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UCT gets government funding to boost COVID-19 testing capability
UCT's Biopharming Research Unit, under the leadership of Professor Ed Rybicki, has received government funding to assist in the production of diagnostic reagents for COVID-19.
21 Jul 2020
Cigarette prices soar during lockdown, according to latest UCT study
Recent research has shown that the average price of cigarettes has increased by nearly 250% compared to pre-lockdown levels. Based on a second online survey, conducted between 4 and 19 June 2020, researchers from UCT found that the average price per cigarette was R5.69, or R114 per pack of 20. Some respondents reported prices as high as R300 per pack of 20 or R3000 per carton of 200 cigarettes. This is significantly higher than the 90% increase in cigarette prices observed in an earlier survey in May 2020 by the same research team.
21 Jul 2020
Statement by the UCT Chair of Council on recent developments
Following recent developments at UCT, the Chair of Council Ms Babalwa Ngonyama has issued the following statement to the campus community.
21 Jul 2020
Statement by the UCT executive relating to the Ombud’s report
The UCT executive has issued to the campus community the following statement relating to the Ombud’s report.
20 Jul 2020
Targeted interventions in patients with minimal TB symptoms needed to minimise spread
A burgeoning epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) threatens to derail global control efforts of the disease” and countries like South Africa must shift gear to actively search out drug-sensitive and drug-resistant cases. Renowned researcher Professor Keertan Dheda made this point in a recent paper published in the leading medical journal Nature Medicine .
20 Jul 2020
New species of plant discovered in Tokai Park
A new species of sedge, the Hidden Veldrush ( Schoenus inconspicuus ) which is listed as critically endangered, has been discovered in Tokai Park. The plant is currently known from fewer than 10 plants on the planet and has only been collected six times at two localities.
17 Jul 2020
UCT extends undergraduate applications deadline for 2021 admission
UCT has extended the applications deadline for undergraduate admission in 2021 to 31 August 2020.
17 Jul 2020
Humans need to do better if we’re to avoid ocean system collapse
A new relationship between humanity and the ocean is required to secure the continuity of the diverse life support roles provided by the sea, according to a paper published on 17 July 2020 in Nature Communications .
17 Jul 2020
An economy that works for all citizens – Colin Coleman’s ‘ten-point plan’
“South Africa is in trouble.” This was the opening line of a lecture presented at the University of Cape Town by Colin Coleman, former head of investment banking for sub-Saharan Africa at Goldman Sachs and senior fellow and lecturer at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.
15 Jul 2020
Colin Coleman shares insights on creating an economy for all South Africans
Apartheid's legacy two-speed economy, and the fault lines exposed by COVID-19, has shone a light on South Africa's food security, inequality and unemployment challenges.
15 Jul 2020
Reminder: From a two-speed economy to one for all South Africans
Apartheid's legacy two-speed economy, and the fault lines exposed by COVID-19, has shone a light on South Africa's food security, inequality and unemployment challenges.
14 Jul 2020
UCT Council elects female chair and deputy
For the first time in the University of Cape Town’s history, the two key roles of chair of Council and deputy chair will be simultaneously occupied by women.
13 Jul 2020
Four UCT subjects ranked in global top 100
UCT has been ranked among the top 100 universities in four subject areas by the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020 recently released by ShanghaiRanking. The subjects are oceanography, mining and mineral engineering, public health, and clinical medicine.
13 Jul 2020
UCT GSB Executive MBA ranked in global top 50
UCT GSB has sealed its reputation as one of Africa’s top business schools. Its Executive MBA has moved up to 45th place in the world on the prestigious 2020 Quacquarelli Symonds ranking of Executive MBAs, making it the only African business school to feature in the top 50.
08 Jul 2020
Access to illegal firearms plays a huge role in Cape Town’s crime crisis
A recent report by the Mexican Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice ranked Cape Town as the eighth most violent city in the world. Dr Guy Lamb, director of the Safety and Violence Initiative at the University of Cape Town, said access to illegal firearms plays a huge role.
08 Jul 2020
From a two-speed economy to one for all South Africans
Apartheid's legacy two-speed economy, and the fault lines exposed by COVID-19, has shone a light on South Africa's food security, inequality and unemployment challenges.
08 Jul 2020
Limited UCT students and staff to return to campus
UCT has finalised the development of a COVID-19 return to UCT policy framework to guide faculties and departments on the phased-in return to campus.
07 Jul 2020
UCT medical team assists in the CTICC ‘Hospital of Hope’
UCT staff members from the Faculty of Health Sciences are part of a team involved in the operation of the ‘Hospital of Hope’ at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The CTICC was repurposed into an 862-bed field hospital as part of the Western Cape Government’s health strategy to increase capacity to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its communities.
07 Jul 2020
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