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Lessons from semi-arid regions on how to adapt to climate change
Rising temperatures and more extreme, unpredictable climate events are making sustainable livelihoods tough for many people living in semi-arid regions of the world. To adapt, local communities, and...
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VC Desk: Ad hominem academic promotions Released: 14h30, 12 April 2016
12 April 2016 Dear colleagues It is with great pleasure and pride that we announce on behalf of Senate that a total of 112 academic and technical staff members of the University of Cape Town have been...
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A crusade for the holy grail of TB testing
The war against tuberculosis is a step closer to being won after UCT researchers received a generous research grant to develop a cheap, safe and simple method to test for the disease. Researchers hope...
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Make a name for yourself
The names of five UCT buildings are under review, and the university wants your comments, suggestions and proposals. The following buildings are up for renaming: Jameson Hall (upper campus) Smuts Hall...
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Mental health care can be cost-effective in poorer countries
On 13 April UCT’s Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) presented findings to world financial leaders in Washington which show that it’s possible to narrow the large...
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Mellon fellows grapple with blackness at UCT
Dr Gideon Nomdo has been a Mellon co-ordinator since the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Programme was formally established at UCT in 2002. Having being funded by the Mellon Foundation...
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Why democracy should be taught in South African schools
Research has revealed that South African learners born after the end of apartheid, the so-called ‘born-free’ generation, are less supportive of democracy than their parents or older...
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Biomarker discovery offers hope for new TB vaccine
A team of scientists from UCT, Oxford University and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine have made a discovery that reveals how we can improve development of more effective vaccines...
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Commerce faculty claims Keswick lucidity prize two years in a row
The Keswick Prize for Lucidity is awarded annually to a third- or fourth-year student in any technical field for the most lucid and jargon-free essay on that subject. Sir John Chippendale Lindley...
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"Bold" Mpolokeng believes in the beauty of her dreams
When Kentse Mpolokeng took up an nGAP* lectureship in anatomy at UCT at the beginning of this year, she was fulfilling a career ambition that she had spelled out to an interview panel years ago. But it...
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Cape Town student personally inspired by Einstein
In 1946 Myfanwy Williams wrote a letter to Einstein, which led to her studying in Cape Town. The newsroom took some time out to speak to her daughter, Julia Wood, a conservationist in Cape Town and UCT...
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Leadership is the key to sustainability in Africa
An inaugural African Sustainability Leadership Programme (ASL) recently brought together 20 East African business leaders to encourage corporates to play their part in implementing the sustainability...
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Open day reveals boundless possibilities
It might have been the first day of the weekend, but thousands of prospective students descended on UCT’s upper campus to sink their teeth into the university’s annual Open Day on...
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Physics postgrads to attend the 2016 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany
Agnes Mbonyiryivuze and Greg Jackson represent the developing generation of leading scientists and researchers in physics. When they attend the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in June, they...
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Why urban agriculture isn't a panacea for Africa's food crisis
Urban agriculture is widely promoted as the solution to the growing problem of urban food insecurity in South Africa and in Africa more broadly. It is said to provide livelihoods and social cohesion,...
View ArticleClarification on the Role of the Council Task Team on Statues, Plaques and...
A Task Team on Statues, Plaques and Artworks was set up in September 2015 to make recommendations to the UCT Council. Its terms of reference are: “To conduct or commission an audit,...
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Justice is still not being done in the exploitation of indigenous products
There has been a sea change in the biodiversity business. International and national laws now oblige companies and researchers to “do the right thing”. Indigenous people and local...
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South Africans still committed to national unity despite growing dissatisfaction
The governing African National Congress manifesto for South Africa’s first democratic election that ended apartheid in 1994 pledged to deliver "a democratic society based on...
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VC Desk: Assistance is available to help prevent suicide Released: 17h00, 23...
23 April 2016 Dear colleagues and students, I am writing to discuss the issue of suicide and mental health – a matter that has been raised in public forums by students at UCT and an issue of...
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It's Green Week!
Celebrate Freedom Day by hiking to the block house, riding a bike to campus, taking part in a clothing swap or attending a talk focusing on how you can take action to live more sustainably. These are...
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