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December 2024

Honours 2024 – That’s a Wrap! - Mon, 12/09/2024 - 07:26
EGS Art Competition - Mon, 12/09/2024 - 07:18
Welcome to new staff members! - Mon, 12/09/2024 - 07:04
Assoc. Prof Zarina Patel inducted as President of SSAG - Mon, 12/09/2024 - 06:33

October 2024

What does the right to the city have to do with people's right to food? - Wed, 10/16/2024 - 14:00

September 2024

Cape Talk interview with Dr Suraya Scheba: 291 Problem building cases in Cape Town: Where do we stand with evictions? - Wed, 09/11/2024 - 12:55
Housing activism through research - Tue, 09/03/2024 - 07:58

May 2024

Book Launch: African Perspectives on Agroecology - Tue, 05/07/2024 - 14:05

March 2024

Dr Roy Stauth - A Life Well Lived by Friends of Roy Stauth - Wed, 03/27/2024 - 10:27

January 2024

UCT’s Water Hub wins the Gold Eco-Logic Award - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:03
Two esteemed UCT scholars receive Royal Society medals - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 07:53

December 2023

‘The DTA is the only UCT award I have ever coveted’ - Mon, 12/04/2023 - 14:51

August 2023

Upscaling and transitioning at the Water Hub: latest work, Kevin Winter - Fri, 08/04/2023 - 07:34
Innovator Zayd Minty posthumously awarded his PhD at UCT graduation - Tue, 08/01/2023 - 09:16

July 2023

Fresh Offerings - Poems on Food Agency & Urgency, Featuring Mimi Nyaba - Fri, 07/14/2023 - 08:49

June 2023

UCT to co-lead four Africa–Europe Clusters of Research Excellence - Thu, 06/22/2023 - 07:24
Water quality in South Africa: reports show what needs to be fixed, and at what cost By Kevin Winter - The Conversation - Tue, 06/20/2023 - 08:16
Sustainability in action: recovering resources at the Water Hub - Mon, 06/12/2023 - 11:53
IGU awarded Royal Geographical Society Special Gold Medal - Wed, 06/07/2023 - 07:52

May 2023

Youth need safe spaces: EGS Student article - Fri, 05/12/2023 - 11:45

March 2023

The Urban Ecology takes a night field trip - Wed, 03/22/2023 - 07:50

February 2023

Action needed to reduce Cape Town’s water usage, says expert - Tue, 02/21/2023 - 11:46
Cape Town’s water: heading in the wrong direction - Tue, 02/14/2023 - 07:55

December 2022

Environmental & Geographical Science’s Professor Mike Meadows elected to prestigious International Science Council - Fri, 12/09/2022 - 11:00
Dr Kevin Winter leading with water research - Fri, 12/02/2022 - 12:22

November 2022

EGS Postgrads shines at SSAG Awards 2022 - Tue, 11/01/2022 - 15:09

October 2022

The EGS department held its annual postgraduate colloquium on Friday 14 October 2022 - Thu, 10/20/2022 - 09:02
Dr Jane Battersby’s new co-edited book - Tue, 10/18/2022 - 15:40

June 2022

Congratulations Mike for receiving the GSC Fellowship - Mon, 06/06/2022 - 09:45

May 2022

Congratulations to Honours student Milela Marawu who bags top Scholarship and Bursary - Mon, 05/23/2022 - 07:45

April 2022

Congratulations to all our EGS Graduates! - Mon, 04/04/2022 - 08:45

March 2022

World Water Day Paddle echoes City’s priority to improving inland water quality - Wed, 03/23/2022 - 11:15

February 2022

New Rosebank Canal Rehabilitation Project to turn the canal back into a river - Mon, 02/14/2022 - 13:30
Let’s be honest: why build a career in EGS? - Fri, 02/11/2022 - 09:15

January 2022

Al Jazeera Inside Story programme with Dr Jane Battersby - Fri, 01/21/2022 - 10:30

October 2021

SANParks Honorary Rangers: Table Mountain Region lend a hand in supporting restoration of Peninsula Shale Renosterveld - Mon, 10/11/2021 - 07:30

September 2021

Dr Jane Battersby podcast series on integrating food into urban planning and scholarship in Africa - Tue, 09/21/2021 - 12:15
Present and Visible: Napier Settlement and its Stories - Fri, 09/10/2021 - 07:00
‘Southern Cities:’ A music video by the 2020 cohort of the MPhil in Southern Urbanism - Fri, 09/10/2021 - 06:45

July 2021

Geetika Anand wins SSAG award for best Master’s course work thesis - Mon, 07/26/2021 - 06:45
Mogammad Yaaseen Samuels wins SSAG Bronze Medal award for best Master’s research thesis - Mon, 07/26/2021 - 06:45

June 2021

Dr Suraya Scheba in conversation with Lester Kiewet on Cape Talk Radio - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 13:45

May 2021

UCT academic, Dr Shari Daya, contributes to conversations on Geography in South Africa - Thu, 05/20/2021 - 11:45
"New " technology, old deal ! - Tue, 05/11/2021 - 09:30

April 2021

A showcase of geography during Geonight 2021 - Thu, 04/29/2021 - 09:15
Food for Thought - Wed, 04/28/2021 - 07:15
The New African Urban University Project - Fri, 04/16/2021 - 07:00

March 2021

SA unlikely to achieve UN’s SDG for water by 2030 - Wed, 03/24/2021 - 12:45
New staff appointments: EGS welcomes renowned scholar, Dr Jane Battersby - Wed, 03/03/2021 - 07:15

November 2020

Emeritus Professor Michael Meadows Elected President of International Geographical Union - Mon, 11/30/2020 - 08:30