African countries need to unite and negotiate strongly at COP29 for more climate change adaptation grants and fewer loans that only leave the continent paying back debt.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
University of Cape Town
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.
Links
Displaying 1 - 20 of 1047 articles
There’s an opportunity for Africa’s cities to learn from the successes and challenges faced by cities in other parts of the world.
The film explores the lasting impact of the killings on the Mitchells Plain community and raises questions about the police investigation.
Les 33 milliards de dollars de droits de tirage du FMI accordés aux pays africains après le COVID n'ont ni accru leur dette, ni été assortis de conditions, ni coûté aux donateurs.
The $33 billion that African countries received under the IMF’s special drawing rights after COVID didn’t add to their debt, came without conditions and didn’t cost donors a cent.
Digital immersion has many benefits – and plenty of pitfalls, too.
South Africa’s 100,000 plus coal workers need job relocation grants, skills training in renewable energy work and income support once the coal industry closes.
Une analyse de l'impact de l'élevage de perroquets sur la conservation des perroquets sauvages révèle qu'il est essentiel de réduire la demande des consommateurs pour ces oiseaux.
A Colonial Boy is a welcome book for Eppel scholars, but some readers may be put off by its use of literary sketches.
To get maximum benefits from using social media for teaching in South Africa schools, many things should be put in place.
A review of the impact of parrot farming on conservation of wild parrots shows that consumer demand for the birds must be reduced.
HIV expert Linda-Gail Bekker talks to The Conversation Weekly about promising results from a trial of a new drug for HIV prevention.
Ancient human genomes reconstructed from remains at a southern African rock shelter show remarkable genetic continuity over time.
L'histoire de l'Afrique ne se limite pas aux conflits, à la pauvreté et à la mauvaise gouvernance ; elle mérite une couverture plus nuancée.
The award-winning South African playwright has written a masterful short story about a woman having to play a challenging theatre role.
Dans un monde hyper-connecté et numérique, il n'est ni pratique ni utile de maintenir les enfants et les adolescents hors ligne.
Quantitative indicators fall short of recognising and rewarding the many aspects on which a healthy scholarly ecosystem depends.
The African story is not just about conflict, corruption, poverty, poor leadership, bad politics and disease. Its coverage should be more nuanced.
Ten years ago South Africa committed to invest in its young children. This vision has not been realised.
Une analyse comparative a révélé des incohérences dans l'utilisation des indicateurs économiques par les agences de notation pour évaluer les pays africains par rapport à d'autres régions.
Authors
-
Honorary Professor, University of Cape Town
-
Research associate at African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
-
Professor at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
-
Senior Researcher, University of Cape Town
-
Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, The EthicsLab, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
-
Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, University of Cape Town
-
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
-
Professor, University of Cape Town
-
Senior Researcher at the Children's Institute, University of Cape Town
-
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of English Literary Studies, University of Cape Town
-
Researcher , University of Cape Town
-
Research Associate, Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town
-
Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape Town
-
Associate professor, University of Cape Town
-
Lecturer and Researcher in Information Systems, University of Cape Town
