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UCT opens world’s first centre to tackle African fungal infection-related deaths
The world’s first international research centre for tackling fungal infections officially opened, in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen, at UCT last week.
15 Aug 2017
Understanding South African media through a global lens
What values should guide the South African media? How can the media best serve all of society? Herman Wasserman has dedicated his career to understanding – and answering – questions such as these.
15 Aug 2017
Crime-busting maggots: how insects can be the key to unlocking murder cases
UCT's Division of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology is working with the police to ensure that evidence from insects makes it to the courts.
15 Aug 2017
Killers for hire: corrupted law enforcement nourishes assassins in SA
Communities in South Africa, traumatised by relentless gang violence, rape, murder and general criminality, know that the so-called underworld exists in full view of the upperworld, as academic, researcher and author Mark Shaw has revealed in his new book Hitmen for Hire – Exposing South Africa’s Underworld.
14 Aug 2017
Targeting tobacco harm in Africa and Asia
Professor Corné van Walbeek is the principal investigator for South Africa in a new multinational research project to reduce tobacco-related harm in Africa and Asia.
14 Aug 2017
Antarctic researchers break the ice
Members of the multidisciplinary UCT Sea Ice Research Team braved harsh winter conditions to successfully launch the Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone Pilot Project.
11 Aug 2017
Honours for UCT marine sciences trio
Three UCT marine scientists were honoured at SANCOR’s recent triennial awards ceremony at the Southern African Marine Science Symposium in Port Elizabeth.
10 Aug 2017
Why South African shouldn't turn to the IMF for help
The view that South Africa should look towards the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be rescued from the unfolding economic meltdown seems to be growing by the day.
10 Aug 2017
What's driving Cape Town’s water insecurity, and what can be done about it
In pre-colonial times the Khoisan called Cape Town, //Hui !Gaeb , the place “where clouds gather” and Camissa “the place of sweet waters”. The future of the city will be shaped by water as it was in the past. But far more attention will need to be paid to the drivers and early warning signs.
10 Aug 2017
Republished
Keep taking the tablets: three reasons to stay the full antibiotics course
A recent commentary published in the British Medical Journal reignited the debate on whether patients should stop antibiotics when they feel better rather than following instructions to finish the course. So why all the fuss? And is it safe to stop early?
08 Aug 2017
Launch of medical mycology unit
The new GBP600 000 AFGrica Unit in Medical Mycology will be launched on 11 August at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, where it will be based.
07 Aug 2017
Njoroge takes notes from Laureates in Lindau
Dr Mathew Njoroge, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Drug Discovery and Development Centre, recently returned from the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Germany.
04 Aug 2017
Marakalala wins fellowship for TB work
Dr Mohlopheni Marakalala has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship in Public Health and Tropical Medicine worth R10 million over the next five years.
03 Aug 2017
What to look for in South Africa’s troubling crime statistics
Since the 19th century, a growing number of countries have attempted to systematically collect and analyse information on all the crimes known to their police.
28 Aug 2016
Jump or die. How a silver medallist leapt over the odds that marginalise drug users
Since winning the silver at the Rio Olympics, everybody loves South African long-jumper Luvo Manyonga.
22 Aug 2016
Women champion their right to land
When it comes to conversations about land, we are all certain to unearth our political side.
22 Aug 2016
Apathy among young people stands in the way of Africa’s demographic dividend
Two in three Africans are younger than 35. Youth - people between the ages of 15 and 35 - make up more than 35% of Africa’s total population.
18 Aug 2016
Is all ‘engaged scholarship’ socially just?
Emeritus Associate Professor David Cooper knows of a nearby upper-middle-class neighbourhood which is mobilising.
18 Aug 2016
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