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UCT, Western Cape government & civil society partner to prevent violence
The University of Cape Town's Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI), in partnership with the Cape Higher Education Consortium and Western Cape Provincial Government, will hold a high-level symposium on understanding violence and how to design and implement effective violence prevention measures, which will include a special focus on the Western Cape.
28 Aug 2013
UCT events and interview opportunities for this week
26 Aug 2013
Cape teacher with heart for learners wins UCT excellence award
The Stella Clark Teachers' Award for 2013 has been awarded to Edgemead High School Deputy Principal Noel Solomons.
20 Aug 2013
Legacy of the Mine looks at scars mining left on SA landscape
UCT Vice-Chancellor to speak at book and exhibition launch on 17 August 2013, 11:00, at Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town.
13 Aug 2013
Women's Day is cause for mourning, says UCT
University to lower flag, black out website in protest against violent attacks on women and children.
08 Aug 2013
DNA reveals risk factors associated with sports injuries
Understanding biological mechanisms of sports medicine.
07 Aug 2013
UCT to pay tribute to Pius Langa
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 13:00, Lecture Theatre 3, Kramer Law Building, Middle Campus.
06 Aug 2013
UCT events and interview opportunities for the coming week
06 Aug 2013
UCT launches Financial Aid campaign to help youngsters realise their dreams
High school learners and potential students have a month and a half left to apply for the 2014 undergraduate student intake at the University of Cape Town.
02 Aug 2013
UCT maintains ranking on ARWU 2013
The University of Cape Town has maintained its position as the top-ranked university in Africa, according to the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities (AWRU), released on 21 August 2013.
01 Aug 2013
A pre-R year: is it worth it, and what would it cost?: Towards Carnegie III conference at UCT
It is hazardous to make a direct leap from neuroscience to policy recommendations. Simply because early childhood provides opportunities for more efficient interventions which have dramatic impact on inequality, this does not mean that the Early Child Development (ECD) policies actually implemented by communities, provinces, or national government are worthy investments.
30 Aug 2012
Energy Access: where are we going in Africa?: Towards Carnegie III conference at UCT
Access to energy has been on the development agenda for several decades, focusing on electrification and other clean fuels such as LPG. Nevertheless, access to electricity and modern fuels remains low in Sub Saharan Africa. Traditional biomass, particularly wood fuel, remains a predominantly rural fuel, although charcoal use is high in many urban centres. One major problem with burning biomass in open fires is the smoke, which seriously affects health.
30 Aug 2012
The poverty of education in South Africa: Towards Carnegie III conference at UCT
The poor performances of learners in Annual National Assessments, along with consistently weak performance in international tests and at the Matric level in South Africa have highlighted deep-rooted weaknesses in the education system. The burden of failure falls primarily on rural and African children, and the consequent drop-out of learners has a knock-on effect in the labour market where, again, the burdens of unemployment fall most heavily on these youth.
30 Aug 2012
Issues In SA's Jobs Fund and Youth Wage Subsidy: Towards Carnegie III conference at UCT
The South African Government is increasingly experimenting with the introduction of numerous policies and programmes to fight what appears to be an obstinate unemployment problem. Among the latest of the country's policy artilleries launched and proposed in the battle against joblessness are the Jobs Fund and Youth Wage Subsidy to complement existing Active labour Market Policies (ALMPs). In particular, the youth wage subsidy continues to be the subject of controversy among politicians and trade unions over its desirability
30 Aug 2012
School Feeding in South Africa: Towards Carnegie III conference at UCT
In 1994 President Mandela initiated the South African School Feeding Programme to feed needy learners a daily nutritious meal so that they come to school, stay in school and can concentrate on their education. In 2012 the National School Nutrition Programme aims to feed +/- 8 million learners daily, with an annual budget of R5 billion.
29 Aug 2012
Teenage pregnancy in SA: Towards Carnegie III conference at UCT
The problems of teenage pregnancy arise from individual, familial and societal factors, including, but not limited to, culture, religion, moral values and beliefs, education and economic circumstances, and a lack of support structures. Life circumstances that place girls at higher risk of teenage pregnancy include poverty, poor school performance, a family history of teenage pregnancy, and partner age, coupled with trade-offs between health and economic security often negotiated by young women. Other contributory risk factors include early sexual debut, ignorance, curiosity, peer pressure, gender-based violence, power imbalances in sexual relationships and family conflict.
29 Aug 2012
Tuberculosis and structural poverty; what can be done? Towards Carnegie III conference at UCT
Poverty in South Africa shares common causes and manifestations with poverty globally. How we choose to address ongoing widespread poverty (local and global) lies at the heart of the potential either for tuberculosis to become untreatable due to total drug resistance, or for deliberate action to greatly reduce the burden of this devastating disease. As severe poverty is the result of human agency we can choose either of these futures.
29 Aug 2012
Marikana - what have we done?
The Institute for Development and Labour Law in the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town invites you to a discussion to be led by Professor Steven Friedman on 30th August
29 Aug 2012
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