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Wamkelekile, Welkom
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UCT sets its sights on conquering cancer
Despite being on the brink of elimination, more than 600 000 women develop cervical cancer each year. Of that number, 300 000 are lost to the disease. This loss of life has innumerable repercussions for both the women’s families and their communities, leading not only to a breakdown of the family unit but also spiralling cycles of poverty.
21 Feb 2022
Maternal anaemia investigated as a global health priority
University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD candidate Jessica Ringshaw is investigating the impact of maternal anaemia and iron deficiency during pregnancy on the child brain through her recently awarded Wellcome Trust International Training Fellowship.
18 Feb 2022
Works of prize-winning poet and novelist, Tatamkhulu Afrika should be revived
As a writer and poet Tatamkhulu Afrika’s work won many accolades. And yet his contributions to South African literature have been largely neglected, if not forgotten, said Dr Halim Gençoğlu, a University of Cape Town (UCT) Ottoman scholar and research fellow in the Department of Sociology’s Re-Centring Afro Asia Project .
18 Feb 2022
Exploration of biome boundary reveals roots as drivers of biodiversity
Fynbos and Afrotemperate Forest biomes live side by side in the Western Cape, sharing an underlying geology and climatic patterns. Each survives in very different soil, produced by the vegetation. However, the fynbos biome relies on a unique adaptation to keep trees off its turf.
17 Feb 2022
