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Understanding South African media through a global lens
What values should guide the South African media? How can the media best serve all of society? Herman Wasserman has dedicated his career to understanding – and answering – questions such as these.
15 Aug 2017
Crime-busting maggots: how insects can be the key to unlocking murder cases
UCT's Division of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology is working with the police to ensure that evidence from insects makes it to the courts.
15 Aug 2017
Eurocentrism, the academy and social emancipation
Professor Vivek Chibber, Sociology, New York University
14 Aug 2017
Killers for hire: corrupted law enforcement nourishes assassins in SA
Communities in South Africa, traumatised by relentless gang violence, rape, murder and general criminality, know that the so-called underworld exists in full view of the upperworld, as academic, researcher and author Mark Shaw has revealed in his new book Hitmen for Hire – Exposing South Africa’s Underworld.
14 Aug 2017
Targeting tobacco harm in Africa and Asia
Professor Corné van Walbeek is the principal investigator for South Africa in a new multinational research project to reduce tobacco-related harm in Africa and Asia.
14 Aug 2017
Motivating our learners
A strong desire to better our communities is what drove a number of UCT staff and students to partner with Fezeka Secondary School in Gugulethu.
14 Aug 2017
UCT cricket coach headhunted by Windies
Ryan Maron, who has coached UCT’s cricket team for six years, has recently been named as the West Indies fielding coach.
14 Aug 2017
Stop the war on womxn’s bodies
The Silent Protest, which takes place at UCT on 29 August, seeks to highlight gender-based violence in South Africa and to demonstrate solidarity with survivors.
14 Aug 2017
Antarctic researchers break the ice
Members of the multidisciplinary UCT Sea Ice Research Team braved harsh winter conditions to successfully launch the Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone Pilot Project.
11 Aug 2017
Award-winning photographer shoots what he lives
Photos from Masixole Feni’s Ernest Cole-winning project A Drain on our Dignity have been on show at UCT’s Centre for African Studies Gallery since 3 August 2017.
10 Aug 2017
All-women UCT team wins tech competition
Four UCT honours students are elated after winning the fourth annual GirlCode Hackathon – a 48-hour non-stop programming challenge – in Johannesburg over the weekend.
10 Aug 2017
Honours for UCT marine sciences trio
Three UCT marine scientists were honoured at SANCOR’s recent triennial awards ceremony at the Southern African Marine Science Symposium in Port Elizabeth.
10 Aug 2017
UCT’S d-school shares design thinking
Postgraduate students from UCT’s d-school have been collaborating in an initiative to introduce a culture of innovation to a corporate head office.
10 Aug 2017
Why South African shouldn't turn to the IMF for help
The view that South Africa should look towards the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be rescued from the unfolding economic meltdown seems to be growing by the day.
10 Aug 2017
What's driving Cape Town’s water insecurity, and what can be done about it
In pre-colonial times the Khoisan called Cape Town, //Hui !Gaeb , the place “where clouds gather” and Camissa “the place of sweet waters”. The future of the city will be shaped by water as it was in the past. But far more attention will need to be paid to the drivers and early warning signs.
10 Aug 2017
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Keep taking the tablets: three reasons to stay the full antibiotics course
A recent commentary published in the British Medical Journal reignited the debate on whether patients should stop antibiotics when they feel better rather than following instructions to finish the course. So why all the fuss? And is it safe to stop early?
08 Aug 2017
Development by numbers
The new postgraduate diploma in survey data analysis for development is aimed at producing graduates who are well equipped to combat key development challenges.
08 Aug 2017
Eurocentrism, the academy and social emancipation
Sociology guru Professor Vivek Chibber will be delivering the VC’s Open Lecture on 14 August 2017, in which he will offer a critique of postcolonial theory.
07 Aug 2017
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