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Strategies for countries to decarbonise based on national development objectives Every country must have a long-term strategy for climate change, otherwise the Paris pledges will not be well aligned with national development objectives 26 Mar 2019
Rainbow UCT’s trans solidarity march Rainbow UCT is calling on all members of the university community to join them as they march in solidarity with the trans community on Wednesday. 25 Mar 2019
Meet Baleka, Africa’s first two-legged robot Baleka – a jumping, two-legged robot developed at UCT – is helping researchers figure out new ways for robots to move and inspire young scientists. 25 Mar 2019
Original children’s shows at the Baxter The Baxter Theatre Centre is presenting two beautiful and original children’s shows for one week only, starting tomorrow, 26 March. 25 Mar 2019
The Cape Town drought - lessons for other municipalities in South Africa The University of Cape Town's (UCT) African Centre for Cities (ACC) released a new paper which warns that the Cape Town drought has powerful climate-change adaptation lessons for other South African municipalities. 25 Mar 2019
IRTC Steering Committee meeting of Friday, 22 March 2019 On Friday, 22 March 2019, the IRTC Steering Committee met to discuss the recommendations made in the IRTC’s final report. 22 Mar 2019
UCT marks international Brain Awareness Week UCT’s Neuroscience Institute and the student-run UCT Cortex Club held a very successful event on March 14 to mark global Brain Awareness Week. 22 Mar 2019
Retired UCT academic wins ‘Nobel’ water prize International river-flow expert and retired UCT academic Dr Jackie King is the first SA woman to win the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize, the water community’s Nobel equivalent. 22 Mar 2019 Republished
Miss SA helps break the TB stigma To help #BreakTheStigma, Miss SA Tamaryn Green returned to the place where her battle against TB began. 22 Mar 2019
CFMS honours project wins a SAFTA A documentary created as part of an honours project in UCT’s Centre for Film and Media Studies has won a SAFTA for Best Student Film. 22 Mar 2019
UCT research tracks widespread illegal killing of rare bird of prey An international study, led by University of Cape Town academics, has traced the disappearance of large numbers of one of England’s rarest birds. 22 Mar 2019
African puppet premiere The African premiere of Save the Pedestals, a collaboration with the Handspring Puppet Company and Halle Puppet Theatre, kicks off at the Baxter on 28 March. 22 Mar 2019
Young UCT researchers working with top climate scientists Two young UCT scientists are among the authors of the next major climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 22 Mar 2019
17 human rights activists honoured by UCT On Human Rights Day today, UCT showcases just some of its honorary graduates who have, or continue to fight for the rights of South Africans and those further afield. 21 Mar 2019
100UP learners get a taste of university life Three specially selected Summer School lectures have given 100 grade 12 learners from Khayelitsha a taste of what first year at university might be like. 20 Mar 2019
Load-shedding continuing and other updates 20 Mar 2019
Giant leap for student start-up The UCT tech start-up platform Zaio now offers a more streamlined approach to doing business with the launch of its fully automated system. 20 Mar 2019
South Africa’s water: new ‘call to action’ National Water Week is an appropriate time to examine the plans required to guide South Africaʼs water resource management, and their chances of success. 20 Mar 2019
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