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New antimalarial drug shows promise An exciting new antimalarial drug candidate is active across the entire parasite life cycle and holds great promise as a single-dose cure. 26 Apr 2017
Sum worshippers hold twilight math on campus As dusk flickered across UCT’s upper campus on 20 April, a record 8 700 high-school boffins gathered to write the 2017 UCT Mathematics Competition. 26 Apr 2017
National review prompts LLB changes Thirteen universities have had to make minor changes to their LLB programmes following a national review by the Council on Higher Education. 26 Apr 2017
New smart crops to underpin food security in Africa Developing smart crops in Africa is critical in an era of climate change with extended periods of drought, says UCT plant molecular physiologist Jill Farrant. 26 Apr 2017
Depression top of World Health Day agenda Depression is a leading cause of disability, and UCT’s Perinatal Mental Health Project aims to support women from disadvantaged communities who suffer from antenatal and postnatal depression. 26 Apr 2017
AllSafe app team through to international competition finals Last year, in response to a series of rapes, attacks and murders in the Cape Town area, UCT graduates Rowan Spazzoli, Tsakane Ngoepe and Louis Buys conceptualised a wearable safety device called The Guardian that would alert security services, the police and others close by if the user was in danger. 26 Apr 2017
In memory of Philip Kgosana UCT mourns the passing of freedom fighter and PAC stalwart Philip Kgosana. 25 Apr 2017
Lessons from the TRC: then and now Was the Truth and Reconciliation Commission truly a failure? Journalist Pippa Green reflects on this historical event, based on the testimony of 13 commissioners. 25 Apr 2017
Teaching and Learning at UCT Teaching and learning are the core functions of any university and UCT is constantly striving to improve the experience of teaching and learning for academic staff and students alike. 25 Apr 2017
UCT a fortuitous choice for Ghanaian scholar South Africa was never on Ghanaian Dr Nicholas Thomford’s list of places to do a PhD, but coming to UCT was fortuitous in the things that mattered most. 25 Apr 2017
SRC election season opens With the list of candidates having been released on 12 April, the 2017/2018 UCT Students’ Representative Council (SRC) election season started in earnest on 18 April when the first interrogation of the aspirant student leaders took place. 25 Apr 2017
Silal up front in SA heat of international science communication competition Dr Sheetal Silal, senior lecturer and researcher in the Department of Statistical Sciences in the Faculty of Science at UCT was first runner up in the Famelab national heat. 21 Apr 2017
Where passion and compassion meet When he first heard about the support and services provided by the Education Development Unit (EDU), Malilimalo Phaswana could hardly believe his ears. 21 Apr 2017
Washington beckons for five student leaders Five UCT students will head to Washington DC in June as part of the South Africa Washington International Program. 21 Apr 2017
Squash bonanza to hit UCT this weekend More than 170 squash players from around the world will be slugging it out at the Keith Grainger Memorial Squash Open next week. 20 Apr 2017
R10 million to develop financial skills Nedbank and Old Mutual join other major South African banks and insurance companies to invest in UCT’s African Institute of Financial Markets and Risk Management. 20 Apr 2017
Declining fynbos diversity The increasingly extreme summer weather brought about by climate change is driving the loss of fynbos diversity in the Cape. 19 Apr 2017
A passion for finance law Silindile Buthelezi, lecturer in the Department of Commercial Law, has been selected for the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. 18 Apr 2017
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