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Africa Day celebration highlights African identity, resilience, and ownership in health sciences The Pan African Health Sciences Forum at UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences hosted an Africa Day celebration to reflect on the past, present and the future of healthcare in South Africa. 21 May 2025
Ikey Tigers honour local communities after historic Varsity Cup victory The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) senior rugby team, the Ikey Tigers, paid homage to some of the communities that shaped and supported them towards their historic Varsity Cup triumph. 21 May 2025
MARC SE-Africa drives adoption of plan to tackle malaria drug resistance in East Africa The 25th Ordinary Meeting of the EAC Sectoral Council of Ministers of Health formally endorsed the Regional Detailed Action Plan for Responding to Antimalarial Drug Resistance in East Africa. 21 May 2025
UCT celebrates late visionary leader, master negotiator Prof Eric Bateman Following his death earlier this year, UCT’s Department of Medicine held a special tribute event in honour of the late Professor Eric Bateman. 21 May 2025
Leaving no one behind as UCT is transforming disability inclusion UCT’s Disability Service works tirelessly to bring the university’s ‘Leaving no one behind’ mantra come to life. 20 May 2025
Psychosocial support vital for patients undergoing lower limb amputations Patients who undergo lower limb amputations need targeted interventions that provide them with purpose and agency to resume life post-operation. 20 May 2025
Joy as UCT’s Ikey Tigers bring Varsity Cup glory back to campus Ikeys paraded their Varsity Cup trophy at local schools and on campus. 16 May 2025
Ntokozo Makhaza’s rise: From Varsity Cup champion to Springbok contender Ntokozo Makhaza, Ikeys top scorer and 2024 Player That Rocks, is now a Springbok camp pick and a standout rising rugby star. 16 May 2025
From small-town dreamer to Springbok contender: Ntokozo Makhaza’s meteoric rise UCT student Ntokozo Makhaza has been called up for the Springbok alignment squad 16 May 2025
UCT scholars awarded SARChI chairs in ocean modelling and symbolic AI UCT bags two new SARChI research chairs in Ocean and Atmospheric Modelling and Symbolic Artificial Intelligence.  15 May 2025
Katye Altieri scoops Oppenheimer Memorial Trust’s New Frontiers Research Award Associate Professor Katye Altieri is the second UCT academic to receive the R7.5 million award. 15 May 2025
‘Reading helps me grow’ UCT News sat down with a few learners and a teacher at Siphamandla Senior Secondary School to get their take on the Languaging-for-Learning project’s in-class library concept. 14 May 2025
How ecology, statistics and interdisciplinary collaboration can save species UCT’s Prof Res Altwegg delivered his inaugural lecture on 8 May. 13 May 2025
The art of transformation As part of its deliberate and continuous commitment to holistic institutional transformation, UCT is fostering and integrating creative arts as a vital part of this journey. 12 May 2025
Adventures in Statistical Ecology UCT’s Prof Res Altwegg delivered his inaugural lecture on 8 May. 08 May 2025
Prof Chibale elected to prestigious US National Academy of Sciences Prof Kelly Chibale, the Neville Isdell Chair in African-centric Drug Discovery & Development at UCT, has been elected to the US-based National Academy of Sciences. 07 May 2025
RMF10: PhD study challenges narratives around protest violence Dr Mapheyeledi Sibindlana’s doctoral research interrogates the contested nature of violence during the Rhodes Must Fall protests. 02 May 2025
From research to impact: How VACFA is transforming vaccine policy in Africa World Immunization Week, commemorated on the last week of April, brings a spotlight to the work of UCT’s VACFA which works across the continent to rid Africa of vaccine-preventable diseases. 02 May 2025
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