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    <title><![CDATA[UCT excited to announce the groundbreaking Nelson Mandela Memorial Centre project]]></title>
    <link>https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2024-05-14-uct-excited-to-announce-the-groundbreaking-nelson-mandela-memorial-centre-project</link>
    <description><![CDATA[   On Friday, 17 May 2024, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, in collaboration with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, will announce the intention and commitment to develop the proposed Nelson Mandela Memorial Centre    .      
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 08:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Independent report reveals past governance failures at UCT]]></title>
    <link>https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2023-11-01-independent-report-reveals-past-governance-failures-at-uct</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The University of Cape Town (UCT) Chair of Council, Norman Arendse (SC) issued the below statement on behalf of Council, following the outcome of an independent panel investigation on governance matters at UCT.]]></description>
    
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    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[UCT scientist awarded prestigious AXA Research Chair in Non-Communicable Diseases  ]]></title>
    <link>https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-06-02-uct-scientist-awarded-prestigious-axa-research-chair-in-non-communicable-diseases</link>
    <description><![CDATA[  Lara Dugas, an Honorary Professor in Human Biology at the University of Cape Town (UCT), has been awarded a prestigious AXA Research Chair, titled The AXA Research Chair in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Epidemiology. The Chair is only the second awarded to a researcher in Africa and will allow Dugas to continue her ongoing research into how the lived environment impacts long-term NCD outcomes in African populations.  
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[COVID-19’s sex bias: men more at risk of requiring critical care]]></title>
    <link>https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2020-12-09-covid-19s-sex-bias-men-more-at-risk-of-requiring-critical-care-1</link>
    <description><![CDATA[  A global scale collaboration between scientists from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and University College London (UCL) investigating the role of sex in patients infected with COVID-19 has found that women have better early anti-viral response than men. The     paper     was published in  Nature Communications  today.     
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    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 10:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[UCT GSB Executive MBA ranked in global top 50]]></title>
    <link>https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2020-07-08-uct-gsb-executive-mba-ranked-in-global-top-50</link>
    <description><![CDATA[UCT GSB has sealed its reputation as one of Africa’s top business schools. Its Executive MBA has moved up to 45th place in the world on the prestigious 2020 Quacquarelli Symonds ranking of Executive MBAs, making it the only African business school to feature in the top 50.]]></description>
    
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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