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Faculty of Health Sciences celebrates Africa Day
UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences celebrated Africa Day with the theme, ‘Re-imagining Health in Africa’.
31 May 2021
Pan-African imagination and the role of South Africa
UCT’s Associate Professor Christopher Ouma writes about the important contributions made to the ‘decade of decolonisation’ by South Africans who went into exile during apartheid.
31 May 2021
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Invite: The three theses of decolonisation and the school curriculum – UCT Mafeje-Jordan Seminar Series
At the third instalment of the University of Cape Town (UCT) Mafeje-Jordan Seminar Series 2021, Edwin Etieyibo, professor of philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand and adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of Alberta, Canada, will present on why decolonising the school curriculum is important.
31 May 2021
Jagger reflections: ‘It was always my favourite place at UCT’
The Department of Historical Studies’ Associate Professor Shamil Jeppie shares his reflections on the burning down of the Jagger Reading Room.
31 May 2021
The origin of African jackals revealed – new study
New research published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society has found the origin of some of the most emblematic groups of African carnivorous mammals: jackals. The international group of researchers describe a new species of canid (current family that includes foxes, wolves, and jackals) named Eucyon khoikhoi , providing vital information about the origin of the group outside of North America – where the canidae family originated from more than 35 million years ago.
31 May 2021
Cape Town’s drip system plan will entrench water apartheid
UCT researchers and colleagues from UWC and the African Water Commons Collective respond to the City of Cape Town’s revised approach to domestic water metering.
28 May 2021
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A safari across the African savannah and into the Cape
UCT’s Professor Muthama Muasya presented the second virtual inaugural lecture for 2021 on Wednesday, 26 May.
28 May 2021
Jagger reflections: An ‘invaluable resource’
The Centre for African Studies’ Professor Horman Chitonge shares his reflection on the burning down of the Jagger Reading Room.
28 May 2021
South Africa’s vaccine rollout needs a boost
The number of vaccinations is far below the number of vaccine doses in the country. The available vaccines need to be used urgently.
28 May 2021
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UCT professor elected as Fellow of South African Academy of Engineering
Harro von Blottnitz, professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town (UCT), has been elected a Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering (SAAE). His election places him among an elite group of 213 fellows who straddle the worlds of academia and industry, and who are considered thought leaders in their fields.
28 May 2021
UCT professor elected as Fellow of South African Academy of Engineering
Professor Harro von Blottnitz has been elected a Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering, placing him among an elite group of fellows.
27 May 2021
Response by UCT and the Faculty of Health Sciences to email smears against the university’s academic in relation to the proposed River Club development
The University of Cape Town (UCT) and its Faculty of Health Sciences notes with great concern the email smears against academic, Professor Leslie London, regarding his activities with the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) in relation to the highly contentious proposed River Club development. Professor London is an accomplished and highly respected UCT academic, with a substantial history of engaged scholarship, specifically in the area of human rights advocacy and activism.
27 May 2021
Orchid sexually exploits male beetles – a world first from Africa
Dr Callan Cohen, a research associate of the University of Cape Town's (UCT) FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology , has discovered a world pollination first: an orchid that sexually exploits longhorn beetles. The near-extinct Disa forficaria , known from a single remaining plant in the mountains near Cape Town, mimics a female beetle so convincingly that the male beetle mates with the flower, thus pollinating it.
27 May 2021
Thank you from Millennium Fundraising
Luke Mackie wishes to thank all donors and volunteers for their contributions to the UCT Fire Relief Fund.
27 May 2021
Orchid sexually exploits male beetles – a world-first from Africa
UCT research associate Dr Callan Cohen discovers one of the most remarkable cases of deception in nature: a Cape orchid that sexually exploits male beetles.
27 May 2021
Africa Day symposium: Harness Africa’s youth dividend
Africa’s youth carry the hope of a continent emerging from colonialism and poverty, speakers said at the Africa Day Public Symposium, which was co-hosted by UCT.
27 May 2021
VC’s Inaugural Lecture: Professor Muthama Muasya
Professor Muthama Muasya presented a Vice-Chancellor’s Inaugural Lecture: “Biodiversity studies in the Anthropocene: from species discovery in fragmented landscapes to unravelling the origin of iconic African flora.”
26 May 2021
Biodiversity studies in the Anthropocene: from species discovery in fragmented landscapes to unravelling the origin of iconic African flora
Professor Muthama Muasya is an internationally recognised plant taxonomist and evolutionary biologist.
26 May 2021
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