Prof Tanja Bosch, SARChI Chair in Digital Media Sociology and a professor in UCT’s Centre for Film and Media Studies, delivered their inaugural lecture on 29 July.

The inner genetic secrets of how the flowers of butterfly lilies break left-right symmetry have been revealed for the first time in a paper published in the prestigious journal ‘Science’.

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UCT’s Department of Molecular and Cell Biology recently hosted Grade 12 science learners for an immersive job-shadowing ...

“Thousands have lived without love – not one without water.” – WH Auden. The fifth instalment of the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Collective Conversations on Science for Society series, held on 27 ...

Governments and NGOs are increasingly using parenting support programmes as part of efforts to reduce violence against ...

“Many organisations were still relying on reactive approaches to fraud. By the time suspicious activity was identified, the damage had often already been done.” This was one of the reasons two ...

“I am capable of understanding science. I belong in rooms where big ideas are discussed. My questions have value. I do not need to be the only one to be the first. My curiosity is a strength, not a ...

Former judge Albie Sachs shared fond memories of what made former president Nelson Mandela the statesman he was.

Join the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Environmental Humanities South open access webinar series on African Environmentalism of Soil from 22 to 24 July. The three-part webinar series will explore ...

Researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are calling for urgent action to tackle South Africa’s worsening child malnutrition crisis. Drawing on more than two decades of research, they outline ...