28 February 2024
 
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UWC Strengthens Efforts to Address Student Financial Hardships in Partnership with SRC

The University of the Western Cape’s Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Balfour, handed over a R1.6-million cheque to the SRC President Mcntosh Khasembe on Thursday, 20 February 2025, to signal the University’s commitment to battling student funding challenges.
 
 
 
International Mother Language Day

International Mother Language Day (IMLD) was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in 1999 and aims to highlight the crucial role of languages in education, cultural preservation and social inclusion.
 
UWC Experts Weigh in on Trump’s Expropriation Claims and the Future of SA Land Reform

Before Afrikaners start packing their bags for a new trek to the Land of the Free, they might want to get some sage legal advice. This is the advice from Prof Rodney Uphoff from the University of Missouri, who is also an Extraordinary Professor in the Law Faculty at the University of the Western Cape (UWC).
 
 
 
UWC Experts Weigh In On Scuppered VAT Hike, Political Drama over Budget

In an unprecedented turn of events, the annual budget speech had to be postponed as coalition partners in the Government of National Unity wrangled over its contents, hours before it was set to be tabled in Parliament. This is what UWC experts had to say about the implications of the political drama on Wednesday.
 
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