UNC Honors Cape Town

09/02/2022

At the start of each Honors Semester in Cape Town, we leave the Mother City to get some context around what the rest of South Africa is about. The amazing Bulungula Incubator was on our agenda this year. It is an incredible organization that works alongside the community to empower people to improve their lives. Take a look here at just one of their incredible initiatives.

For years, this mother in the rural Eastern Cape had to travel across a river and walk for two hours to get to a clinic. Then, her community teamed up with a nonprofit and the provincial health department to change that. These days, the furthest she has to walk to get her newborn to a nurse is five....

08/30/2022

Welcome to Cape Town, 2022 cohort! We are so excited for what it has in store for you!

06/27/2020

"Having to navigate the two realities and all that came along with them made me acutely aware of spaces I inhabited," he explains. "A lot of my photography deals with issues around space and how space is created, who's in the space, who creates it and what happens to the space when different people occupy it."

Honors Semester in Cape Town wrestles with these vast inequalities. The program seeks to learn alongside and build a better society alongside the people doing the hard work of reversing the legacies of colonialism and apartheid.

Cape Town is considered one of the world's most beautiful cities, but the postcard images don't show the whole picture. Meet two photographers working to revealing a deeper side of the city through their images.

05/07/2020

UNC Honors Semester in Cape Town has decided to postpone the fall semester in favor of a spring 2021 start in light of current travel restrictions and public health concerns.

We can't wait to get the next amazing group of students to Cape Town in January!

We'd be happy to work with any new applicants starting July 1 at

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04/30/2020

Today we mourn the loss of a great fighter in the struggle, Denis Goldberg. May his memory remind us to fight for good.

Convicted along with Nelson Mandela and eight others, the Rivonia Trialist spent his golden years active in the ANC although he called out its faults

02/13/2020

See this and have other amazing cultural experiences on Honors Cape Town Fall 2020! Led by Dr. William Sturkey, you will not regret it. Application deadline extended to February 29! Studyabroad.unc.edu

Rolls-Royce meets Ndebele brilliance: South Africa’s creative Dr Esther Mahlangu will unveil the 'Mahlangu' Rolls-Royce Phantom at The Melrose Gallery

07/02/2019

Lesotho blanketed in snow! We'll see if it cools us down in a month when we are there! See a different side of Southern Africa on Honors Cape Town!

The roads to Afriski Mountain Resort in Lesotho were closed today to 2x4 vehicles as snow peppered down yesterday.

05/30/2019

A big first in South Africa!

President Cyril Ramaphosa's new cabinet comprises 50 percent women, a first for Africa's second-biggest economy.

02/13/2019

Good news! We've extended our deadline for Fall 2019 to September 28! Apply now at studyabroad.unc.edu!