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UCT victorious at Entrepreneurship Intervarsity regionals Five teams of innovative UCT “studentpreneurs” have been selected to go through to the national finals of the Entrepreneurship Intervarsity. 23 Aug 2019
Schooling high school learners in coding, robotics Two more coding and robotics camps for high school learners are planned at UCT for the December holidays following the huge success of the inaugural programme. 23 Aug 2019
Economic storm clouds threaten SA’s stability An IMF bailout may be forced on SA in the ensuing fallout should Moody’s follow its two counterparts and downgrade the country to “junk status”. 23 Aug 2019 Republished
Leverage privilege to change education, Madonsela urges Apartheid has cast a huge shadow over the country, particularly education, and it will need all of society to break the cycle of poverty. 23 Aug 2019
UCT Lung Institute says cheers to 20 years The University of Cape Town Lung Institute celebrated its 20th anniversary in grand style on Tuesday, 20 August. 22 Aug 2019
‘Power-packed’ Oxford fellowship Doctoral student Chikezie Uzuegbunam shared his research around the digital experiences of young Nigerians at the 2019 Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute in the United Kingdom. 22 Aug 2019
Alarm over political threats to SA’s judiciary Criticisms that threaten the constitutional role of SA’s courts, or the judges themselves, have become more menacing, with EFF leader Julius Malema a prime culprit. 22 Aug 2019 Republished
Lessons from Shanghai Two UCT students have returned from a month-long summer school in China where they and their peers learned both in and outside the classroom. 22 Aug 2019
Award-winning plastic pollution research Takunda Chitaka has been walking Cape Town’s beaches and studying their litter to help re-frame thinking about the plastic types that end up as pollution. 22 Aug 2019
‘Education was my secret weapon’ Dr Rachael Dangarembizi, a UCT postdoctoral research fellow, says becoming the head of her family as a teen was difficult, but that faith carried her through. 21 Aug 2019
EBE students’ ‘ultimate community development work’ A vacation project involving UCT engineering students captured critical water and sanitation infrastructure data to help a district municipality improve their asset management practices. 21 Aug 2019
‘Lady Imam’ on 25 years of the Gender Jihad Islamic feminist and philosopher Professor Amina Wadud reflects on 25 years of championing Muslim women’s religious authority. 20 Aug 2019
UCT team’s central role in R5-bn settlement UCT academics played an important role in South Africa’s historic R5-billion settlement for gold miners who contracted silicosis and/or pulmonary TB at work. 20 Aug 2019
UCT tops in Africa in all five major rankings UCT took the top spot in South Africa and jumped back into the 201–300 band in the latest ShanghaiRankingʼs Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019. 20 Aug 2019
Stakeholders come first in event management UCTʼs event management students recently heard firsthand from senior marketing manager Aloy Gowne just what goes into planning a high-profile event at the university. 19 Aug 2019
Rattling conventional thinking on evolution Research by Professor Rebecca Ackermann shows that our huge diversity results from two other major evolutionary forces, in addition to natural selection. 19 Aug 2019
Arts, culture transforming cities Festivals, which help residents explore different ways of belonging in cities, can deliberately challenge perceptions of public places and draw attention to inequalities. 16 Aug 2019 Republished
Underlying causes of Marikana massacre A UCT study has shown how interactions between business and government created the conditions that gave rise to the Marikana massacre.   16 Aug 2019 Republished
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