As South Africa’s Water Week continues, Dr Kevin Winter from UCT’s Future Water institute considers South Africa’s current and future water situation.

Research in UCT’s Global Risk Governance Programme has taken a look at the effects of people opting for off-grid solutions in response to recent periods of drought.

At the start of South Africa’s National Water Week, Professor Neil Armitage looks at the City of Cape Town’s current and future sources of water.

To highlight World Poetry Day on 21 March, UCT News is featuring works from the campus community, including PhD candidate Resoketswe Manenzhe.

Ahead of World Poetry Day on 21 March, UCT’s Dr Rethabile Possa-Mogoera says poetry plays a vital role in language maintenance and preservation.

In the lead up to World Poetry Day, UCT News publishes Professor Joan Hambidge’s poem “State of Emergency”, which deals with heteronormativity, love and oppression.

UCT News publishes “Leaving home at 10” in honour of the late Professor Harry Garuba and in the lead-up to World Poetry Day on 21 March.

University of Cape Town master’s student Lehlohonolo Shale has penned a poem in honour of the late Professor Harry Garuba.