DORM DEFICIT: Students moved to temporary housing as CPUT faces ongoing accommodation crisis

2026-02-03 - 18:36

In what has become a grimly familiar start to the academic year, Cape Peninsula University of Technology continues to struggle to place students in accommodation. Many have slept outside the District Six campus, while others are being moved into temporary housing. Their spokesperson says while they are ‘compassionate to those who apply and don’t get accepted’, their priority is to students who followed correct procedures.