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Social impact bonds fund welfare projects: how South Africa's first two have done
18th May 2021 Social impact bonds are a financing model for social welfare services based on “payment by results”. They are relatively new: the first was... →
Book shows the folly of painting Mandela as either saint or sellout
12th May 2021 There are two widely available views of Nelson Mandela, the first post-apartheid president of South Africa. The first is a reverential and... →
UCT scientists win grant to study genetics of floral asymmetry
By: Thabi Shomolekae 11th May 2021 University of Cape Town (UCT) scientists will collaborate to pinpoint the genes involved in floral asymmetry in South African plants and to... →
Statement by the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) on testimony delivered by UCT alumnus, Dr David Fowler, at the United States (US) trial of police officer Derek Chauvin
10th May 2021 The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has espoused the values of respect for human rights and human dignity,... →
Govt has eight weeks to decide on powership project after it clears environmental hurdle 
By: News24Wire 30th April 2021 Karpowership, the company bidding to moor five powerships in South African harbours for 20 years, cleared another hurdle when its environmental... →
Loss of print collections will be deeply felt – UCT Vice-Chancellor 
By: Sane Dhlamini 21st April 2021 Archival and published print collections kept in the University of Cape Town Jagger Reading Room have been destroyed by the fire that swept over... →
Why the fire on Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain was particularly devastating
21st April 2021 The devastating fire that ran its course across the side of Table Mountain in Cape Town this week has put the spotlight back on the management of... →
UCT stresses safety as it plans to return students to accommodation
By: Thabi Shomolekae 21st April 2021 The University of Cape Town announced on Wednesday that it is planning for the return of students to university accommodation now that the fire... →
