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The pain is still there': Workers remember Marikana
Commemorations of the Marikana massacre launched into full swing on UCT's upper campus on 16 August 2016, exactly four years after 34 unarmed mineworkers were gunned down by police.
19 Aug 2016
Living Planet award for river expert
19 Aug 2016
Apathy among young people stands in the way of Africa’s demographic dividend
Two in three Africans are younger than 35. Youth - people between the ages of 15 and 35 - make up more than 35% of Africa’s total population.
18 Aug 2016
Is all 'engaged scholarship' socially just?
Emeritus Associate Professor David Cooper knows of a nearby upper-middle-class neighbourhood which is mobilising. They'd like to put gated fencing around their community, ostensibly to keep criminals out.
18 Aug 2016
Is all ‘engaged scholarship’ socially just?
Emeritus Associate Professor David Cooper knows of a nearby upper-middle-class neighbourhood which is mobilising.
18 Aug 2016
Tivaringe's on the up and up
UCT's Careers Services has made a habit of launching students onto productive career paths, but Tafadzwa Tivaringe shows that it looks after its own too.
18 Aug 2016
Balancing culture and career
Dr Ameeta Jaga always regarded herself as a liberated Indian woman. But once she delved into the literature of culture and the work–family interface, she became aware of the many ways in which that was less true.
18 Aug 2016
Armed attack on students leads UCT to suspend services in Khayelitsha
17 Aug 2016
Curriculum Change Working Group
17 Aug 2016
UCT SRC decision not to shut down campus
As of 17 August 2016 UCT’s Students’ Representative Council was not in support of countrywide campus shutdowns and decided not to implement a university shutdown.
17 Aug 2016
Yes you can, is inspiring history teacher's challenge
Salwa Southgate of Trafalgar High School in old District Six knows there's little she can do to change her pupils' difficult circumstances, but she hopes to be able to change their minds.
17 Aug 2016
UCT led consortium to build first regional data node of national cyberinfrastructure
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) announced on Tuesday that it has approved a proposal by a Western Cape consortia of institutions, led by the University of Cape Town, to establish a Western Cape Data Intensive Research Facility (DIRF), as part of DST's National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System (NICIS).
17 Aug 2016
UCT doctoral research highlights the potential of black feminist intellectual activism as teaching
A thesis by University of Cape Town (UCT) graduate Mary Hames argues that it is possible to realise the potential of black feminist theories through pedagogic strategies operative beyond the academic curriculum but still within university institutional borders.
17 Aug 2016
Mpofu tackles SA's science education crisis
Earlier this year Bathabile Mpofu beat 24 000 entrants from all over South Africa to walk away with R600 000 prize money and top honours in the 2016 Total Startupper of the Year competition.
16 Aug 2016
Unpaid women of Marikana prop up the mines
When police were firing at mineworkers at Wonderkop in Marikana on 16 August 2012, UCT lecturer Asanda Benya was underground, working as a winch operator at a mine a few kilometres away.
16 Aug 2016
Unpaid women of Marikana prop up the mines
When police were firing at mineworkers at Wonderkop in Marikana on 16 August 2012, UCT lecturer Asanda Benya was underground, working as a winch operator at a mine a few kilometres away.
16 Aug 2016
UCT research highlights the unique contribution of women to leadership and socio-political transformation in Africa
A PhD thesis from the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business within the Faculty of Commerce explores women's experiences within senior leadership positions in organisations, with particular reference to South Africa and Kenya.
16 Aug 2016
Diamonds: a scientist’s best friend
They’re almost as old as the planet itself – and they have secrets to share.
15 Aug 2016
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