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UCT’s Mamokgethi Phakeng becomes first Illustrious Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol
By: Thabi Shomolekae 27th September 2021 University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has been appointed as Bristol University’s first Bristol Illustrious... →
UCT still highest ranked in Africa despite Covid-19
By: Sane Dhlamini 6th September 2021 University of Cape Town vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng is pleased with the institution’s latest Times Higher Education ranking, which... →
DA welcomes continuation of school holiday – proposes innovative Curriculum recovery
30th August 2021 The DA welcomes the announcement by the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, that the October school holidays would not be scrapped. The... →
After the long Covid winter, spring is coming for Cape Town
30th August 2021 It was right here in Bonteheuwel, on a chilly winter’s morning in June 2004, that I came to my first DA meeting, at the home of Councillor Theresa... →
Covid-19 impacting informal, lower paying jobs the most – UCT analysis
By: Schalk Burger 18th August 2021 Using data from the National Income Dynamic Study’s Coronavirus rapid mobile surveys (NIDS-CRAM), the the University of Cape Town (UCT) Liberty... →
Promote police culture based on evidence, critical thought – UCT’s Anine Kriegler 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 13th August 2021 University of Cape Town Centre of Criminology researcher Anine Kriegler said on Friday that for South Africa to realistically improve its policing,... →
Same old funding model can’t keep South African cities going or serve residents
13th August 2021 Local government, neglected under apartheid in South Africa, was elevated in the 1996 constitution so as to strengthen democracy and help redress... →
People in 50+ age category should urgently get vaccinated - Western Cape health dept
By: News24Wire 12th August 2021 With almost 1.4-million vaccines administered, around a quarter of the Western Cape's eligible population has received at least one vaccine dose.... →
