University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town (UCT) student Sarah Nzeka will graduate with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Chemical Engineering on 29 March 2022 after registering at UCT for the first time in 2012. The journey to graduation day has not been…

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Law faculty has established the iNtaka Centre for Law & Technology and its novel LawTechLab, which have since attracted its first substantial grant.The legal profession is fast embracing the…

The University of Cape Town (UCT) commemorated World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, research done and to step up efforts to end the global…

There was a significant reduction in tuberculosis (TB) testing and case detection across South Africa in the past two years, and these reductions directly coincided with each wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related tightening of…

A recently published study by academics from the University of Cape Town (UCT) has signaled a paradigm shift in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), which could encourage more people to complete their medication and…

It is time for UCT to declare a climate emergency and involve students in all its sustainability decisions. Young people need a direct seat at the table due to the intergenerational effects of the climate crisis. Decisions made now will…

Battling strong winds and sandbanks near its mouth, a colourful flotilla of kayaks set off to explore Zandvlei lagoon on World Water Day, 22 March. Organised by Dr Kevin Winter of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Future Water Institute…

The Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) will launch a regional Southern African Development Community (SADC) study on cybersecurity maturity. The study will be launched virtually…

World Water Day on 22 March has underscored the urgent need to add community experiences of water to the data used to manage this fragile resource in an era of climate change. A multi-sectoral project using the SenseMaker tool and…

Professor Nicola Mulder, the head of the Computational Biology division at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the principal investigator of H3ABioNet is on the advisory board of the African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) – a coordinated…