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VC launches substantial scholarships for women Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has launched three substantial scholarships for women, focused on gender issues. The launch was part of a UCT National Women’s Day event. 10 Aug 2018
Archie Mafeje’s legacy honoured Archie Mafeje was a revolutionary thinker, a man ahead of his time, Professor Shahid Vawda said in his Vice-Chancellor’s Inaugural Lecture. 10 Aug 2018
Epic opportunities at Job Expo This year’s Epic Job Expo, the largest careers fair held at UCT to date, hosted 100 exhibitors keen to attract promising graduates to their companies. 10 Aug 2018
Comic strip solution to complex contracts Comic contracts that use pictures to cut through intimidating legal text can fill a critical communication gap, traversing cultural and literacy barriers. 10 Aug 2018 Republished
Minibus taxis crucial in public transport overhaul With minibus taxis key to public transport solutions, it’s critical that authorities concentrate on broadening existing collaborations that prove co-operation with the traditionally reviled sector is possible. 08 Aug 2018 Republished
100 new faces for 100UP A new cohort of grade 10 learners from Khayelitsha have recently joined UCT’s 100UP programme, which mentors them through matriculation, into university and beyond. 08 Aug 2018
How to change the Constitution: all the details Changing the Constitution is more difficult than passing or altering ordinary laws. But prescribed procedures have already seen this supreme law amended 17 times since 1996. 07 Aug 2018 Republished
Safety survey formula skews SA ranking Questionable global safety rankings suggesting life is South Africa is more dangerous than in war-torn countries like Yemen and Libya threaten local economic growth and development. 07 Aug 2018 Republished
GSB committed to advancing women in business This Women’s Month, the UCT Graduate School of Business is focusing on empowering and promoting women in business at all levels in the economy. 06 Aug 2018
Prof Mayosi remembered with tributes and introspection Thousands of people came from far and wide to honour UCT’s Dean of Health Sciences Professor Bongani Mayosi at a moving funeral service held in Cape Town on Saturday. 06 Aug 2018
Acclaimed Around the Fire back on stage for Women’s Month UCT master’s graduate and acclaimed playwright Siphokazi Jonas is bringing her 2016 sold-out production Around the Fire back to Cape Town to mark Women’s Month. 06 Aug 2018
Professor Mayosi remembered with love and gratitude UCT’s Memorial Hall was filled to capacity for the memorial service celebrating the life of the late Dean of Health Sciences, Professor Bongani Mayosi. 03 Aug 2018
CIPHER grant supports HIV research Dr Elona Toska is one of two UCT recipients of a prestigious Collaborative Initiative for Paediatric HIV Education and Research grant. 03 Aug 2018
‘Walk into a world of knowledge’ Primo, UCT Libraries’ new cloud-based, multiplatform search tool, opens access to all its content databases to users, on the go, using any device from anywhere. 03 Aug 2018
A beacon of hope for refugees UCTʼs Refugee Rights Clinic is providing much-needed legal support services to refugees and asylum seekers who are struggling against bureaucracy and red tape. 03 Aug 2018
Working with nature to tackle drought When facing drought, city planners often reduce the number of public spaces that need water, but there are good reasons for keeping nature in our cities. 03 Aug 2018 Republished
New breastfeeding room at Red Cross Hospital In line with global and national efforts to promote breastfeeding-friendly workplaces, a breastfeeding room for staff has been launched at Red Cross Children’s Hospital. 01 Aug 2018
Open letter to UCT students on the death of Prof Mayosi Professor Lizette Rabe lost her son, a brilliant medical student in his fourth year, to depression. Here she writes an open letter to the UCT student community after the death of Professor Bongani Mayosi, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences. 01 Aug 2018 Republished
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