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latest news & developments1.9 million Cape Town residents face high to very high air pollution risk, new UCT research reveals
More than 40% of Cape Town’s population is exposed to high or very high air pollution risk, according to a new UCT study that reveals sharp environmental inequalities across the…
Top pupils get wings to help SA soar
Through the NSTF Brilliants Programme, a group of top maths and science learners are becoming tomorrow’s problem-solvers, innovators and leaders
Pharmaceuticals found in Hout Bay mussels
Medication and personal care products have accumulated in mussels that are far from the sewage outlet and river mouths
Powering the future: Senzability’s vision for renewable energy through mine rehabilitation
Lorraine Mvubelo is at the forefront of transforming South Africa’s mining landscape with Senzability Energy, a company dedicated to responsible mining practices while uplifting…
University of Pretoria still reviewing resolution on Palestine
Students and staff at the university who are sympathetic to Palestine have asked that it boycott all Israeli academic institutions
The cosmos decoders
IDIA team pioneers data-intensive astronomy in South Africa
Why do the student protests seem different this year?
Their demands and the reactions they solicit no longer match those of 2015’s #FeesMustFall – students need an actionable plan, funds, accommodation
UCT council offered to drop probe against vice-chancellor if she agreed to early-retirement package
Council said it would withdraw all allegations, including that Phakeng misled the senate and had a role in the resignation of executives
UCT council receives new claim from Kruger against vice-chancellor Phakeng
Meeting postponed to January as Phakeng faces mounting opposition to her leadership at the divided campus, including accusations of flouting governance processes
R27m: Cost to remove UCT vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng
She is accused of flouting governance processes, along with council chair Babalwa Ngonyama, particularly regarding the exit of deputy vice-chancellor Lis Lange
Predators: Beauties or beasts?
How farmers perceive jackal and caracal — as ‘beautiful’ or ‘thieves’ — determines whether they will tolerate them on their livestock farms
Penguins can’t get enough to eat
The causes include commercial fishing near their colonies and a scarcity of sardines and anchovies
UCT needs to clean up its dirty investments
The University has appointed a panel to advise the university on the fossil fuel intensity of its finances
EU-banned pesticides are harming farmworkers in SA
The department does not even have a list of registered pesticides, a damning report finds
‘Hopefully, it’s all been digitised . . .’
Actually, digitising archives is far more complex, expensive and arduous than it sounds