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UCT master’s candidate brings plays to life UCT master’s candidate Nwabisa Plaatjie brings to life two Alice Childress plays as part of the Baxter’s Women’s Month celebrations – with discounts for UCT staff and students. 26 Aug 2019
‘EBE’s Got Talent’ raises R5 000 UCT students who took time out from their studies to showcase their performing arts talents have raised R5 000 for the EBE Students in Distress Fund. 26 Aug 2019
UCT student wins pan-African writing prize Resoketswe Manenzhe, a doctoral candidate in UCTʼs Department of Chemical Engineering, has taken top spot in a pan-African short story writing competition. 26 Aug 2019
Conflict leaves children traumatised, anxious – for life It’s critical to intervene early in cases of trauma in children, UCTʼs Professor Shanaaz Mathews told delegates to The African Regional Child Trauma Conference 2019. 26 Aug 2019
UCT community holds silent protest against gender-based violence Hundreds of UCT students and staff participated in a silent protest on campus against gender-based violence on 2 August 2019. 26 Aug 2019
UCT victorious at Entrepreneurship Intervarsity regionals Five teams of innovative UCT “studentpreneurs” have been selected to go through to the national finals of the Entrepreneurship Intervarsity. 23 Aug 2019
Schooling high school learners in coding, robotics Two more coding and robotics camps for high school learners are planned at UCT for the December holidays following the huge success of the inaugural programme. 23 Aug 2019
Economic storm clouds threaten SA’s stability An IMF bailout may be forced on SA in the ensuing fallout should Moody’s follow its two counterparts and downgrade the country to “junk status”. 23 Aug 2019 Republished
Leverage privilege to change education, Madonsela urges Apartheid has cast a huge shadow over the country, particularly education, and it will need all of society to break the cycle of poverty. 23 Aug 2019
In remembrance: Sithembele Steve Mtwecu The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of a colleague, Mr Sithembele Steve Mtwecu. 23 Aug 2019
Education and the complex shadow of our unjust past Professor Thuli Madonsela, Law Faculty Trust Chair for Social Justice and law professor at Stellenbosch University, delivered the Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture on Wednesday, 21 August 2019. 22 Aug 2019
UCT Lung Institute says cheers to 20 years The University of Cape Town Lung Institute celebrated its 20th anniversary in grand style on Tuesday, 20 August. 22 Aug 2019
‘Power-packed’ Oxford fellowship Doctoral student Chikezie Uzuegbunam shared his research around the digital experiences of young Nigerians at the 2019 Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute in the United Kingdom. 22 Aug 2019
Alarm over political threats to SA’s judiciary Criticisms that threaten the constitutional role of SA’s courts, or the judges themselves, have become more menacing, with EFF leader Julius Malema a prime culprit. 22 Aug 2019 Republished
Inaugural Lecture: Professor Adam Haupt On 31 July, Professor Adam Haupt presented a Vice-Chancellor's Inaugural Lecture: “Why does ‘success’ continue to elude contemporary Africa?”. 22 Aug 2019
Lessons from Shanghai Two UCT students have returned from a month-long summer school in China where they and their peers learned both in and outside the classroom. 22 Aug 2019
Award-winning plastic pollution research Takunda Chitaka has been walking Cape Town’s beaches and studying their litter to help re-frame thinking about the plastic types that end up as pollution. 22 Aug 2019
In remembrance: Marion Heap The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of a colleague, Dr Marion Heap. 22 Aug 2019
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