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Report reveals main motives of rising contract killings in South Africa
A report released by the Assassination Witness project on contract killings in South Africa has revealed that the main motivations for assassinations were political, economic and social. The Assassination Witness project is a collaboration between the Centre for Criminology at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GITOC).
20 Mar 2018
Poor living conditions and unemployment strongly linked to depression - UCT study reveals
Individuals living in more deprived neighbourhoods in South Africa experience more depressive symptoms than their counterparts in wealthier neighbourhoods. This is according to a recent University of Cape Town (UCT) study published in the journal, BMC Psychiatry.
19 Mar 2018
UCT climate scientist wins prestigious international award
Professor Mark New, Director of the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), has been named as the 2018 recipient of the Piers Sellers Prize for world-leading contributions to solution-focused climate research.
19 Mar 2018
UCT Council officially announces Prof Phakeng as new Vice-Chancellor
The University of Cape Town Council officially announced that Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor with effect from 1 July 2018.
17 Mar 2018
Study by UCT academics prompts a call for a national ban on lead bullets
A third of all vultures caught and tested in a Botswana study involving a University of Cape Town (UCT) academic showed elevated levels of lead in their blood, most likely due to ingesting lead bullet-contaminated flesh. Hunters' bullets shatter inside their prey and can then be absorbed into the blood stream of the vultures when they feed on these animals or their remains. This ingested lead is highly toxic to birds.
15 Mar 2018
UCT academic joins UN Special Envoy in discussions over uncertain water future
The University of Cape Town's Dr Kevin Winter was part of a team of experts that joined the United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Climate Action, Mike Bloomberg, on a tour of the Theewaterskloof Dam this week.
09 Mar 2018
UCT and Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems to collaborate on research
A partnership between the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, which is based in Germany, has served as a stepping stone in developing new and innovative technologies for South Africa.
06 Mar 2018
Three subjects at UCT ranked in the top 50 in the world
The University of Cape Town has been ranked among the top 50 universities in the world in 3 subjects - development studies, geography and sport - in the 2018 QS World University Rankings by Subject. A further 8 subjects are in the top 100.
05 Mar 2018
Update on the selection process for the new VC
Following the public presentations by the 2 shortlisted candidates for the position of Vice-Chancellor and the interviews held last week, the selection committee presented their recommendation to Senate this afternoon.
01 Mar 2018
Visiting United States law Professor Davis to deliver talk on
The Faculty of Law at the University of Cape Town will host US law Professor Angela J Davis, who is an expert in prosecutorial power and racism in the US criminal justice system, on 1 March.
27 Feb 2018
Better access to research is vital to advance healthcare in Africa, UCT study finds
Researchers from the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Cape Town found that 1 in 6 African emergency care publications are inaccessible outside institutional library subscriptions and therefore not accessible to African researchers.
26 Feb 2018
Small plastic pollution on South African beaches comes from local sources - UCT study
A study of the small plastic fragments on South Africa's beaches repeated every 10 years since the mid-1990s has found that most plastic pollution derives from local sources. This is important, because it means that we cannot blame distant nations with much larger plastic industries for the poor state of many of our beaches and adjacent coastal waters.
26 Feb 2018
UCT civil engineering student wins top national award for water project on waterless urinals
With Cape Town experiencing the worst drought in over a century and facing the possibility of Day Zero, a University of Cape Town (UCT) Civil Engineering graduate has won a prestigious award for a project on waterless urinals.
21 Feb 2018
Results from innovative tuberculosis vaccine trial show potential for new revaccination strategies
Scientists from the University of Cape Town's South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) and the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation will present the findings of an innovative clinical trial that provides encouraging new evidence that TB vaccines could prevent sustained TB infections in high-risk adolescents.
20 Feb 2018
UCT research group notes shortcomings in the National Minimum Wage Bill
The Department of Labour is considering one of the biggest changes to South Africa's labour laws since 1995 by, amongst other things, introducing a National Minimum Wage (NMW). The NMW Bill will set a wage of at least R20 for workers across all sectors of the economy subject to lower wages in the domestic and farming sectors.
19 Feb 2018
UCT and Eskom partnership brings change in the energy sector
A new research group, the Applied Thermo Fluid Process Modelling Research Unit (ATProM), is building on an existing collaboration between the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Eskom to provide engineers with up-to-date research, students with real-world experience and solutions to some of the challenges facing ageing energy infrastructure in South Africa.
19 Feb 2018
UCT study to uncover why brains seize
Over the past 5 years, a University of Cape Town (UCT) scientist has been able to establish the necessary local technology to study the function of individual brain cells which aims to uncover why brains seize - resulting in the development of epileptic seizures.
15 Feb 2018
UCT scientists drive genomics research in tackling diseases endemic to Africa
The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Hearing Impairment Genetics Studies in Africa has been awarded grant funding by the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) for cutting-edge research. The research offers the potential to identify genes that cause non-syndromic hearing loss - loss of hearing that is not associated with other signs and symptoms.
13 Feb 2018
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