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 »

South Africa: How to Manage UCT's Semi-Feral Cats Ethically and Responsibly

A discussion document published by the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa (iCWild) lists six policy proposals to manage the semi-feral… Read more »

South Africa: South Africans Over 55 Are Redefining Aging and Reshaping Consumer Behaviour

The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing has released a new report on the over 55-year-old market in South Africa and how they relate to their… Read more »

South Africa: ACDI Researcher Wins Axa Xl Climate Water Nexus Award

Dr Petra Holden, a University of Cape Town (UCT) researcher based at the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), has been awarded the prestigious AXA XL Climate Water… Read more »

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 »

South Africa: Screen and Treat Essential to Beat Cervical Cancer

In 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) publicised a global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem. To achieve this goal, the… Read more »

South Africa: UCT Librarian Named Among Most Influential in SA

There's far more to managing an institution's information system than shelving, stock taking or shushing noisy library-goers - and no one knows that better than University of Cape… Read more »

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 »

South Africa: Blowing Things Up for Science

Professor Steeve Chung Kim Yuen's inaugural lecture, titled "Urban blast loading: An insight into scaling" was held on Tuesday, 10 October, in the Snape Building and attended by… Read more »

South Africa: UCT Hosts Its First Sports Festival

The Student Sports Union, in collaboration with the University of Cape Town (UCT) Residence Council and the Students' Representative Council, hosted the inaugural UCT Sports… Read more »

South Africa: Funding Elder Care in South Africa - New Report

The primary concern with current spending at community level is that very few older persons benefit, and then only the very frail, with inconsistent reach across provinces. There… Read more »

South Africa: Celebrating Two Decades of Excellence - UCT's Emerging Researcher Programme

The Emerging Researcher Programme (ERP) was established in 2003 in recognition of the urgent need to nurture early-career academics. Over the past 20 years, it has served as a… Read more »

South Africa: Mangosuthu Buthelezi (27 August 1928 - 9 September 2023)

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South Africa: UCT Welcomes Brazilian Vice-Chancellors to Engage On Collaborative Opportunities

South-South collaborative opportunities took centre stage during a recent visit by 25 vice-chancellors from the Brazilian Association of Rectors of State and Municipal Universities… Read more »

South Africa: Western Cape Universities Integrate for Student Success

On Thursday, 24 August, the University of Cape Town (UCT) facilitated a workshop themed "Integration for Student Success" at the Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking Afrika*… Read more »

Africa: Women's Month - Shirley Kandabu, African Adventurer, Leader, Social Entrepreneur

It was just a bicycle, something many children grow up with. But for Ugandan Shirley Kandabu, those wheels represented empowerment in a country where in some cultures it was… Read more »

South Africa: Women's Month - Belhar Child Activist, Academic At the Helm of Children's Institute

Too many children in South African do not reach their fifth birthday, and when they do survive, they bear the burden of infectious diseases, inadequate nutrition, violence and… Read more »

South Africa: LLB to Phd - Thapelo Teele's Inspirational Journey

Just a year after registering for his LLM at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Dr Thapelo Teele's dissertation was upgraded to a PhD. In the two short years since, Dr Teele has… Read more »

Africa: Women's Month - UK Creates 'Hostile Environment' for African Sexual and Gender Diverse Asylum Claimants

Increasingly people are fleeing their countries of birth to seek refuge elsewhere in the world. And the reasons are plentiful - civil war, political instability, poverty due to… Read more »

South Africa: Study Uncovers Why Detecting Depression, Anxiety and Domestic Violence in Pregnant Women Is Limited

Lack of confidentiality and feelings of shame related to experiences of domestic violence as well as service providers' discomfort in dealing with mental health issues were some of… Read more »

South Africa: Six UCT Researchers Awarded SA Research Chairs

SIX new South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) chairs have been awarded to the University of Cape Town's (UCT) researchers since the beginning of the year. While two are… Read more »

South Africa: UCT Sports Centre Hosts Netball World Cup Teams

The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Sports Centre has been a hive of activity over Netball World Cup Cape Town 2023, hosting numerous team practices in the lead-up to the finals at… Read more »

Africa: Setting Up an Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence

In May 2023, the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) - hosted by the University of Cape Town (UCT) on behalf of the African Research Universities Alliance… Read more »

South Africa: Macassar's Community 'Storytelling Project' Wins 2022 Social Responsiveness Award

"An ordinary shack for extraordinary uses" is how Clint Abrahams describes Bong's Inn, a cultural landmark in Macassar and the pinnacle of a pioneering, seven-year community-led… Read more »

South Africa: Gina Ziervogel Takes the Helm At the African Climate Development Initiative

"An outstanding scholar on climate change, passionate about engaged research that makes a difference, a super-inclusive leader ... the African Climate and Development Initiative… Read more »