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Women’s Month: Law faculty trio puts fresh spin on children’s rights course UCT Faculty of Law’s children’s rights course is a shared vision, venture and dream for Salona Lutchman, Mathabo Baase and Nurina Ally. 10 Aug 2021
Reminder: UCT’s virtual Women’s Day event with Miss South Africa 2020 and #ForWomxnByWomxn research grantees The University of Cape Town will host a virtual Women’s Day event under the theme, ‘Social responsiveness and internationalisation’. 10 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: A living wage enables people to choose dignity Associate Professor Ines Meyer speaks to UCT News about her research into how to improve the lives of workers by instituting a living wage. 05 Aug 2021
Former TRC commissioner Yasmin Sooka to discuss why apartheid-era crimes are yet to be prosecuted In her lecture titled, “Unfinished Business of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)”, former TRC commissioner and human rights lawyer Yasmin Sooka will focus on why nobody has been prosecuted under the Crime of Apartheid and how denial persists in our country that apartheid was declared a crime against humanity and that the apartheid state was a criminal state. 05 Aug 2021
Top chartered accountant to join UCT as finance executive director The University of Cape Town has appointed Vincent Mohau Motholo as the new Executive Director: Finance. He will take up the position on 1 October 2021. 04 Aug 2021
Virtual Womxn’s Day celebration and other updates The annual Womxn’s Day celebration event will be held virtually this month, while the vaccination programme in the Post-School Education and Training (PSET) sector has been extended until 6 August. 04 Aug 2021
It’s time to put children first – from response to recovery An advocacy brief series by the Children’s Institute serves as a guide to ensure that children are better prioritised in response and recovery plans. 04 Aug 2021
Hate speech and the right to freedom of expression Professor Pierre de Vos reflects on a recent Constitutional Court judgment and its implications for hate speech. 04 Aug 2021 Republished
Alan Pifer Award: A hat-tip to geneticist Professor Ambroise Wonkam UCT’s Prof Ambroise Wonkam is one of two recipients of the 2020 Alan Pifer Award. 03 Aug 2021
VC addresses res students on developing social and professional skills Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng addressed students from UCT’s residences at the monthly Residence Academic Development Committee webinar. 03 Aug 2021
A recipe for homegrown vaccines in plants: water, light and sugar A collaborative study has shed new light on how vaccine production in plants is impacted by the host plant machinery. 03 Aug 2021
Appointment of Executive Director: Finance Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community to announce the appointment of the new Executive Director: Finance. 03 Aug 2021
UCT Women’s month expert list The following academics at the University of Cape Town can be contacted by the media for comment during Women’s month. 03 Aug 2021
Redefining purpose at this year’s Future of Education Summit UCT GSB partnered with CNBC Africa and Forbes Africa as a key sponsor of the seventh annual Future of Education Summit. 02 Aug 2021
A recipe for home grown vaccines in plants – water, light and sugar A new collaborative study undertaken between the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Biopharming Research Unit (BRU) and the University of Southampton’s Glycoprotein Therapeutics Laboratory has shed new light on how vaccine production in plants is impacted by the host plant machinery. 02 Aug 2021
Emeritus Associate Professor Peter E Spargo: 1937–2021 Emeritus Associate Professor Peter Spargo – from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) – passed away on 2 August 2021. 02 Aug 2021
Women’s Month at UCT For Women’s Month, the university’s focus is on celebrating womxn and womxn’s achievements. 01 Aug 2021
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