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UCT shines spotlight on SA–Italy partnership powering MeerKAT and SKA
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has marked the completion of the RADIOMAP programme, a three-year exchange initiative that strengthened South Africa and Italy’s joint work in radio astronomy. The milestone was celebrated on 12 November at UCT with a public lecture by Dr Grazia Umana from Italy’s National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), who highlighted the growing partnership between the two countries through the MeerKAT and Square Kilometre Array (SKA) projects.
18 Nov 2025
Media release
Pesticide exposure affecting cognitive performance for children in agricultural areas
Children living in agricultural areas may experience reduced cognitive performance due to exposure to various pesticides in their daily lives. This is according to a new study conducted by scientists at the Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health Research in the School of Public Health at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute at the University of Basel. The study is also part of the South African-Swiss Bilateral SARChI Chair in Global Environmental Health of Professors Aqiel Dalvie and Martin Röösli.
18 Nov 2025
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UCT’s excellence shines as two graduates named 2026 Rhodes Scholars
Excellence and leadership have once again placed the University of Cape Town (UCT) on the global stage, as graduates Thobani Sangweni and Raphael De Sousa are named among the recipients of the 2026 Rhodes Scholarships to study at the University of Oxford.
13 Nov 2025
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UCT GSB secures global top ten spot for shaping sustainable business leaders
The University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) has reinforced its reputation as Africa’s top business school and a global leader in responsible management education, with its Master of Business Administration (MBA) once again ranking seventh in the world in the 2025 Better World MBA rankings released on Thursday, 6 November 2025.
13 Nov 2025
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UCT-led coalition rethinks the future of Africa’s cities
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) African Centre for Cities (ACC) is spearheading a coalition of 13 leading African and global institutions, Urban2063, which has challenged Africa to rethink the future of its cities radically through the launch of An Unstoppable Force – a powerful new Cityscapes Magazine special report.
12 Nov 2025
Media release
Women scientists take the spotlight as UCT brings research to the public
The University of Cape Town (UCT) will bring science to the people when it hosts the fourth edition of Soapbox Science – an initiative aimed at increasing the visibility of women in science and inspiring the public by sharing innovative research – at the V&A Waterfront Clock Tower on Saturday, 15 November 2025.
12 Nov 2025
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UCT virologist to unpack the power of immunity in an age of outbreaks
Viruses have shaped both our biology and our societies. The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Wendy Burgers, professor of virology in the Department of Pathology , will reflect on how viral evolution and immune escape challenge our defences, and how vaccines harness the immune system for protection during her inaugural lecture.
12 Nov 2025
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UCT professor calls for decentralisation of money creation
“Centralisation in banking is not positive for economic growth and innovation,” argued Professor Phillip de Jager from Department of Finance and Tax at the University of Cape Town (UCT) during his inaugural lecture on Tuesday, 4 November 2025. His lecture was titled “The Numbers We Trust: Unintended Consequences of the Interconnectedness Between Money, Accounting, and Banking”.
11 Nov 2025
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UCT-led study finds four in five adults with TB have no symptoms
A study led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) has found that most tuberculosis (TB) cases detected among adults living with someone who has TB are silent (without symptoms) at the time of screening. The study, published in The Lancet Global Health , suggests that to slow the spread of TB, South Africa and other high-burden countries should bring TB tests into communities and offer them to people at higher risk – such as household contacts – even if they feel well.
10 Nov 2025
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UCT professor charts a journey of science, service and mentorship in pathology
Professor Komala Pillay of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences delivered her inaugural lecture titled “Give the Path Less Travelled a Chance – It May Turn Out to Be Magical” on 30 October 2025, tracing her remarkable journey into anatomical pathology, a field that, though often underappreciated, forms the backbone of modern medicine.
07 Nov 2025
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UCT celebrates 20 years of building vaccinology capacity across Africa
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Vaccines for Africa Initiative (VACFA) marked a major milestone on Sunday, 2 November 2025, by hosting the 20th Annual African Vaccinology Course (AAVC) and celebrating two decades of advancing vaccinology training and collaboration across the continent.
06 Nov 2025
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People living with HIV at higher risk of multi-drug TB
A major study led by researchers at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) School of Public Health found that people living with HIV (PLHIV) are at a higher risk of developing multi-drug or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) than HIV-negative individuals – with those living with advanced HIV up to three times more likely to develop the resistant strain.
04 Nov 2025
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UCT to host Western Cape Built Environment Stakeholder Engagement Roadshow
The University of Cape Town (UCT), in partnership with the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) and the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI), will host the Western Cape Built Environment Stakeholder Engagement Roadshow (BESER). This event is part of a national series aimed at strengthening collaboration and promoting professional excellence across South Africa’s built environment sector.
04 Nov 2025
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UCT lecture to examine how regulatory frameworks influence perceptions of financial stability
Trust is the invisible backbone of global finance, but what happens when the systems built to uphold it begin to falter? In his upcoming inaugural lecture, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Professor Phillip De Jager will examine how regulatory frameworks such as the Basel Capital Accords and the International Financial Reporting Standard influence perceptions of financial stability. He will ask how well these systems capture economic reality and what happens when they fail to do so.
04 Nov 2025
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I’ve had wonderful moments that felt like rays of sunshine in my first 100 days – UCT VC
Newly installed University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor Professor Mosa Moshabela has had some “wonderful moments that felt like rays of sunshine” despite some of the challenges in his first 100 days in office.
27 Nov 2024
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UCT symposium charts a future towards inclusive economies through intersectoral collaboration
Disability prevalence is estimated at 16% in South Africa and rising. It is estimated
that nine out of 10 persons with disabilities eligible for work are unemployed in South
Africa. As of August 2023, according to the Department of Labour, of 7 215 960
employees, only 1,2% are persons with disabilities.
26 Nov 2024
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