The University of Cape Town (UCT) is grappling with significant maintenance challenges on its upper campus, which has visibly ...

Protests on the first day of the 2025 academic year at the University of Cape Town (UCT) led to a shutdown of campus ...

UCT spokesperson Elijah Moholola told Daily Maverick that UCT had about 8,200 beds available, both on-campus and in leased off-campus residences. This allows the university to accommodate 71% of ...

UCT’s SRC is also hosting an interfaith vigil on the upper campus on 20 February 2025 for the affected students. The vigil will commence while UCT is having a special council meeting regarding ...

Students marched from UCT’s main plaza on the upper campus to the university’s main administrative building to deliver a memorandum calling for the removal of fee blocks, among other demands.

Regarding campus activity, UCT said lectures will continue in person as far as possible. However, where there is an impact due to the protest action lectures may be moved online.

UCT spokesperson, Elijah Moholola, said that students involved in disruptions on campus would be held accountable. "However, council was also clear that students who engaged in violence and ...