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UCT alum’s book chosen for South Africa’s World Read Aloud Day A book by Sihle Nontshokweni, a UCT alum, is this year’s official story for South Africa’s World Read Aloud Day. 27 Jan 2021
UCT’s Herman Wasserman leads global study on disinformation UCT’s Professor Herman Wasserman will lead a study on disinformation in the Global South, with a grant from the International Development Research Centre. 26 Jan 2021
How to grow the local vaccine production industry The issue of vaccine production has become a topic of hot debate following the approval of treatments for COVID-19. 25 Jan 2021 Republished
Why I choose COVID-19 vaccination based on verifiable evidence UCT’s Prof Thomas Scriba explains the safety profiles of the three available COVID-19 vaccines, and the benefits of receiving it. 25 Jan 2021 Opinion
No vaccination means years of COVID-19-induced death and suffering UCT’s Prof Linda-Gail Bekker and Prof Valerie Mizrahi caution that if only a few people get vaccinated against COVID-19, we will not be able to control the virus. 25 Jan 2021 Republished
COVID-19 vaccines for African countries? Dr Benjamin Kagina, a senior research officer in UCT’s Vaccines for Africa Initiative, answers key questions about COVID-19 vaccines for African countries. 22 Jan 2021 Republished
Delving into Cape Town’s Art Deco heritage Heritage architect Dr André van Graan offered Summer School attendees an overview of Cape Town’s Art Deco heritage during a virtual lecture on 14 January. 21 Jan 2021
The problem with decolonising the social sciences As part of UCT’s first virtual Summer School, Dr Lwazi Lushaba delivered a thought-provoking lecture on the decolonisation of the social sciences. 19 Jan 2021
COVID-19: insights and lessons with Prof Marc Mendelson Professor Marc Mendelson, the head of UCT’s Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital, recently delivered a Summer School lecture on COVID-19. 19 Jan 2021
Gigantic galaxies discovered with the MeerKAT telescope A UCT researcher is part of a global team who have discovered two giant radio galaxies with South Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope. 19 Jan 2021
What fascinates us about murder? In his two-day Summer School lecture, Gilad Stern tackled humans’ fascination with murder. 15 Jan 2021
UCT Libraries’ new platform supports publishing of African-centric research UCT Libraries has developed a new continental platform for open access publishing in Africa. 13 Jan 2021
Linda-Gail Bekker: The doctor with healing hands and a warrior spirit UCT’s Prof Linda-Gail Bekker stands as a reminder that transparency, accountability and protecting the most vulnerable apply in a time of COVID-19 too. 12 Jan 2021 Republished
COVID-19 dashboard measures resurgence risk Academics at UCT’s Modelling and Simulation Hub Africa (MASHA) are part of a multidisciplinary team who have developed a COVID-19 dashboard to analyse the resurgence risk in the country. 30 Dec 2020
Analysis reveals ivory origins on 16th-century shipwreck Academics at UCT organised a multi-institutional historical and scientific study of African elephant tusks found on a 16th-century shipwreck off the coast of Namibia. 23 Dec 2020
Shrimp-like tanaids mimic hermit crabs A new paper based on UCT student Rouane Brokensha’s honours project reveals how a tiny shrimp mimics hermit crabs by adapting to shell life. 22 Dec 2020
Body donor programme fit and well despite COVID-19 Rigorous COVID-19 health and safety protocols have enabled UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences to maintain its body donor programme, essential to teaching anatomy to students and surgical registrars. 22 Dec 2020
UCT spin-off receives millions in European funding Cape Bio Pharms, a UCT spin-off company, has received millions in European funding to accelerate the production of affordable plant-based rapid diagnostic COVID-19 test kits. 22 Dec 2020
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