Archived Faculty of Commerce news

May 2022

Emeritus Professor Francis Wilson (1939–2022): UCT mourns the passing of economics doyen - Mon, 05/16/2022 - 20:00
Commerce March 2022 Graduation: Photo Essay - Mon, 05/16/2022 - 20:00
Spoilt for choice – young achiever and MSc candidate Kialan Pillay opts for Oxford - Mon, 05/16/2022 - 19:45
UCT students learn climate change ‘leadership on the edge’ in Antarctica - Mon, 05/16/2022 - 19:45

April 2022

The College of Accounting's recent graduate Zané Dlamini encourages students to focus on mental wellness - Wed, 04/06/2022 - 21:30
Trailblazing decent work, decent pay research - Wed, 04/06/2022 - 01:15
The well-worn Russian conspiracy playbook strikes again - Wed, 04/06/2022 - 01:15
ASSAf must rethink its fence-sitting and condemn the Russian invasion - Wed, 04/06/2022 - 01:15
Full professorship for pioneering engineer Hamieda Parker - Tue, 04/05/2022 - 21:15

February 2022

Full professorship for UCT’s behavioural finance expert - Fri, 02/18/2022 - 00:30
Professor Enrico Uliana (1950–2022) - Fri, 02/04/2022 - 21:30

January 2022

SALDRU releases preliminary COVID-19 Vaccine Survey results - Mon, 01/03/2022 - 20:15
Using the power of language to open a window on economics - Mon, 01/03/2022 - 20:00
Lightboard makes teaching effective during pandemic - Mon, 01/03/2022 - 19:45

December 2021

Information Systems student teams continue partnering with industry during the pandemic - Thu, 12/09/2021 - 18:15
PhD graduand Mluleki Majavu never pictured himself attending university - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 01:30
Students win big at The Pitch UCT 2021 - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 01:00
Six of the best: UCT graduates among Rhodes Scholars for 2022 - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 00:45
UCT’s Mandela Rhodes Foundation scholars for 2022 - Tue, 12/07/2021 - 23:30
UCT student entrepreneurs go for gold at competition final - Tue, 12/07/2021 - 19:15
Residence students essay competition winners - Tue, 12/07/2021 - 18:30
Study notes end up as international textbook - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 21:30
Destigmatise SA’s multibillion-rand cannabis sector to achieve economic growth - Thu, 12/02/2021 - 21:00

November 2021

Master of Commerce student develops new online tool helps users learn an African language - Tue, 11/16/2021 - 02:00
Associate Professor Mark Graham, ex-HOD of the College of Accounting gives last lecture after 30 years at UCT - Tue, 11/09/2021 - 20:45

October 2021

Award for world-first textbook on ontological engineering - Tue, 10/26/2021 - 00:00
SA’s disproportionate number of deaths by natural causes likely linked to COVID-19 - Tue, 10/26/2021 - 00:00
Commerce student Asonele Gevenga wins at entrepreneurship competition - Fri, 10/15/2021 - 21:30
Servant leadership essential to incoming head of Information Systems - Fri, 10/01/2021 - 20:45
The world needs a different type of ambition - Fri, 10/01/2021 - 20:30

September 2021

Sanlam and UCT to Support Actuarial Students - Wed, 09/29/2021 - 19:15
Africans lack basic facilities to curb COVID-19 - Wed, 09/29/2021 - 18:45
Three UCT student entrepreneurs leap into national competition final - Wed, 09/29/2021 - 18:45
Faculty of Commerce PhD graduand celebrates with community in Khayelitsha - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 22:45
UCT grads - including Faculty of Commerce alumni - build scalable, low-cost tech centre for learners - Tue, 09/14/2021 - 22:15
Join pledge in support of fair working conditions in the gig economy - Thu, 09/09/2021 - 16:30
Barefooted scholar now a joint PhD candidate - Thu, 09/09/2021 - 16:30
Asonele Gevenga’s business helps students build a credit history - Thu, 09/09/2021 - 16:15

August 2021

COVID-19 heaps pressure on South African consumers across the board - Fri, 08/20/2021 - 15:45
Policy manager turns research into action for a better future - Tue, 08/17/2021 - 00:00
Women’s Month: UCT trio changing learners’ GBV mindsets - Mon, 08/16/2021 - 23:45
Economics PhD candidate Julian Kanjere and team win Innovation Prize - Thu, 08/12/2021 - 20:15
A living wage enables people to choose dignity - Tue, 08/10/2021 - 15:30
It’s time for Africa to ‘roll up its sleeves and take action’ - Wed, 08/04/2021 - 15:45
It’s time for Africa to ‘roll up its sleeves and take action’ - Wed, 08/04/2021 - 15:45

July 2021

Faculty of Commerce July 2021 graduation ceremony - Thu, 07/15/2021 - 22:00
Fairwork report highlights precarity of work in the gig economy - Thu, 07/15/2021 - 21:15
Minimum unit price on alcohol could substantially reduce heavy drinking - Tue, 07/06/2021 - 23:45
Major boost for UCT-led national Youth Explorer portal - Tue, 07/06/2021 - 23:30
Linda Ronnie: Top teacher, and a leader with integrity - Tue, 07/06/2021 - 23:15