The Cape Town Globalist is a semesterly magazine of international affairs published by students at the University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town

The University of Cape Town is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and is the oldest university in South Africa and the second oldest extant university in Africa.-History:The roots of...

. It is one of nine chapters in Global21

Global21

Global21 is a network of student-run international affairs magazines at premier universities around the world.- History :Originally called The Globalist Foundation, Global21 was established by a group of undergraduate students at Yale University in 2005...

, an international network of Globalist magazines. (The other chapters are The Yale Globalist

The Yale Globalist

The Yale Globalist is a quarterly undergraduate magazine of international affairs from Yale University. The magazine is written, edited, and published entirely by undergraduate students...

, The Toronto Globalist

The Toronto Globalist

The Toronto Globalist is a magazine focused on understanding global issues through human stories. Since 2005, it has been published regularly by students at the University of Toronto. It is a founding member of the Global21 network along with The Yale Globalist....

, The Cambridge Globalist, The Paris Globalist at Sciences Po, The Jerusalem Globalist at Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...

, The Istanbul Globalist at Boğaziçi University

Bogaziçi University

Boğaziçi University is a public university located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey. It has five faculties and two schools offering undergraduate degrees, and six institutes offering graduate degrees...

, The Sydney Globalist

The Sydney Globalist

The Sydney Globalist is an international affairs magazine published bi-annually by students at the University of Sydney, Australia. It is currently staffed by 31 undergraduate students from a range of academic disciplines...

 and The Peking Globalist.

History

The Cape Town Globalist started in 2006, as a flagship publication of UCT's Centre for Film & Media Studies. The magazine was staffed by third-year journalism students and typically supervised by an honours student as editor-in-chief, with lecturers in the Centre acting as an editorial board with substantial decision-making power. Students would be allocated marks on the merit of their assignments. From May 2006 to May 2007, three editions were produced under this leadership. Following the third edition, after participating students expressed dissatisfaction with the state of the programme, the decision was taken by lecturers to abandon The Cape Town Globalist as part of its academic programme.

In 2008, however, the magazine was re-launched as a completely student-run enterprise, without control from university authorities. In May 2008, after a year-long absence from campus, the 4th edition of The Cape Town Globalist was released. It is now expected to continue as a student-run project.

Today

Unlike some of its sister publications, The Cape Town Globalist is not staffed exclusively by undergraduate students; some honours students and even masters students have been involved in the production of the magazine or writing of its articles. As of 2008, all editors-in-chief have been enrolled for honours degrees during their editorship. Though this diverges from the original ambitions of The Yale Globalist, the argument made is that, while the founders of The Yale Globalist wanted to create a magazine that was uniquely for undergraduates "unlike many similar magazines", The Cape Town Globalist is currently the only magazine of its kind in the local market, whether for undergraduate- or postgraduate students.

Along with Varsity Newspaper

Varsity (Cape Town)

Varsity is the official student newspaper of the University of Cape Town . In 1942, the first edition of Varsity went to print. The paper was founded as a result of the burgeoning cultural tensions on campus between Afrikaans and English students...

, UCT's student-run fortnightly news magazine, and UCT Radio

UCT Radio

UCT Radio is a campus radio station operated by students of the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa. UCT Radio broadcasts on the 104.5 MHz frequency from a 20 watt transmitter located at ....

, The Cape Town Globalist is one of the most notable media outlets at the University of Cape Town. While Varsity is heavily subsidised by the university administration, The Cape Town Globalist raises most of its funding with advertising revenue and external sponsorship.

In September 2008, The Cape Town Globalist Online launched at http://ctglobalist.za.org.

External links

• The Cape Town Globalist website