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In remembrance: Lwazi Ntshengulana
The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of Mr Lwazi Ntshengulana (19).
21 Dec 2021
In remembrance: Sbonelo Sphesihle Ntombela
The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of Mr Sbonelo Sphesihle Ntombela (20).
21 Dec 2021
Preliminary COVID-19 Vaccine Survey reveals four distinct groups of unvaccinated individuals
Preliminary results from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Southern Africa Labour Development Research Unit’s (SALDRU) first COVID-19 Vaccine Survey (COVACS), revealed that there are four distinct groups of unvaccinated individuals in South Africa.
21 Dec 2021
SALDRU releases preliminary COVID-19 Vaccine Survey results
The COVID-19 Vaccine Survey, an initiative of the Southern Africa Labour Development Research Unit at UCT, has revealed several interesting findings.
21 Dec 2021
Using the power of language to open a window on economics
Translating over 1 000 economic terms into South Africa’s 11 official languages is at the heart of the EcoDoc app, recently launched within UCT’s School of Economics.
21 Dec 2021
PhD graduate becomes SA’s first black observational ocean biogeochemist
Mhlangabezi Mdutyana graduates with his PhD from UCT in December 2021, he makes history as South Africa’s first black observational ocean biogeochemist.
21 Dec 2021
UCT spearheading training and research for occupational lung disease in Southern Africa
Professor Shahieda Adams, occupational medicine specialist in the Division of Occupational Medicine, and Dr Qonita Said-Hartley, consultant radiologist and Head of Clinical Unit of Radiology at Groote Schuur Hospital, spearheaded an interdisciplinary African collaboration to promote capacity for the detection of pneumoconiosis. They delivered a training programme on how to classify chest radiographs of workers with occupational lung disease at the Occupational Health Centre of Excellence in Kitwe, Zambia.
21 Dec 2021
Best wishes for a healthy and restful year-end break
Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community with best wishes for a healthy and restful year-end break.
20 Dec 2021
Call for comment on draft UCT Vaccine Mandate Policy
Following the Council meeting held earlier this month and the feedback provided by the Chair of Council, I write to provide a further update on the proposal for mandatory vaccination at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
20 Dec 2021
UCT’s graduation ‘walk of celebration’
UCT holds an informal graduation ‘walk of celebration’ as students celebrate with family and friends.
20 Dec 2021
UCT medical student, Tim de Wet earns a PhD ahead of his MBChB
Timothy de Wet will graduate with a PhD this December, and is set to graduate with an MBChB in December 2022.
20 Dec 2021
Three winners of new socially responsive course grants
Associate Professor Lis Lange has named the first three recipients of UCT’s newly introduced socially responsive engaged teaching and learning course development grants.
20 Dec 2021
Foot-powered washing machine wins international design challenge
Electrical engineering master’s student Kai Goodall is a born innovator whose refinement of the hand-cranked washing machine, Divya, has won him an international innovation prize.
20 Dec 2021
War of words: Salazar’s work on ISIS rhetoric wins UCT Book Award
Philippe-Joseph Salazar, Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric, has won the 2021 UCT Book Award for his work, Words are Weapons: Inside ISIS’s Rhetoric of Terror.
20 Dec 2021
Highlights from the installation of Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe as UCT’s sixth chancellor
UCT installed Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe as its sixth chancellor at an official ceremony hosted at the CTICC.
18 Dec 2021
New SRC president aims to be a ‘servant of the students’
SRC president, Mila Zibi, has a strong record of leadership within the university and hopes to lead the SRC as a servant of the students.
17 Dec 2021
In remembrance: Tokoloho Ramabele
The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of Mr Tokoloho Ramabele (26).
17 Dec 2021
Lightboard makes teaching effective during pandemic
To enhance teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic, UCT’s Associate Professor Jimmy Winfield built a lightboard, which he used during online education for his students.
17 Dec 2021
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