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What a less Eurocentric reading list would look like
The debate about curriculum and staff diversity is gaining momentum at some South African as well as British universities. Some have challenged the dominance of dead white men in university literary...
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Come rain, come storm, music stars shine brightly
The twin threats of a winter rain storm and load shedding did little to dampen the creative spirits of the South African College of Music corps at last night's Vice-Chancellor's Concert in the Baxter...
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New student newspaper spotlights poverty and inequality
Third-year students in film and media studies have been 'connecting the dots' between economic theory and the realities of poverty and inequality through the production of a new student publication...
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A life with birds: special edition of journal honours ornithologist Phil Hockey
Understanding avian adaptation to climate change, why the African oystercatcher is no longer a threatened species, and the discovery of a new breeding ground for blue petrels – all of this is...
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Tackling child abuse with affordable parenting programmes – and clowns
In one of South Africa's poorest areas, an imaginative new parenting programme – a collaboration between Oxford University, UCT, UNICEF, the World Health Organisation and the South African...
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Street-smart E. coli outfoxing modern medicine
Before the advent of antibiotics in the 1930s, infections associated with E. coli claimed hundreds of thousands of human lives. Today, as we see a rise in the prevalence of drug-resistant E. coli...
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UCT opens up mid-year intake for GetSmarter advanced diploma
If you've missed the opportunity to be part of the February uptake of students for the Advanced Diploma in Business Project Management, you have the opportunity to enrol for this online course in June....
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Archaeology, photography and the making of a disciplinary archive
The Mirror in the Ground is a curated book of twelve short visual essays, drawing on photographs from the collection of South African archaeologist John Goodwin. Drawing on a 10-year research project,...
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Fighting TB – South Africa's 'insidious epidemic'
South Africa stands at the centre of a global TB epidemic that is devastating the health of millions and their communities. Researchers at UCT are working with colleagues at Oxford University, health...
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Why property ownership is not a path out of poverty
Home ownership is associated with a sense of security in an unpredictable world. But recent research suggests that property ownership in and of itself provides no real poverty alleviation, either...
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Apartheid continues to cast shadow on equality of opportunity
Countries with a more unequal distribution of income tend to have less economic mobility from one generation to the next. This relationship is often referred to as the "Great Gatsby Curve". Leonardo...
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AIDS: what drove three decades of acronyms and avatars?
With so much written about AIDS and HIV, and more recently anti-retrovirals (ARVs), it is sometimes difficult to remember a time before these acronyms, or to trace their transitions from signifiers of...
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UCT initiative tackles healthcare worker shortage in Southern Cape
Responding to the urgent national call to increase the numbers of doctors in our country, particularly in rural areas, the Faculty of Health Sciences has joined forces with the Western Cape Department...
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Mineral law book bags meritorious award
Professor Hanri Mostert from the Department of Private Law has won the Meritorious Book Award for her monograph Mineral Law: Principles and Policy in Perspective (Juta 2012). Honoured: Prof Hanri...
View ArticleSuspension of Mr Chumani Maxwele
Media release Mr Chumani Maxwele faces charges for breaches of the UCT Code of Conduct related to an incident that occurred on campus on Friday 1 May 2015. Provisional suspension and final suspension...
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What lies behind the rise of jihadist movements in Africa
Africa arguably faces the biggest threat to political stability since the collapse of colonialism in the mid-20th century. The threat comes in the main from the proliferation of militant Islamic groups...
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Three honorary doctorates kick off June graduation
Standing ovations marked the start of the June graduation season in the Jameson Hall this morning when struggle stalwart and law pioneer Ahmed Kathrada, Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela, and...
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A child's long walk to ... nowhere, really
Professor Mark Fleishman of UCT's Department of Drama has been awarded this year's Creative Works Award. for his long-running production, Every Year, Every Day, I am Walking. Jennie Reznek and Faniswa...
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Appointment of Special Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor on Transformation
11 June 2015 Dear colleagues and students, The Rhodes Must Fall protests, as we know, were about much more than the statue. They reflected deeper underlying frustrations with the pace of...
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Biko biography required skilful balancing
Assoc Prof Xolela Mangcu received the Meritorious Book Award for his telling of Steve Biko's story in Biko: A Biography. He is not only Biko's biographer; he knew Biko personally as both of them grew...
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