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Campus Life 2018
Your go-to guide for almost all you need to know about studies and life on and around campus.
31 Jan 2018
Alumni shine at Maynardville
UCT alumnus Tara Notcutt brings a historic, all-women cast to the Maynardville Open-Air Theatre with The Taming of the Shrew.
29 Jan 2018
Prioritizing cancer
The University of Cape Town will be hosting Prioritizing Cancer: The UCT Cancer Research Symposium on Saturday, 17 February, in the Wolfson Pavilion.
29 Jan 2018
Announcement of IRTC commissioners
Mr Sipho M Pityana, Chair of the IRTC steering committee (and Chair of UCT Council), writes to the UCT community to announce the IRTC commissioners.
26 Jan 2018
UCT Council
Tackling the continent’s paediatrician deficit
UCT’s African Paediatric Fellowship Programme is empowering health professionals across Africa to improve healthcare for children in their countries.
26 Jan 2018
Now’s the time for transformation to build excellence in higher education
Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng reflects on a season of change in the higher education sector.
23 Jan 2018
Opinion
Five signs that Day Zero may be averted
There are five things that could give the City more time to contain the water crisis and push Day Zero further out.
23 Jan 2018
A detailed look at the drought data
Facts are few, opinions plenty, on the cause of the water crisis.
22 Jan 2018
Republished
Thinking, researching and writing Africa: insights from Nigeria’s Tutuola
For many years, Amos Tutuola, the Nigerian author who was born in 1920 and died in 1997, was despised, ridiculed and made to appear exotic and primitive. in recent times Amos Tutuola’s work is enjoying renewed interest and support.
22 Jan 2018
Republished
Accreditation cements GSB’s reputation
The UCT GSB has again been awarded the highly regarded AMBA accreditation for the next five years.
22 Jan 2018
Towards the UCT of 2020
Stemming from two years of engagement with the university community, UCT's Strategic Planning Framework 2016–2020 aims to steer the university onwards and upwards.
19 Jan 2018
Newly-discovered TB blood signal provides early warning for at-risk patients
Tuberculosis can be detected in people infected with HIV before symptoms appear, according to a new study.
18 Jan 2018
Join the fun at Summer School
Places are still available at the 68th annual Summer School, which launched on Monday 15 January with a magnificent display of puppetry.
17 Jan 2018
Income gap a case of dwarfs and giants
Inequality has not been reduced since democracy — in fact, the figures for top earners are often underestimated
12 Jan 2018
Republished
UCT researchers discover bone disease in a 265 million-year-old mammal ancestor
Osteomyelitis is a degenerative bone disease caused by a bacterial infection which eats away bone. It is common in modern mammals and reptiles as well as in their earliest prehistoric ancestors, which predated the dinosaurs.
11 Jan 2018
FAQs on funding for poor and working-class students
The Department of Higher Education & Training answers frequently asked questions on funding for poor and working-class students.
10 Jan 2018
Injectable birth control may raise HIV infection risk by 40%
The intramuscular injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) may raise the risk for HIV infection by 40% in women
08 Jan 2018
Republished
Developing countries need to wake up to the risks of new technologies
Biases, increased concentrations of wealth and worsenening unemployment levels are all high level risks to society that need to be considered as we move into the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
05 Jan 2018
Republished
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