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Mining for the future
The Minerals to Metals Initiative at UCT is working with the mining industry to help it become more people- and planet-centred.
20 Nov 2019
Two UCT subjects ranked in top 100 in the world
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has been ranked among the top 100 globally for two subjects - clinical, pre-clinical and health; and social sciences - in the 2020 Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings by subject.
20 Nov 2019
UCT collaborating on new TB vaccine clinical trial
The South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative - located at the University of Cape Town - as well as Biofabri and International Aids Vaccine Initiative recently announced an ongoing clinical trial to further evaluate the novel tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate MTBVAC in an adult endemic population.
20 Nov 2019
Two UCT subjects in top 100
UCT is among the top 100 globally for clinical, pre-clinical and health, and social sciences in the 2020 Times Higher Education Rankings by subject.
19 Nov 2019
Infecting, disrupting and transforming the City
UCT and the Institute for Creative Arts presents Infecting the City, which runs from 18 to 24 November, showcasing thought-provoking, transformative and inspiring creative works.
19 Nov 2019
Annual Dr Stuart John Saunders Lecture
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng invites the UCT community to attend the second annual Dr Stuart John Saunders Lecture, presented by Dr Solomon Benatar, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
19 Nov 2019
Collaboration pushes frontiers of anti-malaria drug regimes
UCT and Medicines for Malaria Venture are collaborating in order to discover and develop medicines to help tackle the burden of the disease.
19 Nov 2019
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In remembrance: Alissa Myrick
The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of Dr Alissa Myrick.
19 Nov 2019
In remembrance: Peter Mqolombeli
The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of Mr Peter Mqolombeli.
19 Nov 2019
San and Khoi claim benefits from rooibos
UCT Associate Professor Rachel Wynberg argues that the benefit-sharing agreement with the rooibos industry offers restorative justice but is not without problems.
19 Nov 2019
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Global fertility industry reaffirms pre-existing inequalities
University of Cape Town sociologist and feminist ethnographer Associate Professor Amrita Pande looks at the many interwoven processes that make up flows of fertility around the world. The global fertility trade can include anything that goes into the making of a baby. The industry now occurs in many countries and involves multiple kinds of reproductive actors or labourers, including egg providers, surrogates, brokers, doctors and prospective parents.
19 Nov 2019
Experimental film at Iziko Planetarium and Digital Dome
This first-of-its-kind immersive film experience was a collaboration between the Centre for Curating the Archive and Iziko Museums of South Africa.
18 Nov 2019
Executive MBA in the global top 50
The UCT Graduate School of Business’s EMBA programme is the first in Africa to be ranked in the top 50 worldwide by the Financial Times.
18 Nov 2019
Flows in the global fertility market
Associate Professor Amrita Pande’s latest research looks at the global fertility industry and its labourers making babies in the 21st century.
18 Nov 2019
Appointment of Dean: Humanities
I write to inform you that Associate Professor Shose Kessi has been appointed as the Dean of Humanities.
16 Nov 2019
Brain gain
Exploring the human brain and meeting neuro-health challenges in Africa is the goal of the University of Cape Town’s new Neuroscience Institute.
15 Nov 2019
South Africa's struggle to manage wildlife ranching
A lack of clear regulations on the private game farms has meant that their operations haven’t been directed towards being more socially or environmentally sustainable.
15 Nov 2019
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Extinct plant rediscovered after 200 years
A wildflower, thought to be extinct, has been rediscovered by a UCT PhD student on a farm near Tulbagh.
15 Nov 2019
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