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Retired UCT academic wins ‘Nobel’ water prize International river-flow expert and retired UCT academic Dr Jackie King is the first SA woman to win the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize, the water community’s Nobel equivalent. 22 Mar 2019 Republished
Miss SA helps break the TB stigma To help #BreakTheStigma, Miss SA Tamaryn Green returned to the place where her battle against TB began. 22 Mar 2019
CFMS honours project wins a SAFTA A documentary created as part of an honours project in UCT’s Centre for Film and Media Studies has won a SAFTA for Best Student Film. 22 Mar 2019
UCT research tracks widespread illegal killing of rare bird of prey An international study, led by University of Cape Town academics, has traced the disappearance of large numbers of one of England’s rarest birds. 22 Mar 2019
African puppet premiere The African premiere of Save the Pedestals, a collaboration with the Handspring Puppet Company and Halle Puppet Theatre, kicks off at the Baxter on 28 March. 22 Mar 2019
Young UCT researchers working with top climate scientists Two young UCT scientists are among the authors of the next major climate report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 22 Mar 2019
17 human rights activists honoured by UCT On Human Rights Day today, UCT showcases just some of its honorary graduates who have, or continue to fight for the rights of South Africans and those further afield. 21 Mar 2019
100UP learners get a taste of university life Three specially selected Summer School lectures have given 100 grade 12 learners from Khayelitsha a taste of what first year at university might be like. 20 Mar 2019
Giant leap for student start-up The UCT tech start-up platform Zaio now offers a more streamlined approach to doing business with the launch of its fully automated system. 20 Mar 2019
South Africa’s water: new ‘call to action’ National Water Week is an appropriate time to examine the plans required to guide South Africaʼs water resource management, and their chances of success. 20 Mar 2019
C-section risk 50 times higher for mothers in Africa The risk of dying after a C-section in Africa is much greater than in high-income countries, according to a new study led by UCT’s Professor Biccard. 20 Mar 2019
IRTC final report released Chair of Council, Sipho M Pityana, writes to the campus community about the release of the IRTC’s final report. 20 Mar 2019 UCT Council
Helping African adolescents achieve their potential UCT researchers are part of an international team to accelerate achievements for African adolescents across many areas of their lives. 20 Mar 2019
New study investigates why refugees aren’t going home The length of many of Africa’s wars and the loss of migration networks are just two of the factors preventing the “refugee cycle” from ending. 20 Mar 2019 Republished
Cape Town drought a lesson for SA During National Water Week, a new paper from the ACC warns that the Cape Town drought has powerful climate-change adaptation lessons for other municipalities. 19 Mar 2019
Kelly Chibale: Leading the way in African drug discovery Professor Kelly Chibale, head of UCT’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D), is overcoming sceptics to take region’s innovation efforts seriously. 19 Mar 2019 Republished
Evaluating SA’s tools to tackle gender-based violence While convictions are the pinnacle of justice in gender-based violence cases, they are hard to secure, making it necessary to find other measures to measure successes in courts of law. 19 Mar 2019 Republished
Professor Ambroise Wonkam: Enabling genetic medicine On 13 March, Professor Ambroise Wonkam presented the first Vice-Chancellor's Inaugural Lecture for 2019: “Enabling genetic medicine”. 19 Mar 2019
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