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Why South Africa isn’t cashing in on its demographic dividend South Africa has very high unemployment levels. 30 Mar 2016
How sexting is creating a safe space for millennials Millennials have become cyborgs . 30 Mar 2016
Why southern Africa’s peace parks are sliding into war parks Many books have been written on peace and war. 30 Mar 2016
Double earthquake trouble A group of international researchers, including UCT seismologist Dr Alastair Sloan, have shown that ruptures from earthquakes... 30 Mar 2016
Why democracy should be taught in South African schools Research has revealed that South African learners born after the end of apartheid, the so-called ‘born-free’ generation... 30 Mar 2016
The fight against TB shifts to fixing the immune system, not only bacteria Tuberculosis (TB) has managed to remain a major global health problem, despite 100 years of research and more than 50 years of treatment being available. 23 Mar 2016
Why taking vitamin D pills could help the fight against TB and HIV Clinical trials have shown that adding vitamin D supplements to the antibiotic treatment regimes for TB patients improves their chances of recovering from the disease. 23 Mar 2016
Is it piracy? How students access academic resources Academic textbooks are expensive and the cost of textbooks globally has continued to rise... 16 Mar 2016
Why South Africa is finding it difficult to wean itself off coal South Africa has made domestic and international commitments to climate change mitigation. 15 Mar 2016
New practices reinvent traditions in bow music It is largely a story of cultural demise and death. 14 Mar 2016
Dan Stein: challenging the mental health stigma Psychiatric disorders account for the third largest portion of South Africa's disease burden. 08 Mar 2016
Sue Parnell: designing cities According to Professor Sue Parnell, Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences and Executive Committee member of the African Centre for Cities... 08 Mar 2016
Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings: unemployment and public policy South Africa has always been a country of insiders and outsiders, and today one of the biggest fault lines in society is between the employed and the unemployed. 08 Mar 2016
Analysing poverty and inequality Professor Murray Leibbrandt, DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Poverty and Inequality, and Professor Haroon Bhorat... 08 Mar 2016
Alan Flisher: high-risk teenage behaviours It was for his work on the epidemiology of high-risk behaviour among adolescents, particularly related to sexual behaviour and substance abuse... 08 Mar 2016
Timm Hoffman: changes in land use Professor Timm Hoffman, Leslie Hill Chair of Plant Conservation, Department of Biological Sciences, won the Alan Pifer Award for his work... 08 Mar 2016
Pippa Skotnes & Mark Fleishman: art and performance Every year in the small Western Cape town of Clanwilliam local schoolchildren take part in workshops hosted by UCT's arts and drama departments... 08 Mar 2016
Raj Ramesar: genetic research and intervention Professor Raj Ramesar, head of the Division of Human Grenetics and director of the UCT/MRC Human Genetics Research Unit... 08 Mar 2016
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