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UCT Vice-Chancellor invites you to Parent Orientation UCT’s Vice-Chancellor, Mamokgethi Phakeng invites you to Parent Orientation. 31 Jan 2022
UCT Vice-Chancellor gives update on proposed mandatory vaccination policy A final decision on the proposed mandatory vaccination policy will be made by the UCT Council in the coming weeks. 31 Jan 2022
Welcome to the new academic year Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to welcome the UCT community and outline the university's approach to 2022. 31 Jan 2022
Celebrating World Cancer Day In celebration of World Cancer Day, the SAMRC / UCT GCRC will be screening a documentary on eliminating cervical cancer and presenting their vision of how to achieve this important goal by 2030. 31 Jan 2022
In remembrance: Andani Nokwanda Mthembu The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of Andani Nokwanda Mthembu. 31 Jan 2022
Celebrating the legacy of an extraordinary son of the African soil The annual Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture celebrated the insightful researcher, leader, friend and devoted family man who had the capacity to create the vision of a world of justice and equity. 28 Jan 2022
‘Reboot South Africa’, Trevor Manuel instructs During the annual Legacy Society Summer School guest lecture Trevor Manuel discussed several pertinent issues that directly affect South Africa. 28 Jan 2022
Staff Assembly – vaccine mandate engagement The university’s Vaccine Mandate Panel (VMP) held a staff engagement session about the draft UCT Vaccine Mandate Policy. 27 Jan 2022
Global research award for UCT’s Petrus de Vries Professor Petrus de Vries from the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health says winning the international Bourneville Prize was a wonderful surprise. 27 Jan 2022
Unvaccinated employees could be fired for not taking the COVID-19 jab Employees owe a duty of care to safeguard their colleagues from COVID-19 harm, writes UCT’s Pierre de Vos. 27 Jan 2022 Republished
New project aims to use innovative automated technology to monitor ocean pollution A UCT Department of Electrical Engineering team lead by Professor Amit Kumar Mishra as the principal investigator – along with Associate Professor Fred Nicolls, senior lecturer Robyn Verrinder and lecturers Jarryd Son and Stephen Paine – will soon undertake Project SMARTPOL, a new venture that will identify sources of pollution in our waters through methods never seen before. 27 Jan 2022
Global Citizen Asks: Are COVID-19 Vaccines Safe & Effective? We asked Zandile Ciko, a Community Health Engagement Specialist, what she has to say about some of the most common misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccines. 27 Jan 2022
Global Citizen Asks: Are COVID-19 Vaccines Safe & Effective? We asked Prof Linda-Gail Bekker, Professor of Medicine and Chief Operating Officer at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, what she has to say about some of the most common misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccines. 27 Jan 2022
Global Citizen Asks: Are COVID-19 Vaccines Safe & Effective? We asked Dr Emmanuel Margolin, a Scientist at UCT’s Biopharming Research Unit, what he has to say about some of the most common misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccines. 27 Jan 2022
Global Citizen Asks: Are COVID-19 Vaccines Safe & Effective? We asked Prof Marc Mendelson, Director of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital, what he has to say about some of the most common misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccines. 27 Jan 2022
Global Citizen Asks: Are COVID-19 Vaccines Safe & Effective? We asked Dr Munyaradzi Musvosvi, TB Research Officer at the South African TB Vaccine Initiative at UCT, what he has to say about some of the most common misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccines. 27 Jan 2022
Global Citizen Asks: Are COVID-19 Vaccines Safe & Effective? We asked Dr Nyaradzo Chigorimbo-Tsikiwa, Senior Researcher at UCT’s Division of Medical Virology in the Faculty of Health Sciences, what she has to say about some of the most common misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccines. 27 Jan 2022
Global Citizen Asks: Are COVID-19 Vaccines Safe & Effective? We asked Prof Valerie Mizrahi, Director of UCT’s Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, what she has to say about some of the most common misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccines. 27 Jan 2022
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