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Three UCT staff and three students have now tested positive for Covid-19.Image: UCT @UCTStudent via Twitter
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University of Cape Town confirms sixth case of Covid-19

The University of Cape Town (UCT) on Thursday confirmed a sixth case of Covid-19. Three staff members and three students have now tested positive for the virus. UCT spokesperson Elijah Moholola said the institution was “advised that a…

Uyinene Mrwetyana was raped and murdered in a post office in Cape Town. File photo.Image: Facebook/Zuki Lamani

Insults fly as man accused of raping, killing Uyinene Mrwetyana appears in court

Insults were hurled at a former Post Office employee accused of raping and murdering UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana when he appeared in court on Tuesday. “You have killed her, you have killed us,” was shouted from the packed gallery at the…

Wits students wore black and purple on Monday as they joined the countrywide protests against violence against women.Image: GroundUp/Zoë Postman

Wits students join protests against violence against women

On Monday, hundreds of students dressed in black and purple marched through Wits University campus demanding that the administration act against violence against women and make the campus safe for women and queer people. The march at Wits…

Students gathered outside parliament on Wednesday to protest against gender-based violence. On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa was booed outside parliament by gender-violence protesters.Image: Dan Meyer

Gender protesters boo Ramaphosa and refuse to sing national anthem

Thousands of Capetonians refused to sing the national anthem and booed President Cyril Ramaphosa when they gathered outside parliament on Thursday to protest about gender violence. Instead, they chanted “Enough is enough” as the uprising…

Online training for medics

THE annual Eyabantwana for the Children Trust’s lecture at the East London Health and Resource Centre recently was given by visiting Professor Alp Numanoglu, who focused on the role of technology in the medical field. As Charles F M Saint…

Youth on the move through research

Mzantsi Wakho (‘Your South Africa’) research assistant Nomawele Mdi conducts an interview with Doneè Coetzee while her colleague Busisiwe Tusani interviews sister Deidrè Coetzee in another room in their Breidbach home at the weekend. Both…