The Center for World University Rankings says the University of Cape Town is the best university in South Africa.
The University of Cape Town remains the best university in South Africa, according to the Center for World University Rankings .
The University of Witwatersrand was the second-best-placed university in the country and climbed two spots to 290th on the global rankings. The University of KwaZulu-Natal and the University of Pretoria were the fourth and fifth highest-ranked universities in South Africa, respectively. Although seven of the 12 South African universities saw their global rankings drop, not a single university saw their overall score decline, with 9 of the 12 universities increasing their scores from the previous study.
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