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UCT still top university in Africa, among top 10 emerging economy universities
UCT still top university in Africa, among top 10 emerging economy universities
10th March 2021 By: Sane Dhlamini

The University of Cape Town has upheld its position as top university in Africa and now ranks 10th among universities in countries with emerging economies. UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi... 


Mara phones South Africa announces the appointment of a new managing director
25th January 2021 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Mara Phones, South Africa’s manufacturer of smartphones, has appointed Sylvester Taku CA (SA) to the position of Managing Director with immediate effect. Mr Taku has been doing business in Africa... 


Assessment tool helps developers minimise  wind turbine risk to eagles
Assessment tool helps developers minimise wind turbine risk to eagles
22nd January 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Researchers from the Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology (Fitztitute) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), HawkWatch International and the University of Amsterdam have developed a new... 


UCT launches open-access, African-centric research platform
UCT launches open-access, African-centric research platform
12th January 2021 By: Sane Dhlamini

University of Cape Town Libraries director of research and learning services Dr Reggie Raju revealed on Tuesday, the institute’s newly developed continental platform for open access publishing in... 


Assessment tool helps developers minimise wind turbine risk to eagles
Assessment tool helps developers minimise wind turbine risk to eagles
6th January 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Researchers from the Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology (Fitztitute) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), HawkWatch International and the University of Amsterdam have developed a new... 


SA SME Fund CEO Ketso Gordhan
Fund helps SA universities unlock benefits of home-grown IP
11th December 2020 By: Donna Slater

Since its inception in February, the University Technology Fund (UTF) has approved six investments. Technology and innovation incubated in South Africa’s universities is, as a result, being... 


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Don’t flush it away
26th November 2020

In 2017, when Cape Town was facing Day Zero during a devastating drought, when the taps were expected to run dry and a city, a vast urban area, was on the brink of being declared a disaster zone,... 


SA SME Fund CEO Ketso Gordhan
Fund helps South African universities unlock benefits of homegrown IP
25th November 2020 By: Donna Slater

Since its inception in February, the University Technology Fund (UTF) has approved six investments. Technology and innovation incubated in South Africa’s universities is, as a result, being... 


UCT research unit shares considerations for REIPPPP going forward
26th October 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Power auctions are fast becoming the dominant procurement method for renewable energy globally, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, but it is not without its crucial requirements for success.... 


SA scientists test efficacy of childhood vaccines against Covid-19 for frontline worker safety
SA scientists test efficacy of childhood vaccines against Covid-19 for frontline worker safety
13th October 2020 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Focus on frontline worker safety is being put in the spotlight in a new clinical trial, run by scientists from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the University of Cape Town (UCT), to... 


The black-blade set up on a cloudy day in Norway. The black-blade (far turbine) is little different to the shadow cast by the all-white blades in the foreground.
Opinion: Black-blade mitigation – a new and exciting mitigation for wind turbines to reduce impacts to birds of prey
9th October 2020

In this opinion piece, ecologist, environmental consultant and conservation biologist Dr Rob Simmons writes about black blade mitigation can help wind farms to prevent thousands of bird deaths each... 


40 years on
9th October 2020 By: Terry Mackenzie-hoy

When I was 19, I fell in love with a girl who was studying at the University Cape Town (UCT). I was studying at the University of the Witwatersrand at the time and had just finished my second,... 


Unconventional Covid-19 treatment saves lives at Tygerberg Hospital
Unconventional Covid-19 treatment saves lives at Tygerberg Hospital
8th October 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, doctors at Tygerberg Hospital implemented a daring, lesser-known treatment that not only bypassed the imminent ventilator shortage caused by the large number... 


Inequalities hamper remote learning in S Africa – UCT study
Inequalities hamper remote learning in S Africa – UCT study
23rd September 2020 By: Sane Dhlamini

A recent University of Cape Town study has revealed that technical and vocational education and training students are faring worse than university students in terms of internet access for remote... 


CSIR rolls out local ventilator as part of Covid-19 response
24th July 2020 By: Irma Venter

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with a number of local partners, has completed work on a local ventilator to be rolled out nationwide to patients showing... 


CSIR to roll out 10 000 locally made ventilators to hospitals
CSIR to roll out 10 000 locally made ventilators to hospitals
8th July 2020 By: Irma Venter

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with a number of local partners, has completed work on a local ventilator to be rolled out nationwide to patients showing... 


CSIR supports national COVID-19 response with locally developed ventilator
CSIR supports national COVID-19 response with locally developed ventilator
8th July 2020

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) – in collaboration with a number of local partners – has completed work on a... 


Local app helps beauty salons manage queues as Covid-19 lockdown measures ease
26th June 2020 By: Schalk Burger

The Fleeker platform, created by four University of Cape Town (UCT) students, allows users to schedule appointments with hairstylists, barbers, make-up artists and nail technicians and manage long... 


UCT engineers create face shield easily made with household items
12th June 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

In response to the Covid-19 crisis, University of Cape Town (UCT) associate Professor Sudesh Sivarasu and his team of biomedical engineers have been working on a variety of biomedical devices,... 


Engineers, Doctors & Business Unite
6th May 2020

University engineers throughout South Africa are collaborating with doctors, healthcare workers and business to address critical COVID-19-related Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and hospital... 


UCT sets up dedicated Covid-19 emergency fund
22nd April 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has set up a Coronavirus Disease 2019 emergency fund to assist in the fight against the virus and its impact on the UCT community. The university has urged... 


