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UCT researchers help shape sustainable development goals
UCT should not only be the best university in Africa but the best for Africa. This was the message from Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Internationalisation, Professor Danie Visser.
16 Nov 2016
Without transformation, research excellence is unsustainable - Mamokgethi Phakeng
Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, UCT's incoming Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Internationalisation, has delivered the key note address at the 2016 UCT Annual Research Function.
16 Nov 2016
Freedom of the City for Ndungane
16 Nov 2016
Rise of the hired hitman: assassinations and democracy in SA
Researchers at the Centre for Criminology have studied targeted killings in South Africa over a 16-year period, and have revealed how consistent a feature
16 Nov 2016
International team discovers major supercluster of galaxies hidden by Milky Way
An international team of astronomers has discovered a previously unknown major concentration of galaxies in the constellation Vela, which they have dubbed the Vela supercluster.
16 Nov 2016
AXA awards first research chair in Africa to UCT
AXA Research Fund has awarded its first research chair in Africa to the University of Cape Town.
15 Nov 2016
Mhlongo is UCT's best - again
He's quick. He's powerful. He's competed across the world, from the All Africa Games in Dakar to the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
15 Nov 2016
Students reflect on exams and deferrals
Despite fatigue, disrupted travel and end-of-year plans, UCT students are doing their best to tackle their November exams.
15 Nov 2016
Wits, UCT to host symposium to honour Justice Moseneke
The University of Cape Town and the University of the Witwatersrand will host a joint symposium on 7 December 2016 at Smuts Hall (UCT) in honour of Justice Dikgang Moseneke, for the immense contribution that he has made to society.
15 Nov 2016
AXA awards first research chair in Africa to UCT
AXA Research Fund has awarded its first research chair in Africa to the University of Cape Town. The new chair, in African Climate Risk, will be held by Professor Mark New, director of the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI). Worth R20.65 million (
15 Nov 2016
New research brings hope of winning the TB battle
Scientists at the University of Cape Town are engaged in new research in the battle against tuberculosis (TB), which has overtaken HIV/AIDS as the leading cause of death from infectious disease. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), TB kills about 4 000 people a day.
15 Nov 2016
Appointment of new DVC in the Transformation portfolio
14 Nov 2016
Kelp: The canary in the coal mine
Kelp forests provide Cape fur seals a place to hide when escaping from Great White sharks.
14 Nov 2016
Popplestone: A masterpiece written in the margins
Reinette Popplestone and her guide dog Drum have become a ubiquitous duo around campus.
14 Nov 2016
Considering the technical readiness of South Africa to support the shale gas industry
The discovery and exploitation of very large shale gas reserves in countries like the United States have transformed the energy market .
11 Nov 2016
Hunting for leaks in a mismanaged water system
Africa is home to the highest number of water-scarce countries in the world.
11 Nov 2016
Bathabile Mpofu a finalist in SA’s Small Business Awards
11 Nov 2016
Rise of the hired hitman: assassinations and democracy in SA
Press coverage of the 2016 local elections shone a spotlight on the murky world of political assassinations in South Africa, while high-profile cases such as those of Anni Dewani and Jayde Panayiotou indicate contract killings may be more common for resolving personal problems than we realise. Researchers at the Centre for Criminology have studied targeted killings in South Africa over a 16-year period, and have revealed how consistent a feature ‘hits’ are in resolving conflict in many sectors of society, including business, the taxi industry and the political sphere – with, they argue, very negative consequences for democracy.
11 Nov 2016
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