Located on the slopes of Devil’s Peak in Cape Town, the University of Cape Town is a leading, research-intensive university in South Africa and on the continent, known for its academic excellence and pioneering scholarship. The university is home to a third of South Africa’s A-rated researchers (acknowledged by the Department of Science and Technology as international leaders in their field) and a fifth of the country’s national research chairs. UCT encourages students and staff to use their expertise to speed up social change and economic development across the country and continent, while pursuing the highest standards of excellence in academic knowledge and research: developing African solutions to African challenges that are also shared by developing nations around the world.
UCT, like the city of Cape Town, has a vibrant, cosmopolitan community drawn from all corners of South Africa. It also attracts students and staff from more than 100 countries in Africa and the rest of the world. The university has strong partnerships and networks with leading African and other international institutions - helping to enrich the academic, social and cultural diversity of the campus as well as to extend the reach of UCT’s academic work.
Day Zero will be the start of active water rationing when taps will be cut off and people will have to go to collection sites.
Le placenta constitue un moyen privilégié de comprendre le développement du bébé, puisqu’il s’agit du seul lien entre l'organisme de la mère et celui de l’enfant.
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Les femmes porteuses du VIH présentent des taux plus élevés d’accouchements prématurés. Le placenta pourrait être en cause, montrant son rôle capital dans la protection du fœtus.
Jacob Zuma leaves after announcing his resignation at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
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When day zero arrives in Cape Town, the routine surveillance systems that monitor disease outbreaks will be enhanced to pick up new diseases.
South Africa’s Justice Dikgang Moseneke presided over hearings into the deaths of 144 mentally ill patients who were moved to unregistered NGOs.
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Arbitration hearings into the deaths of mentally ill patients has brought to light shocking cruelty and neglect on the part of South African officials.
The treatment gap for people living with mental illness in Africa is huge.
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Multichoice’s dominant power over South Africa’s public sphere suggests that dropping ANN7 may send a bad signal for media freedom and democratic debate.
The placenta could hold the answers to why HIV positive women report higher rates of premature deliveries.
South Africa’s Jacob Zuma and Russia’s Vladimir Putin meeting in 2015. Should South Africa be relying on Russia for nuclear energy?
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Failure by South Africa’s prosecuting authority to pursue those identified in the ‘Gupta e-mails’ points to dereliction of its duty.
Cyril Ramaphosa, the deputy president of South Africa and new president of the governing ANC, faces a dilemma in rooting out corruption.
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Amos Tutuola has contributed significantly to the resilience of ways of life and worldviews that could easily have disappeared under the weight of colonialism, globalisation and the market economy.
Bitcoin, persis aset-aset lain seperti emas, tidak mendatangkan pendapatan. Bitcoin mengancam peran tradisional bank dan bank sentral. Berpotensi jadi gelembung yang bisa pecah kapan saja.
In announcing free higher education, South African President Jacob Zuma, lobbed a populist hot potato at the ANC elective conference but it’s ordinary people whose fingers will be burnt.
The extent to which mobile phones can support and sustain real improvement in young lives is depressingly finite unless significant interventions occur.
Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town