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Completing a declaration of interests form
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about the the requirement to make a full declaration of their financial interests and fiduciary roles and those of their immediate family members.
23 Oct 2018
With big trees comes great responsibility
A UCT doctoral student investigated how the commercialisation of baobab products has affected the trees – as well as the communities around them.
23 Oct 2018
The political economy of child marriage in Africa
A UCT doctoral researcher is exploring how the intersection of traditional authority, the political economy and girls’ sexuality shapes and influences their readiness for marriage.
23 Oct 2018
Do bats chat?
Echolocation is a remarkable evolutionary innovation. Beyond navigating and hunting, there is evidence bats use it for communication too.
23 Oct 2018
UCT Professor of Medicine receives the 2018 Desmond Tutu Award for HIV Prevention Research and Human Rights
Professor of Medicine at the University of Cape Town (UCT) Professor Linda-Gail Bekker received the 2018 Desmond Tutu Award for HIV Prevention Research and Human Rights at the HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P) Conference in Madrid, Spain on 22 October 2018.
23 Oct 2018
UCT Vice-Chancellor strengthens ties with local high school principals
The University of Cape Town (UCT)'s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, has renewed the university's commitment to nurturing relationships with high schools from across the metropole.
23 Oct 2018
Working towards a water-sensitive Cape Town
When it “forgot to rain” in Cape Town, the city went on water-saving alert. Now it’s time for a holistic approach to future water management.
22 Oct 2018
Honours for UCT’s sports stars
A year of noteworthy achievements, grit and determination was marked as UCT celebrated its sportspeople at the Sports Awards Dinner on 19 October.
22 Oct 2018
Pursuing new ways to cure cancer
UCT alumnus Professor Frank Slack returned to his academic roots to share research which holds the promise of new ways of curing cancer and other illnesses.
22 Oct 2018
Spotlight on gender-based violence
A public art project at UCT’s Michaelis School of Fine Art aimed to lay bare the invisibility of gender-based violence in our daily routines.
22 Oct 2018
Appointment of Interim Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences
VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about the appointment of Prof Carolyn Williamson as the interim dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
22 Oct 2018
‘Force of nature’ wins Vice-Chancellor’s Award
VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng hailed BCom student Sarina Mpharalala as “a force of nature” as she handed her the top prize at the Student Leadership Awards.
19 Oct 2018
Spotlight on media accountability, transparency
Journalists must be answerable to the public in the same way they demand accountability from politicians and the state, says media studies professor Herman Wasserman.
19 Oct 2018
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Appreciating Macassar and its people
UCT joined forces with non-profit youth development organisation Studio Light to create an antidote to the current distorted image of life in Macassar.
19 Oct 2018
Doves, dragons and diplomats – ‘avatars’ for a new dean
UCT’s new Dean of Commerce Associate Professor Linda Ronnie talks about deanship, her values and goals, and the transformative environment in which she thrives.
19 Oct 2018
VC Phakeng delivers Rondebosch Boys’ High valedictory speech
The University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng delivered a valedictory speech at Rondebosch Boys’ High School on Thursday, 11 October 2018.
19 Oct 2018
UCT VC meets with school officials
UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng recently met with school principals, teachers and Western Cape Education Department officials at the Oude Molen Academy of Science and Technology.
19 Oct 2018
Questions, but no answers, about decolonizing South African university curricula
19 Oct 2018
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