

COMMENT Update: On Saturday, the UCT council declined to adopt the resolution of a full academic boycott of Israeli institutions, which was passed by the Senate earlier, choosing instead to send it back for an assessment process. The…

COMMENT Update: On Saturday, the UCT council declined to adopt the resolution of a full academic boycott of Israeli institutions, which was passed by the Senate earlier, choosing instead to send it back for an assessment process. …

The class of 1976 have inspired many uprisings and protests from what many people have termed “born frees”. These youngsters have challenged our democracy and have exposed the flaws in our education system, institutional racism,…

She did it again. No sooner had the polls closed than Helen Zille dumped the DA straight into the line of fire. It started with Zille tweeting about a group of students who described the UCT "as our present reluctant home" in an…

At the end of my last piece on UCT’s absurd and discriminatory reasoning used to justify disinviting journalist Flemming Rose from giving this year's TB Davie memorial lecture, I left open the question of what UCT’s executive…

University of Cape Town (UCT) management has, once again, managed to shove its foot firmly within its own mouth. This time to the point where its toes are likely tickling its own tonsils. Here’s hoping they don’t have athlete’s foot.…

Workers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Wits University have been protesting against ill-treatment and the way certain workers have been excluded from insourcing measures. On Monday, students and workers protested against…

Another week, another racist getting exposed on social media. This time, high court judge Mabel Jansen was revealed to have uttered some questionable remarks about black people in an exchange with an activist last year. Simone Matika spoke…

The #RUReferenceList protests at the university currently known as Rhodes have ignited conversations around the way that rape culture at the institution is deeply entrenched, and female students continue to fear for their safety. But while…

The release of #RUReferenceList has forced scrutiny on the policies and systems available to survivors of sexual violence at South African universities. HELEN MOFFETT reflects on her own experience of sexual harassment at UCT and she's…

The student-led protests that began in 2015 were organised and sustained largely by the actions, voices and bodies of womxn, queer and trans* people. However, many feel their needs, beyond racial policy in universities, have not been…

There's good reason for white people themselves to be shouting "Fuck white people!" writes JESSICA BREAKEY. I have been avoiding the increasingly shallow "White Privilege" discourse that has been plaguing online mediums in the last…

Bail was set at R1, 000 for students who were arrested on Tuesday night at the University of Cape Town when police were called to disperse protesting students. Students were halted by rubber bullets and stun grenades when they demanded the…

Professor Mamogkethi Setati Phakeng, aka @FabAcademic on Instagram is the latest addition to UCT’s executive. AAISHA DADI PATEL rounds up a bit more about the woman who proves that you don’t have to be a man in a grey suit to be an…

TO MOLEFE argues that whenever we speak about rape in hedged, legalistic prose, we simply reinforce rape culture. "The alleged allegations of an alleged rape allegedly levelled in an alleged manner against, allegedly, the alleged…

Workers won a major victory during the course of the #FeesMustFall protests, with UCT agreeing to insourcing in principle but there has also been growing discontent with the representation offered by their union, Nehawu. AMANDA XULU…