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Bells (and whistles) for grad organist Graduation organist Alexios Vicatos is a multi-talented PhD candidate in supramolecular chemistry, a musician and horologist, and a restorer of the Cape Town City Hall’s carillon. 24 Mar 2020
Best paper award for UCT TB vaccine research A paper on TB vaccine research by UCT professors has been selected as the best paper of the year for 2019 by the International Society for Vaccines. 24 Mar 2020
TB: Scientists know a great deal, but there’s still more to learn South Africa has one of the highest rates of tuberculosis (TB) infection globally, with almost 400 000 patients treated annually. 24 Mar 2020 Republished
Achieving new heights despite a debilitating setback Despite the challenges of navigating campus on a prosthetic leg, Jamie Adams has received her second honours degree – this time in organisational psychology. 23 Mar 2020
Student scoops African ambassadorship UCT student Soligah Solomons has been awarded an All-Africa Students Union SheGame Award 2020. 23 Mar 2020
Panic buying underscores South Africa's inequalities In South Africa, the majority of consumers are unable to fill up a trolley in the best of times, let alone finance a serious stockpile. 23 Mar 2020 Republished
Triumph through tragedy After tragedy struck his family in 1999, civil engineering graduand Tsepiso Tshivhase says he reached “rock bottom” years later in his final year at UCT. 23 Mar 2020
Calls for fair pay and fair conditions in the gig economy The Fairwork Project highlights the precarious nature of work in the South African gig economy and underlines the risks faced by gig workers in light of COVID-19. 20 Mar 2020
UCT alumni build ‘Coronapp’ platform Coronapp, built by two UCT alumni, is a centralised repository for information on the COVID-19 disease in South Africa. 20 Mar 2020
An African in London – poetry of disconnection To highlight World Poetry Day on 21 March, UCT News is featuring works from the campus community, including PhD candidate Resoketswe Manenzhe. 20 Mar 2020
Selective dorsal rhizotomy 30 years on UCT’s Dr Nelleke Langerak shares the findings of selective dorsal rhizotomy gait analyses 30 years after the study first began. 20 Mar 2020
Water in the Anthropocene in South Africa As South Africa’s Water Week continues, Dr Kevin Winter from UCT’s Future Water institute considers South Africa’s current and future water situation. 20 Mar 2020
‘Nothing could stop me from success’ Chemical engineering graduate-in-waiting Jabulani Nyathi says students should not be afraid to seek help when university life becomes too overwhelming. 20 Mar 2020
Climate change and southern Africa’s emerging food crisis UCT researchers explore whether climate change is responsible for the late rains and drought currently affecting Mozambique, Zimbabwe and southern Zambia. 20 Mar 2020
Careers Service walks the talk on graduate employment UCT Careers Service recently welcomed its 2020 cohort of Peer Career Support staff members. 19 Mar 2020
‘Poetry heals wounds’ Ahead of World Poetry Day on 21 March, UCT’s Dr Rethabile Possa-Mogoera says poetry plays a vital role in language maintenance and preservation. 19 Mar 2020
Mom juggles challenges to thrive in disability studies A desire to learn more about disability in education inspired Sarah Oosthuizen to immerse herself in online courses and sign up for UCT’s Postgraduate Diploma in Disability Studies. 19 Mar 2020
UCT opens new fund United States-based supporters can now join other ‘Friends of UCT’. 18 Mar 2020
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