Welcome to the
University of Cape Town News
Wamkelekile, Welkom
Menu
Search
News
Daily news
Newsbytes
Research & innovation
Newsletters
Publications
Lectures & speeches
Photo essays
Videos
Audio
Campus communications
From the UCT Executive
Campus Announcements
In remembrance
Campus updates
Audio
Media communications
Media releases
Archives
News archives
Features archives
Campus communication archives
Media archives
Debates in higher education
Contact Us
Newsroom
Media liaison
Social Media
archive: News
All
News
Campus communications
Media
category: Faculty of Health Sciences
All
News
Newsbyte
Research and innovation
Cape Town water crisis
Obituary
Faculty of Health Sciences
Graduation
Photo Essay
Videos
Event recordings
Highlights
Affirmative Action debate
Correspondence
Correspondence around debates in higher education
Debates in higher education
Free Education Planning Group
Institutional Reconciliation and Transformation Commission (IRTC)
Transform UCT Third batch
UCT correspondence around #FeesMustFall and #EndOutsourcing
UCT correspondence around #RhodesMustFall
University fees in 2017 and beyond
Views from campus
Front page
Front page extra
Campus Life
Student Life
2000 - 2008
Ad Hominem Promotions
Administration
Afropolitanism at UCT
Arts
Books
Books & Arts
Capital projects
Celebrating Africa
COP17 focus
Corporate
Council
Doctoral Studies
Editorial
Events/Arts
Events/Sports
Executives
Farewell
Feature
Focus
Focus on Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Governance
Graduation archive
Graduation Doctorates
Graduation News
Health
Health and Safety
Inaugural Lecture
Installation
Lectures and speeches
Letter to the Editor
On Campus
Opinions
Outreach/Sport
SHAWCO
Social Responsiveness
Special Focus
Special Projects
Sport
Staff
Student Research
Technology
The Brain Behaviour Initiative
Transformation News
Tribute
UCT Abroad
Vice-Chancelor's Medals
World Cup
Youth Day
Faculty Focus - Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED)
Faculty Focus - Commerce
Faculty Focus - Engineering & the Built Environment
Faculty Focus - Humanities
Faculty Focus - Law
Faculty Focus - Science
year: 2021
All
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
month: June
All
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
COVID-19: Study augurs well for research output
UCT, along with four other South African universities, led 15 institutions that contributed most to the science of COVID-19 in Africa during the first year of the pandemic.
30 Jun 2021
Republished
COVID-19 and local elections: There are no good choices
Professor Pierre de Vos considers the calls for the postponement of the upcoming local elections and the implications should the postponement occur.
30 Jun 2021
Republished
UCT postdoc fellow’s research tackles United Nations’ SDG 3
Dr Stanley Makumire’s main research objective is to understand how diseases work at the atomic level.
28 Jun 2021
Digital divide in autism technologies
A new study by University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers highlights the widening digital divide in technologies used to help those living with autism.
25 Jun 2021
The intersection between activism and academic excellence
On 16 June, Professor Elelwani Ramugondo facilitated a Youth Day webinar investigating the role that activism plays in helping students achieve academic success.
18 Jun 2021
Children’s Institute releases resource pack for VAC researchers
UCT’s Children’s Institute has co-created a resource pack for research practitioners working in the area of violence against children.
18 Jun 2021
Youth Month: Find your passion, says 24-year-old lecturer
Clinical anatomist Jeshika Luckrajh is one of UCT’s youngest lecturers. She spoke about her trajectory, a new city and the dynamics of youth and authority.
15 Jun 2021
Claiming Africa’s place in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
UCT Chancellor Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe delivered the keynote address at Harvard’s inaugural “Partnerships in STEM Innovation and Future Africa” symposium.
11 Jun 2021
Genetic determinants of rheumatic heart disease risk in black Africans identified
A pan-African study led by UCT researchers has identified the genetic determinants of rheumatic heart disease risk in black Africans.
11 Jun 2021
Missing targets to end HIV in children, a global failure
Governments must review their national strategies and commit resources to three key paediatric HIV issues, writes UCT’s Professor Linda-Gail Bekker and UKZN’s Professor Kaymarlin Govender.
11 Jun 2021
Republished
The Sisonke trial: Eight lessons for the nationwide vaccine roll-out
UCT’s Professor Linda-Gail Bekker and Associate Professor Lara Fairall reflect on valuable lessons learnt from the Sisonke programme.
10 Jun 2021
Republished
Meet UCT’s 2021 ‘Science Oscar’ finalists
On 29 July 2021, the National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) will host its 23rd annual awards gala in partnership with South32.
09 Jun 2021
UCT top in Africa in latest world rankings
UCT has been placed 226th globally in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2022.
09 Jun 2021
Trial of potentially variant-proof vaccine ongoing in Western Cape
Professor Graeme Meintjes provides an update on the clinical trial of the hAd5 T-cell COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
08 Jun 2021
Republished
UCT’s H3D secures significant partnerships to fast-track work in Africa
UCT’s Holistic Drug Discovery and Development Unit (H3D) recently secured two significant partnerships to augment its work on the continent.
07 Jun 2021
New health sciences deputy dean talks research, community and service
Health Sciences’ Acting Deputy Dean: Research, Professor Liesl Zühlke, is relishing being part of a multidisciplinary deanery – and the opportunity to support and shape research.
07 Jun 2021
‘To understand bullying, we must address drivers of violence’
Children’s Institute researcher Neziswa Titi explains that to understand the root cause of bullying, society must address the underlying drivers of violence in children’s environments.
04 Jun 2021
Republished
COVID-19 death rate exacerbated on the continent
A paper published in The Lancet states that the death rate following COVID-19 critical care admission is higher in Africa than any other region in the world. Excess deaths are estimated at between 11 and 23 per 100 admissions, compared to the global average. As the largest study out of Africa about COVID-19 critical care – this is likely also the only study in this setting with a significant cohort of HIV-positive patients.
04 Jun 2021
Load More
TOP