April 22
Africa: Using AI to Tailor Drugs for Africa
Therapeutic drugs have long been ill suited to African patients' needs. Professor Kelly Chibale, the director of the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Holistic Drug Discovery and… Read more »
March 05
Africa: Nobel Laureate Professor Abhijit Banerjee Delivers Open Lecture
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) invite students and staff to… Read more »
November 16, 2023
South Africa: Newly Qualified Teachers Wrap Up 'Bumpy' Maiden Year of Teaching
"When we teach well, we develop a subtle form of immortality because people remember the way we do things, and what we have taught reverberates generations down the line," Lydia… Read more »
November 06, 2023
South Africa: National Treasury Not Protecting, Prioritising the Development of Children - Institute
The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on 1 November, is short-sighted in that it fails to protect and prioritise the… Read more »
October 19, 2023
South Africa: A Living Wage and the Dignity Afforded By Choice
On 7 October, workers across the globe marked International Day of Decent Work, a topic the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Professor Ines Meyer put under the microscope just days… Read more »
July 12, 2023
South Africa: Measure Impoverishment, Not Poverty - Prof Sir Angus Deaton
Decades of economic measurements introduced to determine destitution levels have shown how difficult it is to identify reliable markers of poverty across societies and regions. Is… Read more »
April 12, 2023
South Africa: UCT Funding to Support Cost-Effective Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals in South Africa
The manufacturing and availability of medicines in sub-Saharan Africa will receive a major boost with the injection of R13 million to the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Holistic… Read more »
March 27, 2023
South Africa: UCT's Sustainability Response in an Era of Droughts, Rolling Blackouts
As multiple crises converge on the environment and people, rapid responses have been the order of the day - and the University of Cape Town (UCT) has not been spared. Read more »
March 15, 2023
South Africa: UCT's HIV and TB Hotline - Serving Healthcare Workers, Communities for 15 Years
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) National HIV and TB Healthcare Worker hotline has served healthcare workers across the length and breadth of South Africa. Established as a… Read more »
September 28, 2022
South Africa: Unprecedented First Wave of Black Middle Class Retirees in 20 Years
In the next 20 years, South Africa's first major wave of black middle class retirees will hit the country - a situation with no precedent. Attitudes among this group vary between… Read more »
June 24, 2022
South Africa: Launch of the UCT Digital Bootcamp
The University of Cape Town (UCT) launched the UCT Digital Bootcamp, an innovative pilot project as part of the institution's Vision 2030, which focuses on the digital economy and… Read more »
May 03, 2022
Africa: How Disinformation Threatens Media Freedom and Democracy
Information disorder threatens media freedom and democracies across the globe. In the Global South, multi-level responses are needed to counter its spread, said Professor Herman… Read more »
April 24, 2022
South Africa: University Mourns the Passing of Economics Doyen
On Sunday, 24 April 2022 Emeritus Professor Francis Wilson passed away at the age of 83. Read more »
July 08, 2019
Southern Africa: Toilet Flushing Guidelines During Drought
Using grey water to flush toilets saves water but solid build-up could harm the pipes, especially during times of drought when householders flush less often. Read more »