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The 2021 TB Davie Memorial Lecture Professor Yunus Ballim presents the 2021 TB Davie Memorial Lecture. 26 Aug 2021
Pension law deprives most South Africans right to decide who inherits their estate at death - study Many South Africans are deprived of their right to decide who will inherit their estate when they die, a University of Cape Town (UCT) study has found. 26 Aug 2021
Taking action against SGBV and other updates On a week when the University of Cape Town is marking the second anniversary of the murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana and just days after University of Fort Hare student Nosicelo Mtebeni was killed – both due to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) – UCT is involved in two SGBV campaigns. 25 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: Student leadership means ‘empowering the disempowered’ Student leadership and governance, as seen through the eyes of student leaders, was up for discussion during a Women’s Month webinar hosted by UCT’s SRC. 25 Aug 2021
Student entrepreneurs: pitch your big ideas in the Leopard’s Lair Applications are open for Leopard’s Lair, InvestSoc’s and Entrepreneurs Soc’s annual business pitching competition for budding student and early graduate entrepreneurs. 25 Aug 2021
UCT scientist leads major global study investigating link between COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease Professor Karen Sliwa of the multi-disciplinary and interprofessional Cape Heart Institute (CHI) at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Medicine, recently recognised by the South African Medical Research Council with a Gold Medal, is the lead Principal Investigator (PI) on the ‘WHF [World Heart Foundation] COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease Global Study’ . 25 Aug 2021
Tania de Villiers shines spotlight on role of nurses in GBV interventions UCT’s new head of nursing, Dr Tania de Villiers, is on a mission to strengthen the division’s focus on community service and social responsiveness during her tenure. 25 Aug 2021
JOMBA! recognises Jay Pather’s contribution to South Africa’s dance industry UCT’s Professor Jay Pather will open the 23rd online JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience. 24 Aug 2021
New UCT head of nursing shines spotlight on role of nurses in GBV interventions New head of the Division of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr Tania De Villiers, is on a mission to strengthen the division’s focus on community service and social responsiveness during her tenure. 24 Aug 2021
UCT’s Law Clinic training lawyers to transform the profession Since becoming the director of University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Law Clinic in 2013, Yellavarne Moodley’s main drive has been to use law as a tool to effect social change, as well as to deliver quality legal support and representation to under-served communities. 24 Aug 2021
Youth in the firing line of COVID-19 mental health pandemic Children and adolescents have suffered the collateral impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially on their mental health. 24 Aug 2021 Republished
UCT Surgical Society’s annual Scrub Run needs your donation The UCT Surgical Society hopes to raise more than R100 000 for Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital during their annual Scrub Run. 24 Aug 2021
Deeply shocking Nosicelo murder strikes too close to home for UCT on anniversary of Nene murder Two years since the murder of University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana on this day, and following the killing of University of Fort Hare student Nosicelo Mtebeni, Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng urges all to take action against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). 24 Aug 2021
Understanding post-operative deaths in Africa – new study A study involving UCT academics details a landmark trial that attempted to address the problem of post-operative deaths in Africa. 24 Aug 2021
What action are you taking against SGBV? VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about SGBV. 24 Aug 2021
Groote Schuur Hospital adopts integrated approach to destigmatise mental health care The stigma associated with chronic and infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS and mental health disorders has resulted in a breakdown of traditional in‑hospital psychiatric service models. But thanks to an innovative, multidisciplinary, patient‑centric approach that focuses on normalising access to mental health care, change is underway. 24 Aug 2021
How to add the #UCTCOVIDPledge stickers to your Instagram story You can easily add UCT COVID-19 pledge stickers to your Instagram story following these easy instructions. 23 Aug 2021
How to add the #UCTCOVIDPledge frames to your Facebook profile You can easily add UCT COVID-19 pledge frames to your Facebook story following these easy instructions. 23 Aug 2021
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