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‘Education was my secret weapon’
Dr Rachael Dangarembizi, a UCT postdoctoral research fellow, says becoming the head of her family as a teen was difficult, but that faith carried her through.
21 Aug 2019
UCT team’s central role in R5-bn settlement
UCT academics played an important role in South Africa’s historic R5-billion settlement for gold miners who contracted silicosis and/or pulmonary TB at work.
20 Aug 2019
Tackling the obesity health challenge
UCT is part of a consortium of 14 organisations in nine countries encouraging youths to drive critical policy change to tackle the obesity epidemic in adolescents.
14 Aug 2019
Lifetime Achievement Award for UCT’s Mabuza
His extraordinary contribution to efforts to eliminate malaria in South Africa has earned Aaron Mabuza an MRC Lifetime Achievement Award.
13 Aug 2019
UCT job expo an epic success
Hundreds of UCT students learnt about high-profile companies and met with industry leaders at the Epic Job Expo.
08 Aug 2019
UCT’s 20th MOOC delivers inclusivity
From conception to the final product, UCT’s 20th MOOC is all about inclusivity.
07 Aug 2019
Healing hearts is top priority for Mayosi protégé
UCT Associate Professor Liesl Zühlke credits Professor Bongani Mayosi for developing her into an award-winning scientist who uses her passion and expertise to heal hearts.
07 Aug 2019
Help, hope for amputees with phantom limb pain
Phantom limb pain is a debilitating condition that affects amputees, but a new UCT research trial has shown there is affordable and effective treatment available.
02 Aug 2019
Clinical research site shines in Khayelitsha
Working on breakthroughs in TB diagnostics and testing HIV and TB vaccines is part of the work being done at a UCT-administered research centre in Khayelitsha.
01 Aug 2019
Mayosi: a leader who lifted as he rose
One year after his death on 27 July 2018, the UCT community reflected on the legacy of Professor Bongani Mayosi – and opportunities for healing and reconciliation.
29 Jul 2019
UCT to host largest job expo for students
UCT’s Epic Job Expo, taking place in August, is the largest careers fair for students hosted by any South African university.
26 Jul 2019
Become someone’s hope for life
UCT will host a blood stem cell (bone marrow) donor drive in the Sarah Baartman Hall tomorrow, 25 July, in partnership with the Sunflower Fund.
24 Jul 2019
UCT’s ‘Young Mandelas’
There’s no better tribute on Mandela Day than the UCT staff, students and alumni featured among the 2019 News24 100 Young Mandelas of the Future.
18 Jul 2019
Running for Red Cross’s Weekend Waiting List Initiative
Join UCT Surgical Society students and scrub in for a 10 km run to raise funds for a special surgical programme at Red Cross Children’s Hospital.
16 Jul 2019
UCT students run perimeter of eSwatini
Two UCT students ran 640 km in 15 days to circumnavigate the Kingdom of eSwatini to raise awareness of healthcare challenges faced by rural communities.
15 Jul 2019
Multimillion rand boost for Africa medicines research
Alumnus Neville Isdell has donated R18 million for research into the discovery of new medicines for infectious diseases at UCT’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre.
26 Jun 2019
Major donation to UCT’s H3D will boost drug discovery and development
UCT alumnus and former chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola, Neville Isdell, has donated about R18 million towards the University of Cape Town’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre, H3D.
26 Jun 2019
Double platinum for online ENT atlas
A UCT professor’s free online head and neck surgical textbook has soared past the double platinum mark, clocking two million chapter downloads.
24 Jun 2019
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