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Advice for #UCTFreshers2018
Seasoned UCT students share their top tips with Freshers entering university for the first time.
28 Feb 2018
Shave or spray in solidarity
The annual CANSA Shavathon comes to the Health Sciences campus once more. Shave, spray or donate to show solidarity with those affected by the disease.
28 Feb 2018
SHAWCO: 75 years of giving back
SHAWCO is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a fundraising drive to secure future efforts to promote healthcare and education in the community.
28 Feb 2018
Making it through the water crisis
Associate Professor Lesley Green warns against selfish survivalism in the face of the water crisis, and urges communities to band together and care for one another.
28 Feb 2018
Small plastic pollution on SA beaches
A UCT study has found that most of the plastic polluting South Africa's beaches and coastal waters has not drifted here from distant nations.
27 Feb 2018
100 students make a summer (school)
A special Summer School lecture series introduced a cohort of potential students from UCT’s Schools Improvement Initiative’s 100UP programme to campus life.
27 Feb 2018
UCT Libraries taps into water-saving campaign
Installing low-flow metered taps, encouraging staff to bring their own water to work and turning off HydroBoils are some of UCT Libraries' water-saving strategies.
26 Feb 2018
Annus mirabilis for refugee clinic’s Khan
Each year, Refugee Rights Unit director Fatima Khan tackles a large project. In 2017 she outdid herself, completing a PhD, editing a new book and undertaking a pilgrimage.
26 Feb 2018
Power and racism in the US justice system
Visiting Professor of Law Angela Davis will be in conversation with Dean of Law Professor Penny Andrews to discuss power and racism in the US justice system.
26 Feb 2018
SS Mendi memorial
UCT will be hosting a memorial service this weekend to commemorate the men from the South African Native Labour Corps who died aboard the SS Mendi.
23 Feb 2018
Finding opportunity in the water crisis
Associate Professor Lesley Green outlines ways in which the water crisis could prompt Cape Town to build a greener and more environmentally resilient city.
21 Feb 2018
VC candidate presentations
The two shortlisted candidates for the position of new Vice-Chancellor of UCT gave their presentations to members of various campus constituencies this morning.
21 Feb 2018
Day Zero is meant to cut Cape Town’s water use: what is it, and is it working?
The possibility of reaching Day Zero - and the devastating consequences that it will bring - has focused everyone's attention on tightly managing water consumption.
20 Feb 2018
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Help keep Day Zero at bay
You can do a lot in your office to keep Day Zero at bay. These five simple tips will help you start saving water today.
20 Feb 2018
SAICE award for urine research project
Graduate Tinashe Chipako has won the 2018 South African Institution of Civil Engineering National Investigative Project Showdown for his research project on waterless urinals at UCT.
20 Feb 2018
A warm welcome to UCT
UCT rounded off its annual orientation programme with Plaza Week and Sax Appeal Day.
20 Feb 2018
How the placenta can shed light on HIV mothers and their babies
In many parts of the world, the human placenta (the after birth) is discarded once a baby is born and considered waste. The focus is on the child and the new mother.
20 Feb 2018
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The unexpected appetites of predators in the Karoo
An extensive study on the eating habits of predators on farms and a reserve in the Karoo has yielded some surprising findings.
20 Feb 2018
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