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UCT expert helps expose global life-saving surgery crisis affecting 160 million people
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is at the forefront of a major international push to address a global surgical care crisis that is leaving over 160 million people without access to life-saving procedures each year. A new study , Surgical Health Policy 2025–2035: Strengthening Essential Services for Tomorrow’s Needs , published on Monday, 14 July 2025 in The Lancet , shows the world is far off-track in meeting targets for safe, affordable surgical care for all.
15 Jul 2025
Media release
UCT’s Klopper not intimidated by the big guys at world canoeing championships
University of Cape Town (UCT) first-year student and under-23 canoe sprint world championships contender, Jordan Klopper, is not intimated by competing against seniors at the 2025 International Canoeing Federation’s (ICF) junior and U23 canoe sprint world championships, scheduled for 23–27 July 2025 in Portugal.
15 Jul 2025
Media release
UCT partnership with Paarl community builds R1m multipurpose sports field
The Drakenstein Child Health Study (DCHS), a brainchild of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Paediatrics and Child Health , will officially open a multipurpose sports field at Langabuya Primary School in Mbekweni, Paarl on Friday, 25 July 2025.
15 Jul 2025
Media release
South Africa’s disused coal mines could become sites of job creation – analysis
South Africa’s abandoned coal mines – often regarded as environmental hazards – could have hidden potential to promote sustainable jobs, economic diversity and community resilience in the context of the Just Energy Transition (JET). This insight comes from an analysis by Nicola Wills , a PhD candidate in economics at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
14 Jul 2025
Media release
UCT professor to share insights on oncology services in middle-income settings
Internationally recognised paediatric oncologist Professor Alan Davidson will deliver his inaugural lecture at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Thursday, 17 July 2025. The lecture will explore how collaborative care is transforming outcomes for children with cancer. The lecture is titled “It Takes a Team: Advancing Paediatric Oncology Through Collaborative Care”.
14 Jul 2025
Media release
UCT breaks new ground with first SA sign language-accessible website in higher education
In a historic first for South African higher education, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has launched a pilot project to make its National Benchmark Test (NBT) website accessible in South African Sign Language (SASL). The project is led by UCT’s SASL interpreter Michelle de Bruyn. It marks a major milestone for inclusion in higher education and aligns with the university’s Vision 2030 commitment to transformation.
09 Jul 2025
Media release
UCT researchers expose political interference and denial in urban water contamination study
A new peer-reviewed study by a team of independent researchers, led by scholars from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in collaboration with local and international institutions, has found evidence of repeated denial, interference and misrepresentation of science by the City of Cape Town (CCT) in response to long-standing contamination in the city’s rivers, wetlands and coastal waters.
08 Jul 2025
Media release
