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Joint Statement: Excessive Use of Force by the South African Police Service (SAPS)
UCT's Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI) and Centre for Criminology speak out against the excessive force used by SAPS Public Order Policing members against unarmed protesting students at Parliament and in other parts of South Africa this week.
23 Oct 2015
Cities in the Global South: crucibles of change
UCT's African Centre for Cities (ACC) aims to understand and work with cities on their own terms, and to create the interdisciplinary knowledge base needed to support the emergence of more equitable African cities; cities that are liveable and sustainable.
12 Oct 2015
UCT/UN workplace programme to examine leadership in Africa
The University of Cape Town, in partnership with the United Nations System Staff College and research and development organisation SCEZONS, will host the 2015 UN Leaders Programme at the River Club in Observatory on 12-16 October 2015.
12 Oct 2015
UCT launches new initiative to recruit, develop and retain academic talent
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has recently launched a new initiative to advance the development of black academics and to ensure the university expands and accelerates the pipeline to transform the professoriate. The Recruitment, Development and Retention programme (RDR) is an umbrella for a number of constituent initiatives that will furnish academic staff with greater clarity in their career paths and provide targeted support to help them to succeed.
08 Oct 2015
Outsourcing is most efficient, cost effective option for UCT support services
The University of Cape Town notes the demands by members of Rhodes Must Fall (RMF), the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) and other movements to abolish outsourcing of essential services at the university.
06 Oct 2015
Why we should care about dust - and the crucial role it plays in our climate
Dust doesn't get a lot of attention until it collects in dark corners, or blows up in dramatic storms. However, that is beginning to change. While carbon dioxide is the main driver of climate change, scientists have begun to realise that dust also plays a crucial but highly complex role in controlling global climate - as well as a number of other global scale processes, including ocean productivity, and even soil and water quality.
06 Oct 2015
UCT criminology centre gives meaning to SAPS crime statistics
The South African Police Services (SAPS) annual statistics have many shortcomings, but the report remains a valuable tool for figuring out the state of crime in the country, a report by the Centre of Criminology at the University of Cape Town titled: "A citizen's guide to SAPS crime statistics: 1994-2015" has noted.
05 Oct 2015
UCT climbs to 120 in THE world university rankings
The University of Cape Town has risen 4 places to 120 out of 800 institutions in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings of 2015/16. In the last 2 years UCT has steadily climbed up the ranking, from #126 in the 2013/14 period to #124 last year.
01 Oct 2015
UCT Ikey Tigers crowned world champions
22 Sep 2015