Gender based violence protest paints campus purple
By Tamutswa Mahari On Tuesday 29 August, UCT, in collaboration with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) hosted the day-long silent protest across …
#GIRLCODE- Always for the win
By Ntokozo Mayekiso On the 9th of August 2017, UCT Information Systems (IS) Honours students and coders, Valerie Tshiani, Fadzai Mupfunya, Kungela Mzuku, and Lorna Nqodi won the annual …
NaijaSoc Gives Back
By Tamutswa Mahari On Saturday 26 August, the Nigerian Society executive committee engaged in a community outreach project which involved visiting a child and youth care center in Woodstock named …
Students confirmed as Interim SRC
Ashley Seymour* UCT’s Council voted in favour of confirming the 15 top polling candidates as UCT’s interim SRC on Thursday the 25th of May. This follows recommendations from Student Parliament, …
UCT Boycott of Israeli Institutions
By Tamutswa Mahari On Tuesday, 17 March, 2017 the UCT Palestine Solidarity Forum (UCT PSF) published their petition to boycott Israeli Academic Institutions within UCT. This petition follows a long …
Exclusivity of Radical Feminism Talks
By Nwabisa Mlandu There has been some outrage with regard to the notion of cis-het men being excluded from feminist events. These events, such as informative talks, have been gaining …
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o interrupted during UCT Lecture
How do we have a lecture and form a consolidated voice, as the oppressed, in the presence of those who oppress us?” – Kolosa Ntombini On Friday, 3 March, 2017 …
2017 Housing Crisis
By: Tamutswa Mahari As the school term began, UCT administration appealed to homeowners in the Southern Suburbs to help ease the accommodation shortfall, with residences at 75% capacity by Sunday, …
Markup: Image Alignment
Welcome to image alignment! The best way to demonstrate the ebb and flow of the various image positioning options is to nestle them snuggly among an ocean of words. Grab …