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Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee presents ‘Good economics for hard times’ Renowned Professor of Economics Abhijit Banerjee presented the first UCT Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture for 2021 on Thursday, 29 April. 30 Apr 2021
Climate change poses risk to wild food plants in southern Africa High levels of climate warming could shrink the geographic range of two-thirds of wild-harvested food plant species in southern Africa. 30 Apr 2021
Protection of Personal Information Act engagement session Registrar Royston Pillay writes to the UCT community about the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) that will come into effect on 1 July 2021. 30 Apr 2021
Relief as displaced students return to residences A palpable sense of relief permeated the air on Thursday, 22 April, as UCT students who had been evacuated during last week’s wildfire returned to their residences. 30 Apr 2021
UCT fire: ‘Heroine’ helps fellow student as asthma attack sets in UCT student Tatum Mentoor said she kicked into survival mode while the Table Mountain fire raged in order to help one of her peers who was having an asthma attack. 30 Apr 2021
UCT VC to speak at Life Science Across the Globe seminar UCT’s vice-chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, will be one of five speakers at the re-launch of the Life Science Across the Globe as a monthly seminar series. 30 Apr 2021
The University of Tokyo The president of the University of Tokyo in Japan 30 Apr 2021
Good economics for hard times Professor Abhijit Banerjee delivered the first Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture for 2021 on Thursday, 29 April 2021. 29 Apr 2021
Good economics for hard times Professor Abhijit Banerjee delivered the first Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture for 2021 on Thursday, 29 April 2021. 29 Apr 2021
McCall MacBain Foundation The McCall MacBain Foundation has donated USD 25 000 towards the #UCTFire Emergency Relief Fund. 29 Apr 2021
UCT Libraries urgently needs volunteers 29 Apr 2021
One in five expectant women and new mothers in peri-urban areas experience suicidal thoughts, study reveals One in five pregnant women and new mothers living in peri-urban areas investigated in the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Drakenstein Child Health Study (DCHS) are likely to experience suicidal thoughts. The study findings were recently published online in the Archives of Women's Mental Health , an international journal dedicated to female psychological health. 29 Apr 2021
Update on #UCTFire damage VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community with an update on #UCTFire damage. 29 Apr 2021
Science and the making of My Octopus Teacher Marine tracking skills and the value of a scientific lens played key roles in creating My Octopus Teacher, which landed South Africa’s first documentary Oscar. 29 Apr 2021
UCT students affected by campus fire return to residences UCT students affected by the devasting campus fire has returned to residences. 29 Apr 2021
UCT remembers the Jagger Reading Room UCT staff remember the Jagger Reading Room after it was destroyed by a devasting campus fire. 29 Apr 2021
Sharief Hendricks: rugby player, researcher and new member of the Future Professors Programme President-elect of the South African Sports Medicine Association, NGP member Sharief Hendricks was recently selected to be a member of the Future Professors Programme. 29 Apr 2021
#UCTFire, VC’s Open Lecture and COVID-19 update 28 Apr 2021
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