The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

Researchers from the University of Cape Town challenge a long-held belief about estimating the ages of crocodiles and dinosaurs, revealing that growth marks in bones may not be as reliable as ...

Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze at the University of Cape Town's Jagger Reading Room on April 18. Photo by Rodger Bosch / AFP / Getty Images A wildfire that sparked on the slopes of South ...

Cape Town, South Africa — Fire crews worked for a third day to extinguish a wildfire on the slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain on Tuesday as the city came to terms with the damage caused by what ...

Shannon Morreira works for the University of Cape Town. A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain has wreaked havoc at the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus. Among the sites of ...

Many of the university’s professional, administrative and support services staff had embarked on strike action on Thursday, ...

A wildfire that engulfed Cape Town, South Africa, has decimated valuable historic archives of African history at the city's university. The University of Cape Town (UCT) is home to one of the largest ...

The University of Cape Town has again been named the best university in South Africa, with the latest accolade coming from the inaugural QS World University Rankings for Sub-Saharan Africa. The ...

The University of Cape Town was plunged into turmoil on Monday morning, 16 February 2026, when students protested over issues of student debt and financial exclusion, making it difficult to register ...

Stefaan Conradie received funding from the South African National Research Foundation. In this article I look at some of these factors in relation to the 2021 fire and their potential influence on ...