Three exceptional researchers, Drs John Ataguba, Andrew Hamilton and Deena Pillay, received Claude Leon Merit Awards for Young Scholars at a lunchtime event held in the Research Office recently. Ataguba views the award as a spur for him to work even harder in his field of health economics. Read more...

UCT Drama Department's student season begins at the Little Theatre on Saturday 1 March with the Sam Shepard classic, A Lie of the Mind. It is the first of six plays that Chris Weare will be directing this year before his retirement in December, after 33 years' service to the university. Read more...

While staff and students were off enjoying the holidays, a range of dedicated teams were busy upgrading classrooms around campus - preparing a flexible classroom environment that will become the new standard for over 170 teaching spaces at UCT. The work forms part of the Classroom Renewal Project, which began more than a year ago and aims to bring all centrally-bookable classrooms up to an agreed standard in terms of physical facilities and audio-visual / information technology. Read more...

Former O magazine editor Kgomotso Matsunyane and KFM's Ryan O'Connor launched the distribution of a newly-designed female condom at UCT recently. The University is the first in South Africa to make the new PATH female condoms available to its students. Read more...

Home advantage couldn't push FNB UCT over the line as the Ikeys fell to a 16-26 defeat to defending champions FNB UP-Tuks on 24 February. The home team had the strong wind at their backs in the first half and made their territorial superiority count early on in the FNB Varsity Cup fourth-round fixture. Captain and scrum half Liam Slatem touched down to open the scoring after stealing the ball from Tuks defender Ryan Nell, with flyhalf Dean Grant converting. Read more...

A new Jammie Shuttle stop near Gardens Centre will help UCT students and staff to connect more easily with buses on MyCiTi routes. The Jammie Shuttle previously had only one MyCiTi transfer point at UCT’s Hiddingh Campus, but will now connect with MyCiTi on its way to, and from, Hiddingh Campus. Read more...