UCT offers R100 000 reward for arrest and successful prosecution of Rhodes...
Further to the campus announcement, UCT has made the following decisions today in relation to the attacks in the Rhodes Memorial area. The executive have decided that a reward of R100 000 will...
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Cheaper HPV vaccine might come from tobacco
In a pioneering step towards using plants to produce vaccines against cervical cancer and other viruses, UCT researchers have generated synthetic human papillomavirus-derived viral particles called...
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Coldest place in Africa is in the UCT physics department
The Department of Physics at the University of Cape Town (UCT) recently acquired a dilution fridge, which is officially the coldest place in Africa with a temperature of 8.190mK (milli Kelvin), ie 122...
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VC Desk: Austerity measures at UCT Released: 10h30, 14 March 2016
14 March 2016 Dear colleagues, I am writing to inform you about a series of austerity measures that we will begin implementing between now and 2018. I appreciate that this has been a very challenging...
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Low-cost urine test reduces HIV-associated TB death rate
A UCT-led clinical study on a urine-test able to diagnose tuberculosis in severely ill HIV patients has led to a call for its immediate use in public health programmes because it has the potential to...
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The MasterCard Foundation scholars share their Africa ambitions
UCT has welcomed its second cohort of MasterCard scholars, who are keen to make their contribution on the African continent – and they all have big ambitions to share. The MasterCard...
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Old Mutual gives R2-million boost to SRC's #FundingFutures campaign
The Students’ Representative Council’s #FundingFutures campaign, which is aimed at helping deserving students who are facing financial exclusion, has received a welcome boost in the...
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High-stakes drama as South African president and finance minister square off
South Africa's political landscape is shifting almost by the hour. The gloves are off in a power struggle that pits President Jacob Zuma against a group of reformers, led by Finance Minister Pravin...
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UCT Survivors voice their concerns about sexual assault on campus
If you’d walked along UCT’s Jammie Plaza last week, the T-shirts strung across the plaza would have caught your eye. The T-shirts, each painted with an anti-sexual assault message,...
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A masterclass in negotiation skills
An audience of 200, comprising students, staff and two politicians, attended a forum established by the new director of the School of Economics, Professor Lawrence Edwards, and the former ambassador of...
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Balance and blend – the new dean of commerce
When Ingrid Woolard threw her hat into the ring for the position as dean of commerce towards the end of 2015, it was with some hesitancy. The selection process had already gone two rounds and there was...
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Pioneering research gives hope to bereft families
A family’s agony when a child goes missing can be almost unbearable. When time stretches into months and even years without a trace, the loss cuts even deeper. While it is tragic to lose a...
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Transforming UCT
What has UCT done in the last 12 months to create meaningful structural, economic and social change in the institution? In a recent letter to the university (dated 11 March 2016), Vice-Chancellor Dr...
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UCT in top 10 in world subject rankings
According to the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016, UCT has ranked among the top 10 universities in the world in development studies for the second year in a row. Other South African...
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VC Desk: Resignation of Professor Walter Baets from GSB Released: 15h30, 24...
24 March 2016 Dear colleagues and students, I am writing to inform you that Professor Walter Baets, the director of the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB), has decided to resign from his position...
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A lesson in persistence
In 2003 Joan Byamugisha had just finished high school and was waiting to start her studies in medicine at the Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, when life threw her the ultimate curveball....
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Scientists at UCT and the University of California, San Francisco, uncover...
Linked studies identify gene regulatory switches that turn bat genes on and off at crucial times during limb development, with implications for understanding how differences in the size, shape and...
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VC Desk: Naming of Buildings Released: 14h40, 30 March 2016
24 March 2016 Dear colleagues, students and alumni, I invite you to participate in an historic process at our institution. Over the next few months, the UCT community has the opportunity to influence...
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Struggle veterans recall Kennedy’s 1966 “Ripple of...
In June 1966 US Senator Robert F Kennedy visited South Africa to deliver his Day of Affirmation address to the National Union of South African Students’ (NUSAS). South Africa was in the...
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A masterclass in negotiation skills
An audience of 200, comprising students, staff and two politicians, attended a forum established by the new director of the School of Economics, Professor Lawrence Edwards, and the former ambassador of...
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