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Ignite your creative confidence at Design Thinking Week 2024

Education

Ignite your creative confidence at Design Thinking Week 2024

Issued by Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika 1 day

Education

Higher selves

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Source: UCT News. Salome Maswime head of WHO’s Collaborating Centre for Integrated Clinical Care. Photo Lerato Maduna.

Healthcare

Salome Maswime elected to lead WHO’s collaborating centre

12 Sep 2024

Riaz Solker to host film masterclass at The Masque

Lifestyle

Riaz Solker to host film masterclass at The Masque

3 Sep 2024

Captain Fanplastic launches #TheOceanStartsHere this September to combat marine pollution

ESG & Sustainability

Captain Fanplastic launches #TheOceanStartsHere this September to combat marine pollution

Issued by Soapbox 30 Aug 2024

Kaamilah Paulse, director and family law specialist at Herold Gie Attorneys

Legal

#WomensMonth: Empathy and advocacy - Kaamilah Paulse's recipe for women's success in law

Shan Radcliffe 29 Aug 2024

Dalinda: Win 2 double tickets for world premiere of Donizetti’s rediscovered operatic masterpiece

Lifestyle

Dalinda: Win 2 double tickets for world premiere of Donizetti’s rediscovered operatic masterpiece

26 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Prof Lucy Gilson, the head of UCT’s Health Policy and Systems Division, was co-awarded the prestigious Virchow Prize in Germany.

Healthcare

UCT academic scoops prestigious global health award

30 Jul 2024

Bookings open for OperaUCT’s world premiere of Dalinda

Lifestyle

Bookings open for OperaUCT’s world premiere of Dalinda

Terry Levin 31 Jul 2024

New UCT course aims to equip educators with AI skills

Education

New UCT course aims to equip educators with AI skills

30 Jul 2024

UCT GSB’s EMBA Programme ranks #1 in Africa in QS rankings

Education

UCT GSB’s EMBA Programme ranks #1 in Africa in QS rankings

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 26 Jul 2024

isiXhosa.click: Student-led project makes isiXhosa vocabulary easily accessible

Education

isiXhosa.click: Student-led project makes isiXhosa vocabulary easily accessible

Birgit Ottermann, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 29 Jul 2024

New solutions needed to sustain Africa’s upward trajectory

Education

New solutions needed to sustain Africa’s upward trajectory

Issued by Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika 18 Jul 2024

Juta Webinar: Demystifying South Africa's two-pot retirement system

Finance

Juta Webinar: Demystifying South Africa's two-pot retirement system

Issued by Juta and Company 9 Jul 2024

Healthcare

HIV drug trial shows injection twice-yearly 100% effective against infection

Linda-Gail Bekker 5 Jul 2024

Food Indaba 2024 returns to Cape Town

Retail

Food Indaba 2024 returns to Cape Town

4 Jul 2024

Charlise Finch, candidate attorney at Herold Gie

Legal

#YouthMonth: Harness your power to effect change - Charlise Finch

Shan Radcliffe 29 Jun 2024

UCT council adopts Gaza resolutions

Education

UCT council adopts Gaza resolutions

Matthew Hirsch 25 Jun 2024

Propel your startup with cohort 8 of the e-Track programme!

Entrepreneurship

Propel your startup with cohort 8 of the e-Track programme!

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 21 Jun 2024

In conversation with Cassim Motala: The role of business schools in shaping SA

Education

In conversation with Cassim Motala: The role of business schools in shaping SA

Ami Kapilevich, Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 20 Jun 2024

UCT GSB grows impact investing education in Africa

Education

UCT GSB grows impact investing education in Africa

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 19 Jun 2024

Farm workers and their children are exposed to pesticides that have been banned in Europe. These pesticides remain in the environment, and studies have found them all year round in three river catchments in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Steve Kretzmann 12 Jun 2024

Education

Curro Burgundy welcomes new operational head

12 Jun 2024

Professor Mosa Moshabela appointed UCT's new vice-chancellor

Education

Professor Mosa Moshabela appointed UCT's new vice-chancellor

30 May 2024

UCT Online High School opens applications for 2025 scholarship and bursary programme

