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Unprecedented first wave of black middle class retirees in 20 years
The UCT Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing’s “2022 Black Middle Class Report” was launched on 20 September, an invaluable guide to this economy-driving sector.
28 Sep 2022
Heritage Month: ‘I want to call out their names one by one’
To mark Heritage Day, two UCT-affiliated co-curators talk about a unique exhibition of South African black women artists, many of whom never exhibited.
23 Sep 2022
Heritage Month: Restore the ‘critical knowledge’ of the ausis
June Bam-Hutchison speaks about the role of the ausi, the Khoi and San matriarchal knowledge bearer, and the importance of the Cape’s ‘herstoriographies’.
21 Sep 2022
5G in healthcare: UCT researcher awarded African Google PhD fellowship
UCT Electrical Engineering student Humphrey Owuor Otieno has been awarded the first African Google PhD Fellowship under the Systems and Networking subcategory.
20 Sep 2022
UCT student shortlisted for the Äänit Prize
A UCT postgraduate researcher’s business idea is one of five finalists competing for an international start-up award to the value of USD80 000.
12 Sep 2022
Disobedient knowledge and respect for our African humanity
The future is African. But what does that future look like? UCT’s Institute for Humanities in Africa is addressing the challenges of Africa’s future, today.
05 Sep 2022
UCT researchers honoured at the NRF awards
UCT researchers have been honoured for their research at the NRF awards, while others were added to the NRF’s list of A-rated scholars.
02 Sep 2022
Ice-breaking research puts spotlight on UCT polar engineering team
UCT’s recently established polar engineering team has scored a first publication in “The Cryosphere” – the highest-ranked journal in its field.
02 Sep 2022
UCT researcher selected for African fellowship
Dr Bessie Malila investigates developing a platform that can be used for testing and validating emerging and existing telemedicine and mHealth solutions.
01 Sep 2022
The world needs a different type of ambition
Despite a seemingly overwhelming number of global challenges, the SDGs set a profound agenda for universal good governance.
30 Sep 2021
Opinion
The evolution of COVID-19: how long until it stops mutating?
UCT Associate Professor Darren Martin is tracking the virus responsible for the biggest global health emergency of modern times.
27 Sep 2021
Fertiliser from urine: winning master’s research underscores SDGs
Master’s candidate Hlumelo Marepula’s winning research converts urea, commonly found in urine, into fertiliser – good news for sustainability and realising the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
27 Sep 2021
Africans lack basic facilities to curb COVID-19
Collaborative research involving UCT reveals that hundreds of millions of Africans don’t have access to the simplest tools to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2.
23 Sep 2021
Heritage Month: The Khoi encountered Europeans long before Van Riebeeck
The proto-port Cape Town hosted hundreds of ships that sailed between Europe and Asia and traded with the Khoi – long before Jan Van Riebeeck arrived.
22 Sep 2021
New test to diagnose vaginal inflammation could help reduce risk of HIV infection
A UCT team have come up with a new way to test for asymptomatic vaginal infections in women in resource-poor settings.
20 Sep 2021
Republished
How effective is exercise for weight loss,
really
?
A new collaborative study has found that energy balance is more complicated than simply calories in, calories out.
20 Sep 2021
Investment critical for lucrative plant-based vaccine market
University of Cape Town scientist have successfully reported the expression of the near-full length SARS-CoV-2 spike vaccine in plants.
17 Sep 2021
Rethinking ‘ukuthwala’, the South African ‘bride abduction’ custom
Nyasha Karimakwenda, a postdoctoral research fellow at UCT, shares findings from her research about ukuthwala.
15 Sep 2021
Republished
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