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University of Cape Town

CTL-I-0110 · Institution

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Combined Graph record U-01466 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-I-0110. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

The University of Cape Town (UCT) was founded in 1829 as the South African College and was formally established as a university in 1918. Stored alias UCT confirmed. (Rhodes Must Fall colour is not in this source and is not claimed.)

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The University of Cape Town (UCT) was founded in 1829 as the South African College and was formally established as a university in 1918. Stored alias UCT confirmed. (Rhodes Must Fall colour is not in this source and is not claimed.)

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The University of Cape Town (UCT) was founded in 1829 as the South African College and was formally established as a university in 1918. Stored alias UCT confirmed. (Rhodes Must Fall colour is not in this source and is not claimed.)

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