Save Your Tears – You May Need Them One Day
By Refentse Malatji This article is exclusive to the online Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. As a student in res, I long for the days where taking a …
Listeriosis: What Is It Really?
By Fran Rattle This article is exclusive to the online Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. If you’ve been keeping up with local news over the past couple of …
“Get Out”: old Oscars voters refusing to GET ON board
By Kelsey Maggott This article is exclusive to the online Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. According to an anonymous younger Oscar voter, generational differences were present in their …
Black Panther is a Must See, Don’t Miss Out
By Sibongile Ralana This article can also be found in the print Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. The genre of the movie is a mix between action and fantasy …
Expectations vs Reality: A UCT Edition
By Farai Gwanyanya This article can also be found in the print Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. Expectation: I’ll be involved in campus life and join as many …
Love is a Battlefield: The Terminology Uncovered
By Ishani Lala and Nwabisa Mazana This article can also be found in the print Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. Dear First Year, we get it. First, you …
Ten Things to Add to your UCT Bucket List
By Babalwa Nomtshongwana This article can also be found in the print Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. For many UCT students, the three to six years spent at …
Navigating Career Services for a Graduating (Final-year) student
By Nwabisa Mazana This article can also be found in the print Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. UCT has a Career Service that has been open and …
A Letter to my First Year Self
By Phophi Tshikovhi This article can also be found in the print Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. It’s a new year and you have just began a new …
Food Trucks, Food Trucks Everywhere!
By Ishani Lala This article can also be found in the print Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. Coming back to UCT, most of us expected the same old …
Local Talent Spotlight: Stone Jets
By Amy Sheldon Stone Jets is a local up-and-coming band based in the Mother City. The band was formed in 2013 and released their first EP called River in …
Student Apps and Businesses That Will Serve You
By Caroline Petersen As students roll back onto the UCT campus and begin their various academic years, it’s tough to get started on a good note. With the …
INXEBA (THE WOUND) – South Africa’s official entry to the 2018 Academy Awards® for Best Foreign Language Film
Inxeba (The Wound) is the first ever all-black, all male, LGBTQI film from Africa to compete for the Foreign Language Oscar award. It is a doomed love story between two …
This week on IG: How Sakhile Tembe is using Instagram to show off his love for fashion
Written by Nwabisa Mazana Sakhile Tembe is a 20-year- old fashion lover/creative who was born and raised in Johannesburg. The young creative now lives in Cape Town and is studying …
The Loner’s Guide to Eating Alone
Written by Ashley Seymour I know, visiting new and interesting places without the buffer of friendship can be difficult. No banter, no-one there to indulge your poor eating/drinking habits, and …
Back From Vac
Written by Annet George Getting back into work mode after a long summer vacation is often challenging, especially if you’ve got those dreaded 8 a.m. lectures. Most people suffer from …
A Mellifluous Journey
By Arin Barry The Zip Zap circus has teamed up with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra to take you on a mesmerising journey through time and space. The show is …
TRAILBLAZER: “Why Nut”
By Nyasha Mawungwe Previously published in the 2017 print edition 6. “Why Nut” is an initiative that began in Mid January 2017 with an ultimate goal of encouraging healthy eating …
Why Miss Universe 2017 was a disappointment for black people in South Africa
By Kay-Lee Dramat On November 27th, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (Miss South Africa) won the international Miss Universe pageant. This may have been a major win for South Africa, but not for …
AFROWS: WORDS OF SUBVERSION
“AFROWS: WORDS OF SUBVERSION” ANTHOLOGY Five black writers confront endemic sexual violence, racism, homophobia and more in a provocative collection of protest poetry and prose. Written by Safiyya Karim and …