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Study finds high prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis aerosol release in Cape Town community
Since the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ) as the bacterial cause of tuberculosis (TB) in the late 1800s, it has generally been assumed that advanced disease and severe symptoms are prerequisites for airborne bacterial transmission between infected host and uninfected recipient.
04 Sep 2024
Media release
UCT and CAF kick off game-changing programme to elevate African football administration
The University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) launched the CAF Football Management Executive Programme on Monday night, 2 September 2024 at UCT’s Graduate School of Business. This ground-breaking initiative is set to revolutionise the landscape of football administration across the African continent by equipping football administrators with the knowledge, capacity, and administrative skills needed to elevate African football to world-class standards.
03 Sep 2024
Media release
Seabirds indicate little change in the amounts of plastic at sea since 1980s – UCT study
A new study by researchers at the University of Cape Town’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology shows that the amount of plastic in petrels breeding at Inaccessible Island in the central South Atlantic Ocean has remained constant since the 1980s. The findings of their study were published in the Science of The Total Environment journal.
03 Sep 2024
Media release
Prepaid meters for low-income households linked to energy poverty and food insecurity – new research
A doctoral thesis by Isaac Kwamena Nunoo from the University of Cape Town's (UCT) School of Economics has highlighted the crucial role of electricity in enhancing household welfare in Ghana and South Africa.
02 Sep 2024
Media release
