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IRTC foundations being laid
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Remembering SS Mendi
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Undergrad student publishes in top science journal
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Mysterious origins of mega diamonds
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'A teacher all her life'
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Countering complications of starting ART in TB and HIV-infected patients
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Teen suicide in the spotlight
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NAPP retreat was no sleepy affair
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When the taps run dry
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UCT fourth in emerging-economy universities
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IRTC foundations being laid
This was the second sitting of the IRTC Steering Committee, which is setting up the mechanisms through which the IRTC will operate when the commission kicks off. Prof Loretta Feris, DVC for...
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Remembering SS Mendi
The 12-year-old SS Mendi, a veteran of Liverpool–West Africa trade, was refitted as a troopship in Lagos in late 1916. Photo Wikimedia Commons. Remembering the Mendi goes well beyond...
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Undergrad student publishes in top science journal
UCT science student Hannah Simon had an article published in the prestigious South African Journal of Science late last year, a rare occurrence for an undergraduate student. Hannah Simon, a UCT student...
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Mysterious origins of mega diamonds
A copy of the Cullinan diamond, a 3 106-carat stone from the Premier Mine in Kimberley. According to research, the stone probably reached the Earth’s surface through a kimberlite...
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'A teacher all her life'
Anatomy lecturer Prof Graham Louw, who oversees the dissection programme as well as the student-driven annual ceremony to honour those who donate their bodies to the Faculty of Health Sciences. Photo...
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Countering complications of starting ART in TB and HIV-infected patients
PredART trial clinical site team meeting at Site B Khayelitsha. Untreated HIV infection is associated with progressive weakening of the body’s immune system. This predisposes a person...
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Teen suicide in the spotlight
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), suicide is the second most common cause of death in teenagers and young adults between 10 and 24 years. According to WHO, around a million people...
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NAPP retreat was no sleepy affair
The January NAPP retreat group. A three-day January retreat for scholars on UCT’s New Academic Practitioners’ Programme (NAPP) paved the way for the young academics to...
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When the taps run dry
The extreme scenario: dams and rivers are dry and conventional piped water and sewerage systems no longer flow. Then what? It begins with a desperate search by private individuals for alternative...
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UCT fourth in emerging-economy universities
UCT was placed fourth among developing world universities, the only African university among the top five, according to a Times Higher Education survey. Here’s something to consider in the...
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