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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
The psychological contract: How to be happy at work A healthy relationship with your employer is critical to your performance in the workplace. 26 Apr 2017
Frequency of stock market trading reduces returns Research has shown that stock market investors who trade frequently do so at their peril because trading frequently reduces returns.  25 Apr 2017
Just Google It: The SA web app that could turn ecological research into a safe, cheap desk job In the information age, the public has more agency than ever.  25 Apr 2017
What is eResearch? In the age of big data and international collaboration, researchers require dedicated and specialised IT support. UCT eResearch is the university’s response to this changing academic landscape. 24 Apr 2017
South Africa must look beyond individuals to solve the current crisis When the axe finally fell on the embattled South Africa’s finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, and his deputy, Mcebisi Jonas, the reactions played out as many people had predicted.  21 Apr 2017
Fighting injustice helps in creating resilient urban spaces Resilience is a word that’s thrown around a lot these days. 21 Apr 2017
UCT’s Sheetal Silal first runner up in national heat of world’s biggest 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. 20 Apr 2017
Brace for frequent extreme weather The severe two-year drought that is currently laying waste to the Southwestern Cape’s water supply might become much more frequent, thanks to the impact of global warming on regional climate. This is according to Professor Mark New, the newly appointed AXA Chair in African Climate Risk at UCT.   20 Apr 2017
Silindile Buthelezi: The "small-town girl" smashing finance law's glass ceiling The Mandela Washington Fellowship is a programme that was created in 2014 by former US president Barack Obama and is named after former South African president Nelson Mandela. 19 Apr 2017
World's water-stressed cities show the way for Cape Town‚ says UCT expert Two weeks after Capetonians were told they had less than 100 days of water left‚ dam levels have dropped another four percentage points. And no rain is expected for the rest of April. 19 Apr 2017
Hunting for hybrid hominins We carry within our DNA traces of other, ancient human species.  18 Apr 2017
A ray of hope for neglected African disease: sickle cell disease Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a gene mutation that affects over 300 000 newborn babies every year, nearly three-quarters of those in sub-Saharan Africa.  18 Apr 2017
Fire futures: lessons from the Western Cape 2016/17 fire season As the 2016/17 fire season in the Western Cape draws to a close, what can we take from the experiences of one of the worst seasons in recent history?  13 Apr 2017
‘This is amazing!’ African elephants may transport seeds farther than any other land animal The African savanna elephant holds the prize for largest living terrestrial animal, and now it apparently just set another land record: the longest distance mover of seeds.  12 Apr 2017
Politics gutted SARS of rising stars, fears that Treasury is next The troubles at the Treasury and SARS are a microcosm of the steady hollowing out of state institutions over the past few years.  12 Apr 2017
Harald Winkler to serve on High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices At this year’s Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, and the G20 Hamburg Summit in July, Finance Ministers will gather to discuss, among other pressing matters, climate change.  10 Apr 2017
Uncovering the social symptoms of TB UCT anthropologists are leading critical interdisciplinary work in the fight against tuberculosis 03 Apr 2017
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