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Never stop asking 'why', young scientists urged
Never lose your curiosity or propensity to ask 'Why?' This is what the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment Professor Alison Lewis told primary and junior participants at the...
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What South African farmers can do to protect endangered grassland birds
Current livestock farming practices in South Africa threaten endangered birds. South Africa is not unique. Globally, the intensification and expansion of agriculture has led to the reduction of bird...
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South Africa fails to tackle its high foetal alcohol syndrome rate
In the Gauteng province, one in 40 children who enter grade one have foetal alcohol syndrome. In the Western Cape, the rate is double. As we mark World Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day, South Africa...
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Kopano honours outgoing registrar at anniversary dinner
Kopano's 70th anniversary dinner was an opportunity to pay tribute to outgoing registrar Hugh Amoore for his service to the residence (as a sub-warden) and the university in general. Outgoing registrar...
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International conference spotlights wellbeing of world's children
Over 200 researchers from more than 40 countries gathered at UCT for the 5th Conference of the International Society of Child Indicators. And while there was a geeky element to many of the...
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BMJ partners with UCT to help primary healthcare workers
One of the world's leading healthcare knowledge providers, the BMJ, has partnered with University of Cape Town's Lung Institute's Knowledge Translation Unit to develop and distribute the Practical...
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UCT student leads fencing team to gold
UCT master's student Giselle Vicatos, whose team recently won the gold medal for the women's epee fencing event at the African Games (previously known as the All-Africa Games), now has the Olympics...
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Vote for your SRC reps this week
This week UCT students can vote for their preferred candidates on the 2015/2016 Students' Representative Council. Voters can choose up to eleven candidates on the ballot from today until Friday, 18...
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Planting the seeds for a more sustainable city
City officials are sometimes so close to what they're doing, they can't see the wood for the trees, while academics work in a theoretical world where it is easy to lose sight of the practicalities on...
View ArticleHigh Court decision does not interfere with UCT disciplinary process
The University of Cape Town notes the decision of the High Court of South Africa (Western Cape Division, Cape Town) to set aside the suspension order that was placed against Chumani Maxwele. The ruling...
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Bags of ideas at Entrepreneurship Expo
Paddle signs to flash at fellow drivers for bad driving, vinyl stickers to bling up your scooter, backlighting for artworks and transparent rain gear – these are just some of the ideas and...
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SRC Elections: Your Voting Questions Answered
What is the role of the department of Student Affairs during the voting and SRC election process? 3 staff members are nominated as Chief Electoral Officer, Secretary of the Election Commission and...
View ArticleApplication for permanent removal of CJ Rhodes statue
Application for permanent removal of CJ Rhodes statue, ERF 44201, Madiba Circle, Upper Campus, UCT, Cape Town, in terms of section 27(18) of the National Heritage Resources Acts (Act 25 of 1999) The...
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Meet the UCT 2015 long-service awardees
Between 1970 and 1980 UCT's student body would grow from 7 000 to 10 000 students – but the effect of 1959's Extension of University Education Act would remain in evidence, with 90% of UCT's...
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Complex relationships control Okavango
The secrets of Okavango’s delicate but robust ecosystem are rooted in a unique give-and-take exchange involving the geology, geochemistry, and flora, said alumnus Terence McCarthy. McCarthy...
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Tolkien Week: UCT's 'near coup'
Brush up on your Elven, throw off your shoes and let’s get precious. This week is Tolkien Week and today is Hobbit Day (22 September), in honour of author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and his...
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UCT are rugby world champions
UCT became the first World University Rugby Cup champions when they swept aside Trinity College Dublin in the final on 21 September. The Ikey Tigers won the first World University Rugby Cup...
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What's in a name?
What does your name say about you and your heritage? And what are your associations with your name? In Heritage Month, Helen Swingler asked members of the UCT community to reflect on their names. Photo...
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What the coat of arms reveals about us
How do we define a ‘South African culture’ and heritage, and how might this be expressed in coats of arms and the fonts we type in? Kurt Campbell, lecturer at the Michaelis School...
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Field awarded IOC-UNESCO medal
Emeritus professor and deputy director of UCT's the Marine Research Institute (Ma-Re), Dr John Field, has been awarded the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission's (IOC-UNESCO) NK Panikkar Memorial...
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