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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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,... 

The government has for the first time published its comprehensive case for banning the sale of tobacco products during the lockdown, saying emerging research shows smoking leads to more severe... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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.... 

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... 

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... 

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 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... 

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, 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... 

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... 

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... 

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,... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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.... 

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... 

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... 

South Africa is in the grip of a serious crisis of violence against women and children that demanded urgent action, including harsher punishment, President Cyril Ramaphosa told the National... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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” –... 

The cost of South Africa’s road maintenance backlog is nearing R417-billion, research undertaken by the University of Cape Town’s School of Economics academics Don Ross and Matthew Townshend have... 

We know a staggering volume of plastic waste is ending up in our oceans, but where it all goes is still a bit of a mystery. A ground-breaking new study aims to shed light on the subject, but... 

The ocean around Cape Town is so polluted that pharmaceutical and industrial chemical compounds are accumulating in the flesh of fish caught off the coast, reports GroundUp . Meanwhile, the City of... 

The University of Cape Town has moved up two places to 198 in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, placing it in the top 20% of the world’s universities. UCT keeps its title... 

Phumla and Songezo Nayo are a testament to hard work paying off.  The married couple, who entered the fuel industry, with no prior experience were committed and absolutely determined to make their... 

University of Cape Town (UCT) Department of Civil Engineering Emeritus Professor Mark Alexander’s wish to stand on top of a suspension bridge and experience its combined forces of nature and... 

University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business Professor Anton Eberhard has been appointed to the Global Commission to End Energy Poverty – a new initiative which aims to accelerate access to... 

The University of Limpopo, in partnership with SAB Foundation, has launched the University of Limpopo Student Seed Fund which will encourage and support student-owned social innovation enterprises.... 

Energy expert Anton Eberhard has called for renewable energy to play a far greater role in South Africa, adding that solar and wind energy had saved the country from what could have been a far... 

The rainy season in South Africa’s winter rainfall region is starting later in the year than it used to, according to a study conducted at the University of Cape Town (UCT). But Waarith Abrahams, a... 

To ensure its researchers maintain the highest of ethical standards, the University of Cape Town has become the first African university to adopt the Global Code of Conduct for Research in...