PhD graduate wants to advance astronomy education in Africa

UCT’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted a Women’s Day lunch at Graça Machel Hall on 10 August 2022.

Trans women must be included in women’s spaces to advance diverse women collectively, said gender activist Liberty Matthyse. She was the keynote speaker at a UCT Women’s Day lunch.

In Women’s Month, UCT news interviewed alumnus Dr Rethabile Melamu, the first black woman CEO of the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association.

UCT rower Julia Mackay will represent the university at the Rand Merchant Bank Universities’ Boat Race from 14 to 17 September 2022.

UCT student Gamuchirayi Manyadzi is a volunteer for Voice of the Gird Child Trust, taking human rights education to remote communities in her country.

In Women’s Month, Sharifa Negesa talks about Girls Alive Uganda, which teaches Ugandan girls about menstrual hygiene and making their own sustainable sanitary products.

UCT graduate, Tshiamiso Makwela recently graduated with a PhD in Astronomy during the July 2022 graduation ceremony.

UCT’s Dr Elona Toska and her team have dedicated their research to helping adolescent mothers lead happy and fulfilled lives.

As part of her PhD research, Pretty Mubaiwa wanted to understand the intricacies of African customary marriages and why they expose women to violent and discriminatory practices and experiences.

Two female biokineticists at SSISA have created the EmpowHER programme to help women build confidence in the gym and take control of their health.

A new PLOS ONE paper sheds light on episodes of plentiful water in the Kalahari with a link to early human development.

Men must be part of disrupting the intergenerational cycle of violence against women and children, Professor Shanaaz Mathews said in her inaugural lecture.

In celebration of Women’s Month, UCT’s ParaSports Club hosted the 6th annual Women in Sport talk on Wednesday, 10 August.

On Wednesday, 10 August, UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences hosted a thanksgiving event in honour of Professor Lynette Denny.

On Monday, 8 August, the Khayelitsha Cervical Cancer Screening Project celebrated 27 years in service of the community.

Naledi Maponopono, a PhD candidate in UCT’s School of Languages and Literatures, said decolonising the education curricula lies in changing the language policy.

Monique Schoeman, the head of the Refugee Status Determination Clinic at UCT, is committed to making a difference in the lives of refugees.

The Hub for Decolonial Feminist Psychologies in Africa launched a book, Pan-Africanism and Psychology in Decolonial Times, by Shose Kessi, Floretta Boonzaier and Babette Stephanie Gekeler, on 4 August at the Department of Psychology on the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) upper campus.

UCT researcher Dr Katherine Antel has received two international awards for work in HIV-associated lymphoma

Recent PhD graduate Sisanda Nkoala investigated how the television media in South Africa report on crimes against children.