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June 2026

EGS's Pippin Anderson Joins UCT Collective Conversation on Urban Land Use - Wed, 06/10/2026 - 07:39
EGS Research at the Forefront of Sustainable Water Solutions - Tue, 06/09/2026 - 07:38
EGS Master's Student Sabeehah Desai Hosted by Université de Montréal - Thu, 06/04/2026 - 14:07

May 2026

New Website Launch: The Water Hub - Tue, 05/26/2026 - 06:49
Urban Land Use: Navigating Justice, Ecology and Climate - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 07:30
Associate Professor Jane Battersby: Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town– Food Security | Womanity - Mon, 05/18/2026 - 12:35

April 2026

EGS3023F Students Take on Anthropocene Challenges Along the West Coast - Wed, 04/15/2026 - 11:54

December 2025

Associate Professor Zarina Patel elected to ASSAf - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 07:19

November 2025

Sayed Hess honoured with Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Award for Service - Fri, 11/28/2025 - 11:08
EGS Staff Member Wins UCT Safety Champion Award - Wed, 11/19/2025 - 13:38

October 2025

UCT researchers present innovative flood-modelling research at IAHS 2025 in India - Thu, 10/23/2025 - 12:45
Showcasing Research Excellence at the 2025 EGS Postgraduate Colloquium - Tue, 10/21/2025 - 11:37
🌿 EGS Researchers Shine at the 2025 NACA Conference - Wed, 10/15/2025 - 09:38

September 2025

UCT EGS Students Reflect on SSAG 2025 - Tue, 09/16/2025 - 10:33

August 2025

Unlocking Climate Secrets from Northern Zambia: Fieldwork Campaign 30 June – 24 July 2025 - Tue, 08/12/2025 - 10:24
Reimagining Geography from the South: Reflections on the Inaugural Black Geographies Collective Workshop - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 12:20

June 2025

Urban Vacancy, Occupation and Commoning: Rethinking City Spaces Across the Globe - Tue, 06/24/2025 - 12:52

April 2025

Empowering Local Communities: The Launch of PALM-TREEs in Limpopo - Wed, 04/30/2025 - 10:23

March 2025

Funding Oppurtunities - Thu, 03/20/2025 - 07:02
Tea Time: A Unique Approach to Strengthening Bonds - Fri, 03/14/2025 - 07:57

February 2025

Campus life 2025 - Mon, 02/17/2025 - 10:56

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