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Conversations in community: Here be dragons
In the latest in our series of Conversations in Community, Waleda Salie – former teacher and now departmental manager in the Department of Finance and Tax – talks about the ancient...
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Rescuing ruins with lasers
One of UCT’s most barnstorming engineering-cum-historians has a big decision to make. Emeritus Professor Heinz Rüther uses laser scanners to digitally map priceless heritage sites...
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Students protest against fee increase
At the time of going to print, university campuses around the country were shut down due to fees-related protests. Students at Wits, Rhodes and UCT barricaded entrances to the university, protesting...
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Violence and the political discourse
A recent indaba on homicide, hosted by UCT's Safety and Violence Initiative, explored the scourge of murder, and looked at some possible political influences on the violence committed by citizens...
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An academic pioneer
Archibald Campbell (AC) Mzolisa Jordan is described as a professor, author, scholar, writer, linguist, literary critic, poet, musician, humanist, nationalist, freedom fighter, revolutionary and...
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Dragons and doorstoppers
‘How do you take a 500-page ‘doorstopper’ of a PhD on a neglected chapter of local history, and turn it into something ready for public...
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Comic-book history of a forgotten struggle
How do you take a 500-page 'doorstopper' of a PhD on an untold chapter of local history, and turn it into something easily communicated to the public? Historian Dr Koni Benson enlisted the...
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Join a society
There are over 100 registered student societies and organisations on campus, so you’ll be hard-pressed not to find something of interest to you. Societies are clustered under the following...
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Study tips
One of the big adjustments when you arrive at university is that there’s nobody looking over your shoulder – so it’s up to you to work out how best to study. Here are a...
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Get connected
One of the first things you’ll want to do at UCT is to go online. Here’s how: Set up your WiFi Connect to eduroam using your studentnumber@wf.uct.ac.za and your network password....
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Finding your way
Keep these maps on your cellphone or computer to help you find your way around. For maps of all UCT campuses, including Hiddingh, Breakwater and health sciences,...
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How to get around
Travel at UCT starts with the Jammie Shuttle, but doesn’t end there. There is a range of public and private transport options – including ones not provided by UCT – to...
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UCT lexicon
Big Bash The annual start-of-year orientation party associated with RAG Caf Where you go for a cup of coffee. You can arrange to meet your peeps in one of the more popular cafs in the Steve Biko...
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Which Faculty?
LAW Where the legal eagles hang out. The law faculty, which also happens to be the oldest law faculty in the country and the smallest on campus, is located in the Wilfred and Jules Kramer Building on...
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A word of advice
As a high school student you come here with a bit of attitude, but your lecturers and tutors are here to help you. Lisa October Chemical engineering (going into fourth year) Attend all the O-Week...
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Welcome
Dear Freshers By now, the intrepid among you will have asked some key questions, such as: Where’s the caf? What’s RAG? What’s DPR? What’s with the acronyms?...
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Join a society
There are over 100 registered student societies and organisations on campus, so you’ll be hard-pressed not to find something of interest to you. Societies are clustered under the following...
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Study tips
One of the big adjustments when you arrive at university is that there’s nobody looking over your shoulder – so it’s up to you to work out how best to study. Here are a...
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Get connected
One of the first things you’ll want to do at UCT is to go online. Here’s how: Set up your WiFi Connect to eduroam using your studentnumber@wf.uct.ac.za and your network password....
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