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About 100 students from the University of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and the World Mission Society Church of God partnered to clean up the historic...

With over 1.8 million children living with HIV, treatment is vital - but there’s a severe lack of child-friendly treatment formulations. UWC’s Dr Marique Aucamp hopes to change that, and ensure ARV...

UWC launches resource to create youth awareness of the National Development Plan ahead of June 16

University of the Western Cape student Kenzo Abrahams’ work at CERN on vibrating pear shapes in radon nuclei has been published in Nature Communications, shedding light on one of the biggest...

A different strategy is needed in South Africa if we are to address rising unemployment

UWC alumna and reigning African Women Footballer of the Year, Thembi Kgatlana, has written her name into the history books once again, having scored South Africa’s first goal in a FIFA Women's World...

Third year students from the Community Health Sciences Faculty provided much needed assistance to residents from Klipheuwel

The UWC Math Club food drive: 200 helpful mathletes; 1 day; 100 litres of soup; 280 loaves of bread. And hundreds of University of the Western Cape students given one less thing to worry about as...

UWC’s annual flagship race, the BestMed Fast and Flat, was different this year thanks to a new route - the 10km race is becoming more and more popular, with the number of entries having almost...

Over the last 50 years UWC has changed a lot. One thing hasn’t changed - the inspirational input of Prof Dirk Knoesen

Sea sponges could be used to develop life saving medication

Fresh from the 4th SAJU Forum Conference, Asahi University President Katsuyuki Ohtomo led a medical delegation to UWC to discuss partnerships, programmes and the possible outcomes of the upcoming...

The SA education landscape is constantly changing - but staying abreast of research in the field allows University of the Western Cape researcher Myrtle Grace Adams-Gardner to help overcome the...

Ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s unveiling of his new cabinet EMS Dean, Professor Michelle Esau, calls for ethical leadership

Teacher Laurian Johannes has become the SA Women’s Under 20 team coach

We sat down with Anslin Gysman, one of our UWC employees, to chat about his journey on “The Voice SA”, his music career and his hopes and dreams for the future

UWC and the University of Missouri System are conducting groundbreaking research to explore technology that could assist with crop resilience in South Africa. This could also help South Africa...

UWC rising football star, Bongeka Gamede, has been selected for the Banyana Banyana team set to participate in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France, taking the UWC Banyana Banyana contingent to...

After six seasons of UDubs Got Talent, UWC’s biggest and best talent show continues to deliver; this year’s grand finale was contested by seven of the top performers around – but only one could take...

Five UWC academics and staff members are in the running for this year’s NSTF-South32 Awards - the most sought-after national science awards of its kind in the country

The Internet: it informs, educates and empowers us, and provides access to the knowledge and tools we need to complete our studies. But internet addiction can interfere with sleep and studying...

Running a business while pursuing a university degree can be a mammoth task, but Gracious Baloi seems to have mastered it exceedingly well, and her business is growing in leaps and bounds

The City of Cape Town is set to investigate a noise complaint against the historic Zeenatul Islam Mosque in District Six

The South Africa - Sweden University Forum, or SASUF, brings together universities from the two countries to support the development of research collaborations and networks