UCT develops information dissemination platform accessible to poor
22nd April 2020 By: Donna Slater

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT’s) Global Surgery division, in the Faculty of Health Sciences, has developed a platform for reliable and accessible information dissemination for communities... 


New mobile app developed to track health status
21st April 2020 By: Natasha Odendaal

Corporate venture builder The Delta and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have teamed up to develop a new mobile application to track potential Covid-19 cases without infringing on privacy rights.... 


Research reveals gap in Covid-19 funding for businesses in townships
7th April 2020 By: Donna Slater

The Covid-19 pandemic and the current lockdown are already having a devastating impact on South Africa’s economy, with informal and small businesses in townships likely to feel the brunt of the... 


UCT welcomes R5m donation to help with Covid-19 crisis management
30th March 2020 By: Donna Slater

University of Cape Town (UCT) chancellor Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe has donated R5-million, on behalf of the Motsepe Foundation, to assist university students and staff with a multifaceted Covid-19... 


Beach clean-up retrieves almost 200kg of waste
30th March 2020

A clean-up activation by The Beach Co-op at Bonza Bay Beach, East London, partnered by Willard Batteries, retrieved almost 200 kgs of waste across just a kilometer of beach. Just over 100 people... 


Kolosa Madikizela appointed as Managing Director of Pragma Africa
12th March 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Kolosa Madikizela has been appointed as Managing Director for Pragma Africa after a brief stint away from the company. Her responsibilities will include the execution of the leading asset... 


Corobrik award recognises transformative water-use innovations
14th February 2020 By: Natasha Odendaal

Water innovation takes the centre stage as clay brick manufacturer and distributor Corobrik recognises the excellence of the graduating students in the University of Cape Town’s (UCT’s) Master of... 


Enel Foundation And University Of Cape Town Host Energy Training In South Africa In Celebration Of Nelson Mandela
11th February 2020

Enel Foundation, together with the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) as host, inaugurated today the third edition of Open Africa Power (OAP), which will run its first... 


Academic Partnership Brings Pan-African Training Programme For Clean Energy Leaders To South Africa
4th February 2020

Eleven South Africans among record number of participants selected for Open Africa Power, a programme aiming to forge a new generation of African leaders deeply engaged with a clean energy future... 


Becoming an acoustics engineer
17th January 2020 By: Terry Mackenzie-hoy

I am a qualified electrical engineer. There were 105 students in first year engineering when I enrolled at university (if you ask my staff, they will tell you this was shortly after the Manumission... 


Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter
5 things on De Ruyter's to-do list as he starts at Eskom
6th January 2020 By: News24Wire

As Andre de Ruyter officially begins his role as the new Eskom CEO, some energy experts have agreed that no single person is capable of solving all of the power utility's problems. In frank terms,... 


There is more to sanitation than just poop
21st November 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

By Sudhir Pillay In sanitation, the current take-use-dispose models are wasteful. We routinely used two modes of sanitation. In urban centres, flush toilets are used. This technology uses 6 to 9... 


Kim Windvogel
They Called Me Queer – Kim Windvogel & Kelly-Eve Koopman
11th November 2019

They Called Me Queer is a collection written by Africans who self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA+). Across the continent, and throughout the... 


Roger Southall
Election 2019: Change and stability in South Africa's democracy – Roger Southall
18th October 2019

Is 2019’s election the most important since the advent of democracy in 1994? The sixth general election since the arrival of democracy occurs at a critical moment in South Africa’s history. Since... 


Outsourcing and insourcing
4th October 2019 By: Terry Mackenzie-hoy

The wonder of politicians is their extreme stupidity. Somebody once explained to me that rocket scientists know lots about rockets but not much about anything else. Knowing lots about one thing.... 


Marketing to South Africa’s Top Million
1st October 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Top Million research report into South Africa’s ‘Upper Middle Class’ households in 2019 has been released by the UCT Marketing Institute and ad agency M&C Saatchi Abel. This report offers... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Presidential Economic Advisory Council members announced
27th September 2019 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Presidency on Friday announced the names of the members of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, which will start its work from October 1. Plans to establish the council were announced by... 


Wikus Kruger
Energy transition can help Africa out of its development rut
2nd August 2019

In this opinion article, Wikus Kruger asserts that the global energy transition is gathering momentum and South and African governments, business and citizens alike, are signalling that they are... 


UCT vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng
'Role model par excellence' – UCT vice-chancellor receives honorary degree from UK university
23rd July 2019 By: News24Wire

The University of Cape Town's (UCT's) vice-chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, has dedicated her honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Bristol to the people who contributed... 


Dr Louie van Schalkwyk
UCT doctoral student’s research seeks to address issues around municipal zoning
16th July 2019 By: Nadine James

University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD student, Louie van Schalkwyk, has spent the last three years investigating the zoning policy procedures of three municipalities –Umhlathuze, in KwaZulu-Natal; Sol... 


UCT GSB launches state-of-the-art academic conference centre
9th July 2019

Modern academic conference centre opening on the GSB campus in the Waterfront precinct will expand UCT’s ability to host sizeable international delegations in line with global best practice.    The... 


Masande Ntshanga
Triangulum – Masande Ntshanga
9th July 2019

In the Eastern Cape, a schoolgirl maths prodigy is haunted by the loss of her mother, who disappeared during the demise of the country’s homeland system. When a strange apparition – “the machine” –... 


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