Restless natives, native questions
- 26 Aug 2011 00:00 -
- The humanities in SA will not survive unless we recognise they have sometimes been harnessed to political agendas.
The closed doors of academe
- 18 Jul 2011 15:19 - Stuart Saunders
- One size does not fit all when assisting students who are not ready for higher education, says Stuart Saunders.
South African scientists to track penguins in wild
- 18 Jul 2011 13:32 - Donna Bryson
- South African scientists are fitting young penguins raised by humans with satellite transmitters so they can track them once released into the wild.
Turning up the heat through solar power
- 04 Mar 2011 09:50 - Fiona Macleod
- The mass roll-out of solar water heaters in low income communities needs to be accompanied by consultation.
Researchers scan cyclists' brains at race speed
- 24 May 2011 12:58 - Staff Reporter
- Researchers have found a way to measure the brain activity of cyclists at racing speed, breaking new ground in the study of how the brain works.
Forced HIV testing up for debate
- 20 May 2011 00:00 - Lesley Odendal
- If people knew their status, new infections would decrease. The question is how to achieve this.
Taking cheap shots at UCT
- 13 May 2011 11:59 - Leslie London
- The University of Cape Town has considered all views on the Centre for African Studies fairly.
Science initiatives
- 03 Apr 2011 11:32 - Teacher Reporter
- A comprehensive learning kit for physical science teachers and learners has been put together by Sasol.
Lessons in continued oppression
- 29 Apr 2011 15:22 - Staff Reporter
- A collective of students who oppose the so-called disestablishment of the Centre for African Studies at UCT share their thoughts.
'Another world'? Let's talk ...
- 18 Apr 2011 10:15 -
- The public debate on African studies at UCT has been shockingly revealing.
Grasping difference
- 18 Apr 2011 10:04 - Leonhard Praeg
- The debate around the Centre for African Studies at UCT is really about the perceived need to institutionalise difference.
Don't blame teachers for failure
- 08 Apr 2011 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- Blaming and shaming South Africa's schoolteachers will do nothing to heal the country's dysfunctional education system.
More universities to query Israeli links as UJ severs ties
- 25 Mar 2011 10:13 - Ilham Rawoot
- Links between other SA universities and their counterparts in Israel are now likely to come under the scrutiny of boycott campaigners.
'Superschool' will not do justice to African languages
- 25 Mar 2011 00:00 - Staff Reporter
- Menan du Plessis has a keen interest in UCT's mooted merger of linguistics into a new "superschool" that would subsume CAS.
The ghetto in the ivory tower
- 25 Mar 2011 00:00 - Harry Garuba
- Centres for African studies are more imperative today than they have ever been, writes Harry Garuba.
No threat to African centre
- 18 Mar 2011 00:00 - Max Price
- The debate should focus on the nature and place of African studies in an African university, writes Max Price.
Africa's health up in smoke
- 19 Nov 2010 11:12 - Kamogelo Seekoei
- The continent's reliance on biomass has lethal results, report says.
In a galaxy far, far away...
- 09 Nov 2010 15:30 - Staff Reporter
- In December 2009, UCT's Department of Astronomy was awarded the Chair in Extragalactic Multi-Wavelength Astronomy.
An African dinosaur
- 09 Nov 2010 15:19 - Staff Reporter
- UCT's professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan and a team of international researchers has identified a very special African dinosaur.
Top award for information systems research
- 09 Nov 2010 15:09 - Staff Reporter
- Professor Michael Kyobe won an award at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2009.
