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Women’s Month: Neziswa Titi on being a voice for society’s most vulnerable The UCT Children’s Institute’s Dr Neziswa Titi said it’s important that her work resonates with those it’s intended to impact: children. 20 Aug 2021
UCT ranks top in Africa UCT came top on the continent in ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2021. This means UCT leads in Africa in five major world university rankings. 20 Aug 2021
COVID-19 heaps pressure on South African consumers across the board UCT Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing has examined the impact of COVID-19-related restrictions on jobs and income. 19 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: Lana Crowster on all-women big bands and legacy UCT alumnus Lana Crowster’s Lady Day Big Band is a nursery for women musicians and a safe space to perform together. It’s also a legacy project. 19 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: Women, step up to uncover Africa’s fossil heritage Africa is rich in dinosaur fossils but more scientists and fieldworkers are needed to uncover this “fabulous heritage”, especially women. 19 Aug 2021
HIV cure: a global science conversation In a seminar hosted by Janelia Research Campus in partnership with the IDM, global experts discussed HIV, gains made and the work that still needs to be done. 18 Aug 2021
How a film is fighting the erasure of South African activist Dulcie September UCT’s Dr Liani Maasdorp reflects on a recent panel discussion about the documentary, Murder in Paris, which tells of the 1988 assassination of anti-apartheid activist Dulcie September. 18 Aug 2021 Republished
A ‘call to arms’ for African vaccine manufacturing infrastructure There is an urgent need to create the infrastructure necessary to enable the transformation of local expertise into concrete vaccine manufacturing capability for Africa. 18 Aug 2021
Groote Schuur Hospital adopts integrated approach to destigmatise mental health care UCT’s Professor Jackie Hoare is the brain behind the remodelled mental health care service, which targets patients at Groote Schuur Hospital with chronic and infectious diseases. 18 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: Building a better and more equitable world To combat inequality, the director of the UCT Law Clinic, Yellavarne Moodley, champions the provision of no-cost access to justice for members of under-served communities. 18 Aug 2021
One-of-a-kind teacher wins 2021 Stella Clark Teachers’ Award Bernard Cement, a mathematics teacher at EPP Mhinga High School in rural Limpopo, is the winner of the 2021 Stella Clark Teachers’ Award. 17 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: Nolundi Luwaya focuses on rural women to drive land reform Nolundi Luwaya is the director of the Land and Accountability Research Centre at UCT, which played a significant part in the Ingonyama Trust case. 17 Aug 2021
UCT’s vaccination drive steams ahead UCT’s staff vaccination drive is well under way with inoculations at Pinelands EMS and another site to come. 17 Aug 2021
UCT professor highlights dangers of iron deficiency disorder during pregnancy UCT’s Professor Vernon Louw said an iron deficiency during pregnancy can result in enormous post birth ramifications for the unborn baby. 17 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: UCT trio changing learners’ GBV mindsets Moved by the pain expressed by women during the 2019 UCT GBV protests, student Karabo Malahleha knew he had to do something to change things. 16 Aug 2021
COVID-19 orphanhood is a ‘hidden pandemic’ More than 1.5 million children worldwide have lost their primary caregivers – at least one parent or grandparent – to COVID-19. 16 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: Policy manager turns research into action for a better future Ziyanda Stuurman’s work at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab involves turning academic research into blueprints for actionable policies. 13 Aug 2021
Why population immunity is not a realistic goal in Africa’s bid to control COVID-19 In public health, an important goal of vaccination and immunisation is to reach population or herd immunity. This is why the term comes up often in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. And it helps to be clear about what it means. 13 Aug 2021 Republished
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