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UCT SRC to host top political parties’ reps in political debate
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Student Representative Council (SRC) will co-host a political debate featuring senior representatives from the ANC, DA, EFF, Action SA, Good Party, Build One South Africa, and Rise Mzansi on Thursday, 9 May 2024.
30 Apr 2024
Media release
UCT scholars join global leaders to discuss roadmap to the decarbonisation of concrete
A team of scholars from the University of Cape Town (UCT) was among a network of 450 scientists and industry leaders around the world which met in Lausanne, Switzerland last week to drive forward critical research into making concrete – the world’s most used human-made material – net zero.
30 Apr 2024
Media release
African alarm clocks: Hadeda ibises’ sixth sense key to range expansion – UCT study reveals
A new study by an all-women research team has unveiled the extraordinary sensory capabilities of Hadeda Ibises (Bostrychia hagedash), shedding light on their remarkable range expansion across Southern Africa.
17 Apr 2024
Media release
Ingonyama Trust financial statements vaguely reported - UCT report finds
A new report by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Land and Accountability Research Centre (LARC) has found that the Ingonyama Trust financial statements are vaguely reported and not compliant with the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA).
17 Apr 2024
Media release
Professor Ramutsindela appointed as the UP-UCT Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations
The University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of Pretoria (UP) proudly announce the appointment of Professor Maano Ramutsindela as the Future Africa Research Chair in Sustainability Transformations, effective from 1 April 2024.
11 Apr 2024
Media release
Update on UCT’s recovery from April 2021 fire
After suffering a disastrous blow when the Table Mountain fire raged on campus and caused catastrophic damage to property in this month two years ago, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has provided an update on the Jagger Library restoration process and on other affected buildings.
28 Apr 2023
UCT climate scientist bags prestigious Frontiers Planet Prize
Professor Mark New, director of the University of Cape Town’s African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), along with ACDI researchers Petra Holden, Piotr Wolski, Romaric C. Odoulami, Joyce Kimutai, Tiro Nkemelang and Kamoru A. Lawal, and collaborating researcher Alana Rebello from the Agricultural Research Council, has been awarded the prestigious Frontiers Planet Prize for their research on nature-based solutions (NbS) and climate change.
26 Apr 2023
UCT researchers part of new global research consortium to optimise antimicrobial use in humans
Researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) are part of a research consortium made up of teams from institutions in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America that are coming together to form the Centres for Antimicrobial Optimisation Network (CAMO-Net).
25 Apr 2023
Commemorating the Jagger Library fire: UCT, DStv launch ‘Stories from the Ashes’ project
Who can forget Sunday, 18 April 2021? It was a day of unspeakable tragedy as University of Cape Town (UCT) staff, students and the rest of Cape Town watched as a runaway wildfire gutted large parts of campus, including the beloved and historic Jagger Library.
20 Apr 2023
UCT researcher involved in paper that rewrites the history of horse domestication in North America
When a large international group of archaeological researchers were looking for the strontium isotope data, they required to link the ancient North American horse to the land, and they contacted the University of Cape Town (UCT). Combining DNA sequencing with radiogenic isotope analysis and indigenous knowledge, a paper recently published in Science rewrites the history of horse domestication in North America.
17 Apr 2023
New UCT-led consortium to tackle malaria drug resistance in South-East Africa
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has announced the launch of the Mitigating Antimalarial Resistance Consortium in Southern and East Africa (MARC SE-Africa), which will tackle the growing crisis of drug resistant malaria. Over the next four years, MARC SE-Africa will receive almost 4.2 million euros from the European Union’s research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe.
14 Apr 2023
UCT, DStv to launch project on second anniversary of the April 2021 fire
On 18 April 2021, the University of Cape Town (UCT) lost its leading collection of African stories housed in the Jagger Library. Two years later, UCT has partnered with DStv to launch the Stories from the Ashes project, which will retell some of those lost stories and write new ones.
12 Apr 2023