Education

UCT Online High School opens applications for 2025 scholarship and bursary programme

28 May 2024

UCT receives R400m donation to construct Nelson Mandela Memorial Centre

Education

UCT receives R400m donation to construct Nelson Mandela Memorial Centre

24 May 2024

UCT students have set up about 10 tents with Palestinian flags and banners near the main plaza in solidarity with similar movements at universities like Wits and in the United States. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Education

UCT students set up camp in solidarity with Palestinians

Ashraf Hendricks 17 May 2024

“Dismay” at Stellenbosch senate’s rejection of call for Gaza ceasefire

Education

“Dismay” at Stellenbosch senate’s rejection of call for Gaza ceasefire

Matthew Hirsch 13 May 2024

UCT academics collaborate with global leaders to decarbonise concrete

Education

UCT academics collaborate with global leaders to decarbonise concrete

6 May 2024

Reddam students earn top honours in Cambridge International Academic Awards

Education

Reddam students earn top honours in Cambridge International Academic Awards

3 May 2024

Source: South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)

Healthcare

UCT academic appointed SAMRC president and CEO

3 May 2024

Unlocking the power of promotional trade marketing: A data-driven approach

Marketing & Media

Unlocking the power of promotional trade marketing: A data-driven approach

Issued by Tradeway 29 Apr 2024

Image source: Anna Ivanova –

Legal

#WorldIPDay: Celebrating the women connecting IP and science

Amy Anderson and Dirk Hanekom 26 Apr 2024

SADiLaR funding helps launch the ǂKhomani | Hugh Brody Archive

Education

SADiLaR funding helps launch the ǂKhomani | Hugh Brody Archive

Birgit Ottermann, Issued by North-West University (NWU) 25 Apr 2024

Tutu Puoane: the South African singer on creating her new album out of Lebo Mashile’s poetry

Lifestyle

Tutu Puoane: the South African singer on creating her new album out of Lebo Mashile’s poetry

Nomfundo Xaluva 18 Apr 2024

2025 university application dates: Everything you need to know

Education

2025 university application dates: Everything you need to know

Issued by FundiConnect 16 Apr 2024

New Future Africa research chair appointment a milestone alliance for SA universities

Education

New Future Africa research chair appointment a milestone alliance for SA universities

11 Apr 2024

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HR & Management

Is the new minimum wage sustainable... for employees?

9 Apr 2024

How UCT Online High School's Tanya du Toit became the country's top SAICA learner

Education

How UCT Online High School's Tanya du Toit became the country's top SAICA learner

Imran Salie 2 Apr 2024

Insights on vaping in South Africa

Lifestyle

Insights on vaping in South Africa

Issued by KLA 27 Mar 2024

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

Unveiling the heroes: A look behind the scenes of integrating palliative care into SA's public health system

Katja Hamilton 14 Mar 2024

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Retail

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Susan Goldstein, Mark Tomlinson, Rachel Wynberg and Tanya Doherty 5 Mar 2024

See: Opera UCT's global premiere

Lifestyle

See: Opera UCT's global premiere

1 Mar 2024

Opera UCT selected to stage global premiere

Lifestyle

Opera UCT selected to stage global premiere

Terry Levin 1 Mar 2024

6 exceptional individuals to receive honorary doctorates from UCT

Education

6 exceptional individuals to receive honorary doctorates from UCT

26 Feb 2024

Empowering the future: A young woman's rise to leadership in property at Boxwood

Property

Empowering the future: A young woman's rise to leadership in property at Boxwood

Issued by Catchwords 16 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Sarah Divaris, Boxwood Property Fund's new chief operating officer (COO).

Property

Sarah Divaris, Boxwood Property Fund's new COO

14 Feb 2024

Members of the University of Cape Town Employees Union (UCTEU) are on strike. They are demanding a 1.5% increase to 2023 salaries and a 7.5% increase to 2024 salaries, among other demands. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks /GroundUp

Education

Waive 'no work no pay' principle, say striking UCT workers

Liezl Human 14 Feb 2024

Source: SA government/@Twitter

Finance

Money and ageing: South African study shows cash grants help people live longer and have better memory function

14 Feb 2024