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UCT celebrates superior performance in the 2023 SAICA APC
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) candidates attained a pass rate that surpassed the national average by a significant margin in the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) Assessment of Professional Competence (APC).
29 Feb 2024
UCT SRC to use Motsepe Foundation donation to help international students
The University of Cape Town (UCT) Students’ Representative Council (SRC) will use the R1 million donation from the Motsepe Foundation to assist international students.
29 Feb 2024
Cancer treatment boost as UCT proposes a proton therapy centre
A team based at the University of Cape Town (UCT) will design the technical specifications and business case for a proton therapy centre to be established in Cape Town, near to both the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and Groote Schuur Hospital.
26 Feb 2024
Older persons grant not enough to support their needs, UCT study shows
A study by a University of Cape Town (UCT) academic has revealed that in South Africa, the elderly are facing growing challenges in meeting their financial needs as the monthly state-provided Older Persons Grant (OPG) is falling short. Their obligations, particularly the primary one of supporting their families, seem to have no end in sight.
22 Feb 2024
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UCT to confer honorary doctorates on six remarkable individuals
The University of Cape Town (UCT) will confer honorary doctorates upon six outstanding individuals – Dr Debbie Bradshaw, Mr Lionel Davis, Ms Shirley Gunn, Professor Michael R Hayden, Professor Brian Huntley and Professor Lehlohonolo BBJ Machobane – at this year’s graduation ceremonies.
21 Feb 2024
UCT research shows positive stimulus effects of a South African public employment programme
New research by the University of Cape Town (UCT) indicates that the largest component of South Africa’s Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES) programme is beneficial to economic growth as it also has an indirect positive effect on non-programme employment and wages.
20 Feb 2024
UCT Council approves concessions for students with fee debt exceeding R10 000
In a commitment to offering financial support and ensuring higher education access to as many academically eligible students as possible, the University of Cape Town (UCT) management and the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) tabled a joint proposal around student fee debt before a recent special Council meeting.
20 Feb 2024
Groundbreaking horse domestication study wins 2024 Newcomb Cleveland Prize
University of Cape Town (UCT) academics are part of an interdisciplinary study by indigenous and western scientists from around the globe selected as recipient of the 2024 Newcomb Cleveland Prize “involving $25,000” for the authorship of a publication that traces the domestication of horses in North America.
19 Feb 2024
Millions of people could be impacted by mine closures in South Africa – UCT research
Research published in the International journal Mining by a University of Cape Town (UCT) academic, Dr Megan Cole, has showed that 48 of South Africa’s 230 operating mines could close in the next 10 years.
19 Feb 2024
Weather-related hazards put R20bn worth of CoCT’s transport infrastructure at high risk – analysis shows
Severe weather events can wreak havoc in urban environments, and the City of Cape Town (CoCT) is no exception. In a paper published in the Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering , the University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers quantified the volume of transport infrastructure at risk of weather-related hazards in the CoCT and estimated the direct economic value.
13 Feb 2024
Most low-income households in Alexandra cannot afford to completely go off-grid
The University of Cape Town researcher and Yale University visiting research scholar Dr Blessings Masuku has published new research in the Journal of the Development Southern Africa . Titled “Rethinking South Africa’s household energy poverty through the lens of off-grid energy transition”, the research found that most low-income households in Alexandra township in Johannesburg cannot afford to go completely off-grid by securing alternative energy sources like Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and solar energy.
13 Feb 2024
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New SALDRU director to pursue mission of challenging inequalities
Newly-appointed Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) director, Reza Daniels, has set out to pursue SALDRU’s mission of “challenging inequalities through policy-relevant academic research”.
07 Feb 2024
Rural childhood positively impacts immune development, UCT study finds
Researchers at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Division of Paediatric Dermatology and Paediatric Allergy have found that early childhood is a window for shaping immune development in allergic and non-allergic South African children.
06 Feb 2024
Climate change played major role in UCT’s April 2021 wildfire - study
Climate change was largely responsible in weather conditions that contributed to the devastating runaway wildfire that gutted large parts of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) upper campus almost two years ago. And as global temperatures soar, wildfire weather conditions as severe as those seen on that fateful day are now 90% more likely to reoccur.
28 Feb 2023
UCT researcher honoured with two prestigious mental health global awards
Professor Petrus de Vries, from the Department of Psychiatry & Mental Health at the University of Cape Town (UCT) recently received two prestigious international awards for global research and capacity-building in child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health.
24 Feb 2023
Spatiality is critical for human development - study
Spatiality is a potential dimension of human development that needs to be incorporated into the traditional Human Development Index (HDI) because where one resides will most likely determine his or her human development outcomes, a University of Cape Town (UCT) study has found.
23 Feb 2023
Domestic violence during pregnancy linked to structural brain changes in babies
Domestic abuse against women during pregnancy can potentially have a significant impact on how the unborn baby’s brain develops, according to a new study.
21 Feb 2023
National Budget Speech 2023 - UCT expert list
The following academics at the University of Cape Town (UCT) can be contacted by the media for comment on the Budget Speech.
20 Feb 2023
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