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Porto Novo: an African city taking action against climate change
Taking action against climate change is hugely important in the developing countries. This is particularly true for African countries, where the impacts of climate change will hit harder. It is also...
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Why parole for Oscar Pistorius is perfectly legitimate
The decision to release South African athlete Oscar Pistorius on correctional supervision in August, having served just ten months of a five-year sentence for culpable homicide, was predictably met...
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Calling township artists to reflect on the power of place
The African Centre for Cities' Public Art and the Power of Place initiative is calling for proposals for six public art engagements in Cape Town's townships. The project will address art within the...
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Top World Bank appointment for Bhorat
UCT economist Professor Haroon Bhorat has been chosen as a member of a select World Bank team that will tackle global poverty. Professor Haroon Bhorat joins a group of eminent economists on the World...
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New dinosaur from South Africa gets Sesotho name
South African and Argentinian palaeontologists have discovered a new early dinosaur from South Africa. The specimen was found in the late 1930s in the Zastron area of South Africa, about 30km from the...
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Explainer: the evolutionary arms race between bats and moths
In the struggle for survival, predators need to capture and consume prey, and prey have to avoid being eaten. Over evolutionary time this has evolved into a kind of arms race between the two, in which...
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What can be done to make sure that wind energy and Africa's vultures co-exist?
Many people see wind energy as one of the key solutions to meeting Africa's growing energy demand and mitigating climate change. As a result, wind farms are already under construction or are being...
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South Africa is failing to address malnutrition in its older people
The traditional extended family system has eroded in much of sub-Saharan Africa, leaving many older people who traditionally depended on this support vulnerable. In rural households, young people often...
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Business development training at UCT empowers taxi operators
The City of Cape Town is providing business development training facilitated by the University of Cape Town to taxi operators from Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha, Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille has...
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Master's student has her say in 'science pop idols'
It began with an email from UCT's Postgraduate Health Sciences Students' Council and ended with a trip to the United Kingdom to compete in the FameLab international competition at the Cheltenham...
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Student leaders at the heart of the socially responsive campus
How can universities harness the power of student leadership without it being tantamount to "putting a pin on a butterfly"? This was among the questions raised at a recent seminar on the topic of...
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VC visit boosts UCT Phonathon 2015
With the UCT Phonathon 2015 in full swing, Vice-Chancellor Max Price gave the student callers a welcome boost when he visited the call room a week into the month-long activity. UCT Phonathon...
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UCT appoints new Dean of Law
The University of Cape Town has appointed Professor Penelope (Penny) Andrews as the new Dean of the Faculty of Law. She will take up her post in January 2016. In his announcement of this appointment to...
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UCT opera stars in international Belvedere finals
On Saturday (4 July), four UCT singers, three alumni and a student from the Opera School at the South African College of Music, will compete in the finals of the 34th International Hans Gabor Belvedere...
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Vitamin D supplementation might slow down HIV progression – UCT study
Vitamin D supplementation may reverse seasonal nutritional deficiency and slow down HIV progression in Cape Town, South Africa, according to a study by University of Cape Town (UCT) academics that was...
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UCT's position on SRC member's Facebook post
6 July 2015 Dear colleagues and students, Following a controversial Facebook posting by one of the SRC members, there have been various media reports about the Student Representative Council (SRC) at...
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Unravelling the mystery of how dinosaurs get their names
Many kids can recite an A-Z list of dinosaur names. They take special delight in defeating tongue-twisters like Carcharodontosaurus, Ekrixinatosaurus, Huehuecanauhtlus and Zuchengtyrannus. Illustration...
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Tribute to Martin West (1946-2015)
Emeritus Professor Martin West, former deputy vice-chancellor and deputy principal, alumnus and honorary graduate, died in the early hours of Wednesday, 8 July. He was 10 days short of his 69th...
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UCT offers condolences on the passing of Martin West
8 July 2015 Dear colleagues and students, I am writing to inform you of the sad news that Emeritus Professor Martin West died in the early hours of this morning, 8 July 2015, just 10 days before his...
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Tribute to Peter Linder
The UCT community extends condolences to the family, friends and former colleagues of Emeritus Professor Peter Linder who died at his Claremont home on 3 July after an illness. The late Emer Prof Peter...
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