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UCT hosts ground-breaking conference on language among urban youth
Africa's first ever urban and youth language conference was recently hosted by UCT at the Lady Hamilton Hotel in Cape Town. The conference drew together 35 academics from 25 different institutions...
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Minister's visit a first for UCT Lung Institute
Calling for innovation, collaboration and partnerships in healthcare during his recent visit to the UCT Lung Institute, MEC for Health in the Western Cape Theuns Botha said the province aimed to...
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Solomon and Marion opens at Baxter ahead of Edinburgh Festival
Internationally acclaimed: Dame Janet Suzman and Khayalethu Anthony in Lara Foot's award-winning Solomon and Marion. (Photo Ruphin Coudyzer.) Following a successful Johannesburg run, Dame Janet Suzman...
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UCT search for malaria cure internationally lauded
Reward: Prof Kelly Chibale was presented with a plaque by Dr Timothy Wells, from the Medicines for Malaria Venture, for his team's work on finding a single dose cure for malaria. The UCT-led effort to...
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Ombud's role has grown
Report back: Ombud Zetu Makamandela-Mguqulwa looks through the latest annual report from the Ombud's office The rising number of people using the Ombud's Office in the past 14 months reflected a...
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SHAWCO goes all out on Mandela Day
Countrywide, South Africans are sparing at least 67 minutes of today, 18 July, in service of underprivileged and marginalised members of our society, to celebrate the birthday of South Africa's iconic...
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Yale University voices raise roof at UCT
Whip-smart humour, pitch-perfect voices, and an unrivalled stage presence. This description sums up the show that blew audiences away at the Baxter Theatre Centre last night where Yale University's...
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Students and staff out in force to serve indigent communities on Mandela Day
Book worms: VC Max Price joins UCT students and other staff to catalogue books in a library in Khayelitsha. UCT students and various faculty members were sorting out library books, painting toilet...
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Europe has 'new confidence' in Africa, says top EU official at UCT
Afro-optimist: José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, addresses a UCT audience after trade talks at an SA-EU summit in Johannesburg. "The mood in Europe towards Africa is...
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First ever Monday Monthly hits the streets
Students dig into the first edition of the Monday Monthly while enjoying a cup of coffee on campus Picture by Michael Hammond Story by staff reporter Today marks the first ever edition of the Monday...
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Growing collaborative publications show rising internationalisation of UCT
Overview: Prof Johann Mouton of the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology presented his findings on UCT's research profile over 20 years at a recent research indaba. UCT's...
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Capitalist influence on academic freedom comes under spotlight
Professor Jonathan Glover The need to seek scientific research funding from corporations could leave academic freedom at the mercy of the market. This is one of the arguments that will come under the...
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Long servers 'top the charts' at UCT
Fêted: (From left): Bruce Cairns, Kevin Willis, Cecilia de Villiers, VC Dr Max Price, Charles Hendrickse, Julian Mayer at the annual Long Service Dinner. De Villiers has clocked up 45 years'...
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Heart rhythm procedure a first for Red Cross Hospital
Milestone: Thanks to the Western Cape Government's recent purchase of new equipment the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (in picture) notched up a first when a nine-year-old patient had...
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SHAWCO project in Manenberg resumes
Up and running: SHAWCO volunteers were back in Manenberg this week after the STAR project at Manenberg Primary was cancelled in solidarity with community members who were opposing the recent increase...
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Sold on the river
Reed beds: Members of the Green Campus Initiative pile up invasive reeds gathered from the Liesbeeck River wetlands. UCT's Green Campus Initiative and Friends of the Liesbeeck rolled up their sleeves...
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Blackburn calls for new paradigm in healthcare sector
It is time for a new paradigm in the healthcare sector, one where the cost of new drugs is not crippling and diseases are treated in a far more nuanced manner than currently is the case. That was the...
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UCT students excel at international maths competition
Whizz kids: (l-r) Liam Baker, Sean Wentzel, Dylan Nelson and Robert Spencer ensured that UCT was ranked 18th among 72 participating universities taking part in the annual international mathematics...
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South Africa ill-prepared for influenza pandemic - expert
Sounding the warning: Professor Ed Rybicki (holding mic) speaks about the dangers an influenza pandemic would pose a country like South Africa. South Africa would be left to fend for itself in the...
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Teaching should evolve to meet changing student needs - panel
Not pointing fingers: Professor Ben Turok (at lectern) encouraged the university to become a "hothouse of ideas, of new thinking and transformation". Teaching at UCT needed to keep up with the needs of...
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