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Collective Conversations #5: ‘Our Last Drop – Rethinking Water and Waste in Future Cities.’
The fifth Collective Conversations: Science for Society series convened researchers, government and industry leaders to explore how water conservation, waste management and urban resilience can shape more sustainable and equitable cities
06 Aug 2026
UCT neuroscience centre provides platform to understand the developing brain
The University of Cape Town (UCT) recently launched a new high-tech neuroscience centre that will provide a long-term platform to better understand the developing brain, and improve the diagnosis and treatment of acute brain conditions. The centre will also expand neuroscience research and training across Africa, with the ultimate aim of making a positive difference in the lives of children.
05 Aug 2026
Media release
UCT in partnership to launch All-Africa Rankings Initiative
The University of Cape Town (UCT) and Applied Higher Education (AppliedHE) have partnered to launch the All-Africa Rankings Initiative, a continental collaboration that will bring together universities and higher education stakeholders to co-create an African-informed framework for recognising institutional excellence.
05 Aug 2026
Media release
Three quarters of the world could face drought impacts by 2050 – UCT lecture warns
Most of the time, the poorest and the most vulnerable suffer the most from water scarcity, University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Djiby Thiam, director of the Water and Production Economics Research Unit at the Faculty of Commerce, said during his recent inaugural lecture.
05 Aug 2026
Media release
Prenatal stress may alter brain networks that regulate children’s emotions
Researchers have found that children whose mothers experienced psychological distress during pregnancy showed measurable differences in the communication between brain regions responsible for processing and regulating emotions.
05 Aug 2026
UCT doctoral study reframes South Africa’s spaza shop debate
A doctoral study by University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Lwazi Ncoliwe has reframed the long-running public debate on township spaza shops. Rather than treating the sector as a story of foreign takeover or state failure, the study argues that what distinguishes business survival is not the owner’s nationality, but the presence or absence of trust among owners, between owners and customers, and between traders and institutions meant to support them.
05 Aug 2026
Media release
UCT professor explores crypto and the future of taxation
University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Shaun Parsons, professor of taxation and head of the tax section in the College of Accounting , will present his inaugural lecture, "Technology and challenges to tax norms in the 21st Century: Crypto-assets and beyond", on Thursday, 13 August 2026 at 17:00 SAST in the Mafeje Room, Bremner Building, lower campus.
05 Aug 2026
Media release
UCT study finds prenatal stress may alter brain networks that regulate children’s emotions
By the time a child celebrates their third birthday, the foundations of emotional regulation are already being laid deep within the brain. A new University of Cape Town (UCT) study published in Brain Research Bulletin suggests that those foundations may even be influenced before birth.
04 Aug 2026
Media release
Water under or over the bridge? UCT lecture to unpack trade-offs in climate adaptation
Using water, particularly drought and flooding, as a lens, University of Cape Town (UCT) Professor Gina Ziervogel will examine how climate adaptation is shaped by governance, competing development priorities, power and capacity during her inaugural lecture on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at 18:00 SAST in Lecture Theatre 1, Neville Alexander Building, lower campus.
04 Aug 2026
Media release
