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Double award in national Three Minute Thesis competition
Doctoral candidate Rene Nsanzubuhoro has developed a non-invasive and cost efficient device that can be used to assess the extent of leaks in water pipelines and other fluid-pipeline systems.
12 Nov 2018
Staff a step closer to matric qualifications
A group of service staff is one step closer to gaining matric certificate equivalents, thanks to the Staff Learning Centre’s matric and basic adult education and training pilot programmes.
12 Nov 2018
Universities must ‘reframe’ goals and agendas
The role and contribution of universities to a fair and sustainable world future was in the spotlight at the Mistra Urban Futures conference in Cape Town.
09 Nov 2018
Future-proofing SA’s water supply
Along with closing the gap between supply and demand, South Africa must urgently implement a water security plan in order to protect its future supply.
09 Nov 2018
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Commissions of inquiry vs courts of law
Unlike courts of law which make legally-binding decisions, commissions of inquiry must rely on public buy-in and pressure if they are to effect change.
08 Nov 2018
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Taking food security to a wider audience
UCT’S African Centre for Cities is taking crucial urban food security findings to a wider audience with a new publication, Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks: Running our Cities to Fill the Food Gap.
08 Nov 2018
UCT masterʼs student shines in Miami
UCT masterʼs student Maria Jose’s journey to become a doctor and a Mandela Washington Fellow all began when she had her tonsils out – at age six.
08 Nov 2018
When ‘Grumpy’ came to university
John Dawson, “Grumpy” to his granddaughter, used to joke that donating his body to UCT’S medical school was just a ploy to get into university.
07 Nov 2018
Protecting young South African women from STIs
An encouraging intervention involving girls and young women, as well as their mothers and other female caregivers, aims to reduce the incidence of STIs, including HIV.
07 Nov 2018
Kentridge drawings expose barbarity of war
The suffering of hundreds of thousands of African support troops during World War l is underscored in the work of acclaimed South African artist William Kentridge.
06 Nov 2018
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Genetic brain research in Africa: A ‘formidable’ challenge
The dearth of African researchers and participants in global mental health genetics studies is impeding research progress in this critical field – and leaving the continent behind.
06 Nov 2018
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Master of Laws – 49 years later
The thesis he withdrew from UCT 49 years ago will finally earn activist, academic and political analyst Professor Raymond Suttner his LLM on 14 December 2018.
05 Nov 2018
‘Emerging leader’ honour for law student
UCT’s Bontle Monnya got a taste of the Ivy League life when she was selected to attend the Harvard Graduate Consulting Club’s (GCC) Crossroads Emerging Leader Programme in Dubai.
05 Nov 2018
Bumper Summer School for 2019
Extended to three weeks in 2019, UCT’s Summer School will offer a bumper programme of 113 lectures, many on Africa and “issues of consequence”.
02 Nov 2018
How the world’s smallest flightless bird got to Inaccessible Island
UCT researchers are among an international team that has uncovered the origins of the Inaccessible Island rail.
02 Nov 2018
CMD scoops Silver Quill Awards
UCT’s Communication and Marketing Department has been honoured with three awards at the prestigious International Association of Business Communicators 2018 Africa Silver Quill Awards.
02 Nov 2018
The complexities of digital inequality
It will take far more than only infrastructure improvements to enable the poor and marginalised to harness the Internet to boost their social and economic well-being.
01 Nov 2018
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