April 18, 2023
South Africa: Caregiving for Older People Perpetuates Poverty and Inequality in SA
Preliminary results that emanate from the novel University of Cape Town (UCT)-led Family Care of Older Persons in Southern Africa programme reveal that caregiving for older people,… Read more »
April 13, 2023
South Africa: UCT Alumni Social Enterprise Aims to Disrupt Arts Education Landscape in SA
AK Arts & Leadership Academy (AKALA) is on a mission to disrupt the arts education landscape in the country by expanding access to arts education and combating arts teacher… Read more »
April 12, 2023
South Africa: Novel Diagnostic Testing Technique - a Game-Changer in the Fight Against TB
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health priority globally, and the foremost infectious disease killer in sub-Saharan Africa. In many TB-endemic countries, it sets back… Read more »
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 »
April 03, 2023
South Africa: Faculty of Science Caps More Than 500 Graduates
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Faculty of Science capped 563 graduates at two graduation ceremonies last week. The graduation ceremony on Wednesday, 28 March, was a joyful… Read more »
March 30, 2023
South Africa: UCT Honours 'Indefatigable' Ouma Katrina
In honour and recognition of her contribution to language studies in South Africa and her lifelong commitment to preserving the N|uu language - once spoken in the country by the… Read more »
March 28, 2023
South Africa: Disability and Islam - Phd Examines Unconscious Exclusion, Burden of Responsibility
Shaheed Moussa* attended Friday congregational prayers regularly at his local mosque - until he became a wheelchair user. But after a series of incidents left him feeling… 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 23, 2023
South Africa: UCT's Development Studies Rank 12th in the World
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been placed in 12th position for development studies and has three further subjects in the global top 100, according to the Quacquarelli… Read more »
March 20, 2023
South Africa: Human Rights Day - 'Refugees Are People With Rights and Aspirations'
"As a foreigner living in South Africa, your refugee status underpins the treatment you receive. We need to work twice as hard as South African citizens to achieve the same result,… Read more »
South Africa: Students Rethink Higher Education
For the first time in its 13-year history, the Reinventing Higher Education (RHE) conference hosted by the University of Cape Town (UCT) from 5 to 7 March included and accentuated… Read more »
March 17, 2023
South Africa: Motivating Mondays and Flourishing Fridays Keep Students On Track
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) students' Residence Mentor Council and the Academic Representative Council (ARC) have teamed up for the first time to promote student well-being… 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 »
March 07, 2023
South Africa: Long in the Tooth - Ancient Proteins Illuminate Deep-Time Species Evolution
Standing up to 3 m tall and weighing up to 600 kg, illustrations of the massive primate Gigantopithecus blacki call to mind the mythical Himalayan Yeti. Dental remains of the… Read more »
February 13, 2023
South Africa: Cape Town's Water - Heading in the Wrong Direction
Capetonians must heed the warning of Day Zero in 2018 if another water crisis is to be averted. Despite warnings by the City of Cape Town to curb water demand and implement… Read more »
January 31, 2023
South Africa: 'Bongani Mayosi's Legacy a Gift to UCT'
An unusually cool summer's evening, with a blustery south-easter gripping the Mother City, set the stage for loved ones, friends, colleagues and mentees to gather to celebrate and… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Africa: Rhodes Scholar-Elect Will Use Postgraduate Research to Improve African Lives
Kaitlyn Sparks is elated and beaming with pride that she has been selected as one of the University of Cape Town's (UCT) 2023 Rhodes Scholarship recipients. She will soon be on her… Read more »
December 13, 2022
South Africa: Innovative Gynaecological Device Tackles Women's Health On the Ground
Sexual and reproductive ill-health accounts for one third of the global disease burden among women and adolescent girls of reproductive age. Despite many advances in access to… Read more »
South Africa: Generative Disruption - Disability Symposium Caps Three-Year Research Project
Young people with disabilities continue to struggle in the transitions between secondary school, tertiary education, and the job market. "We want to disrupt things," said Professor… Read more »
December 05, 2022
South Africa: Falling Through the Cracks - How SA's Healthcare System Is Failing the LGBTQI Community
The theme for World Aids Day 2022 is "Equalise", and yet a Health and Advocacy Day for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community showed that… Read more »
December 02, 2022
South Africa: International Day of Persons With Disabilities - 'It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done'
Teenagers the world over will agree: entering your teen years is much like a rite of passage. It's a steppingstone to young adulthood and many 12-year-olds eagerly anticipate their… Read more »
November 30, 2022
South Africa: UCT's Carbon Footprint Report Shows Marked Covid-19 Lockdown Reductions
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) recently launched Carbon Footprint Assessment Report for 2020 and 2021 reflects the direct impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns on its carbon… Read more »
November 23, 2022
South Africa: 'We've Walked This Journey As a Family' - VC's Farewell to SRC
The University of Cape Town (UCT) said farewell to the 15-member 2021/2022 Students' Representative Council (SRC) at a festive but reflective event, hosted by Vice-Chancellor… Read more »
November 16, 2022
South Africa: South African Women Innovators Win Big At International Falling Walls Lab
University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD candidate Emma Horn won second place in the Falling Walls Lab world finals with her 'green' bio-tile innovation. Tamlyn Sasha Naidu, a… Read more »
November 08, 2022
South Africa: Three UCT Students Showcase Scientific Solutions in Geneva
They went to shine, and shine they did. Applying predictions of the science of the future to find solutions to present challenges, meeting young minds from across the world,… Read more »