The dedicated First-Year Campus Reception, introduced a number of years ago to provide first-year students with a smooth transition into university life, will kick off on Saturday and will run until Monday.
The council says it is ready to adopt the recommendations of an independent panel investigation report with findings that there were serious governance failures at the institution.
The a 179-page report released earlier this month found former UCT vice-chancellor, Mamokgethi Phakeng, and council chairperson, Babalwa Ngonyama, guilty of serious governance failures.