A UCT study examining the role of law in regulating data – within the evolving digital ecosystem of the Fourth Industrial Revolution – has found that South Africa’s data regulation efforts remain fragmented and outdated.

Retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga spoke about education, human dignity, housing and access to justice during the Rabinowitz Lecture.

Artificial intelligence, bias and the rule of law will increasingly require attention. Therefore, a constitutional approach to regulating it in South Africa will inevitably be needed. Nokuthula Olorunju’s work serves as a useful guide.

A new major global review shows that certain social media platforms are fuelling a fast-growing and difficult-to-track illegal wildlife trade.

Join the University of Cape Town and Bristol University at the 2026 Times Higher Education (THE) World Academic Summit (WAS) - hosted for the first time in Africa.

When Chanda Chungu decided to study law, his motivation was simple. Growing up in Zambia, he saw how many people faced legal problems and how difficult it was for ordinary citizens to access justice and enforce their rights.

At a time when constitutional democracies across the world are facing growing pressure, the Faculty of Law at UCT became the meeting place for one of the most significant public law conversations in the Commowealth.

The sixth Public Law Conference, which explored the future of constitutional democracy worldwide, took place at UCT from 1 to 4 July 2026.

Dr Emma Backe, new Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Law, recently shared with us her thoughts on what she is hoping to achieve with her postdoctoral research.

With a career spanning nearly seven decades, Advocate Gys Hofmeyr SC has experienced significant changes in South Africa’s legal dispensation while contributing significantly to how the law is understood, interpreted and applied.

The Faculty has been very pleased this year to welcome our 4th annual KAS-iNtaka Postgraduate Scholar in Law & Technology, Olga Karungi.

As part of its Human Rights focus, the Law Faculty welcomed a delegation of Afghan women’s rights advocates and legal practitioners as part an exchange visit to South Africa around justice, accountability, and human rights advocacy.