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New research highlights the escalating impacts of climate change on people’s movement and immobility
The increasing influence of climate change on human mobility and immobility, coupled with misleading narratives surrounding mobility, underscores the pressing need for in-depth research into climate-induced migration patterns. Research published in One Earth has synthesised research priorities for human mobility and climate change adaptation.
13 Mar 2024
Infection causes over 80% of hospitalisations in young children – UCT research finds
Young children in sub-Saharan Africa experience high rates of hospitalisation from infection, especially pneumonia, a team of University of Cape Town (UCT) and international scientists has found in a study of a South African birth cohort.
12 Mar 2024
UCT researchers develop tools to support mine closure planning
A team of researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has developed novel tools to support mine closure planning, management, and policymaking – which are also useful for government, industry, civil society, academia, and international agencies. This is part of a Water Research Commission (WRC) project and has led to the development of a new set of tools to aid responsible and sustainable mine closure in the country.
11 Mar 2024
Women perpetually marginalised in South African law firms – study shows
A new study by the University of Cape Town (UCT) researcher Dr Tamlynne Meyer has revealed that women are perpetually marginalised in the law profession. The study also showed that there was lack of women in the senior ranks of the profession despite a robust legal and policy framework promoting equality.
06 Mar 2024
Restitution and reparation awards lead to sustained improvements for victims of land dispossession – UCT study
A University of Cape Town (UCT) study of the rights of redress available to families and communities displaced under apartheid spatial planning has announced some of its key findings.
05 Mar 2024
UCT partners with Futurize to address pressing healthcare and climate change challenges in Africa
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has partnered with Futurize as an official university partner for Fuel Africa 2024 , an entrepreneurship programme to address the most pressing challenges in healthcare and climate change.
05 Mar 2024
New clinical trial in people with advanced HIV aims to reduce unacceptably high death rates in Africa
A new trial will test a low-cost antibiotic in reducing deaths among 8 000 patients with advanced HIV who are starting or restarting anti-retroviral therapy (ART), a combination of drugs to treat HIV.
04 Mar 2024
UCT to play key role to boost TB research and accelerate capacity development at Univen
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Holistic Drug Discovery and Development Unit (H3D) has announced a new partnership in which the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), through its Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships (SHIP) programme, will award a grant to the University of Venda (UNIVEN) chemistry department to boost local tuberculosis (TB) research. This will also accelerate capacity development at the university.
31 Mar 2023
UCT study examines unconscious exclusion of the disabled in Muslim communities
Shaheed Moussa* attended Friday prayers regularly at his local mosque until he became a wheelchair user. After a series of incidents left him feeling dehumanised and invisible, he stopped participating in the afternoon congregational prayer.
30 Mar 2023
March graduation season adds more lustre to UCT
The March 2023 graduation season does not only give the University of Cape Town (UCT) more reason to celebrate, but it also illuminates what has been a challenging past few months for the institution that is perched first in Africa on all five major university rankings.
27 Mar 2023
Legal challenges impede successful implementation of mobile money services in SA and Zim - study
Financial services are difficult to access for many poor people, especially foreigners, refugees and people living in remote areas and rural areas. They lack documentation such as pay slips, proof of residence and identity documents required by banks to open an account, a University of Cape Town (UCT) study has found.
23 Mar 2023