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UCT works to add to your bookshelf
With topics ranging from musical instruments of indigenous people to executive salaries and constitutional law, have a look at our list of recent publications from within the UCT community. The Musical...
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Reading is believing
"You didn't have to do all that you did. But you did." Cheerful lyrics filled UCT's Archie Mafeje Room when it played home to a slightly different crowd on Friday 31 July: ten children from the early...
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Violence against women must emerge from the shadows
Journalists need a resource guide focused on "issues of gender, patriarchy and misogyny" if they are to report accurately and fairly on cases of intimate partner violence. Dr Taryn van Niekerk found...
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How to study the most dangerous animals in Africa
Jess Dawson is studying the impact of hippo poo on the St Lucia food web; among other skills, she's had to learn how to catch a crocodile, and how not to unsettle a hippopotamus. Hippos may spend their...
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Somalia's ICT boom: the untold story
Somalia is often held up as a textbook example of a 'failed state'. However, there are other stories to tell – not least about the country's thriving ICT sector and growing economy. "Somalia...
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Hand-in-hand: Knowledge works for communities
To address development and social challenges, UCT and its students are putting their knowledge and research to work in partnership with communities. Engaging with non-profit organisations, the UCT...
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Feni wins 2015 Ernest Cole Award
GroundUp photographer Masixole Feni has been announced as the fourth winner of the 2015 Ernest Cole Award. A homeless man washes himself using a sprinkler. The award is a UCT grant given to a...
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Wathint'Abafazi Wathint'imbokodo
UCT remembers the many women – mothers, teachers, workers, preachers, marchers, martyrs – who have given their time and their lives fighting for a more free society. On 9 August...
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Despite concerted effort, barriers to women in science remain
Gender equity has not been achieved at tertiary institutions in southern Africa. That is why initiatives to increase the participation of girls and women in science, technology and innovation are...
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Faculty of Health Sciences and SAMRC take medical research to new heights
The pre-eminent funder for health-related research in South Africa, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is funding crucial work relevant to the local context in several clinical...
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Immense new digital archive launched at UCT
Last week saw the much-anticipated launch of Humanitec, a project that has involved the digitisation of more than 14 000 rare physical objects with the aim of enhancing the teaching, learning and...
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Business communication conference for UCT
Associate Professor Terri Grant, head of the Professional Communication Unit (PCU) in the commerce faculty's School of Management Studies, will host the first ever Association for Business...
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Careers expo champions non-profit sector
The Jameson Hall buzzed with stallholders and students in the annual Careers Service expo for NPOs and civil society in early August. And for the first time the UCT Knowledge Co-op and Poverty &...
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Field trip sheds light on pre-industrial Cape
UCT historical studies honours students swapped the dusty archives for a pair of walking boots and sunscreen after the first semester to explore the Onder-Bokkeveld, an area of the Cape they had...
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UCT study looks at slang language in Soweto
The way people communicate is ever evolving and this is nowhere more true than in the hub of Soweto where people from many different language groups live together. Dr Aycard found that all children in...
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Trauma linked to chronic conditions and mental disorders
A recent study by a UCT doctoral graduate has, for the first time, demonstrated a clear link between exposure to trauma and the potential development of chronic physical conditions and mental...
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'Diverse societies should not curtail free speech'
Free speech should not be suppressed in the name of tolerance or respect, said famous writer and commentator Kenan Malik at the 50th TB Davie Memorial Lecture on academic freedom. Kenan Malik spoke of...
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Students FLUX their entrepreneurship muscles
Strategies for effective entrepreneurship was the name of the game at UCT's recent FLUX business challenge that took place at the UCT Library Learning Lounge. The FLUX challenge, based on a fast-paced...
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How to transform the Humanities
Proposals, suggestions, grievances and demands flew around Jameson Hall on 6 August as the Faculty of Humanities hosted a transformation-themed assembly for all its students and staff. Pam Dhlamini, a...
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Marikana: Three years after the massacre
The UCT Marikana Forum has commemorated each anniversary of the massacre, and will do so again from 18 to 20 August, with a movie screening, panel discussion and memorial lecture, to be held at the...
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