Climate pledges must be more ambitious and focus on early and aggressive action to deal with global emissions.
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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.
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The Spanish flu episode highlights some elementary mistakes made back then which must be avoided at all costs to prevent another public health disaster.
Policies need to address human develop challenges, if people are to be equitably brought on line.
The right price for data ought to result from effective regulation and competition in the wholesale market.
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South Africa should not uncritically embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
President Ramaphosa’s emphasis on fighting crime is well placed. Most categories of violent crimes have risen dramatically over the past eight years.
The alarm being raised by multilateral financial institutions about rising government debt across Africa is exaggerated. The real problem is that African governments pay way over the odds for debt.
Academics face the choice of becoming a colony of the Northern mainstream or retreating into a Southern “indigenous” enclave. Both should be resisted.
Global cooperation is essential if climate action is to be effective, amid the right-wing onslaught against multilateralism.
The pharmaceutical waste from Buffalo City dump sites reveals that the sale of over-the-counter drugs remains vastly unregulated and under-researched.
The discovery of a new strain of HIV gives scientists a better understanding of the virus.
These trackways offer rare insights about ancient life in a stressful, hostile environment during the Early Jurassic.
From colonial poppy fields to pharmatrash, southern Africa offers a fascinating history of drug regimes – one that helps us make sense of drug policies and legislation today.
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To increase food production, climate challenges will need to be overcome.
Major investors profess support for efforts against climate change but have very little to show for their promises.
Interviewing dozens of South African cricketers across all levels of the sport finds a perception that transformation has, in fact, slowed since the early 1990s.
The causes of injuries to children are often linked to the circumstances in which people live.
There is a need to move from conventional cancer treatments to more targeted and personalised therapies.
Performance in mathematics matters for university entrance. Without it, school leavers are not eligible for many programmes.
Companies can make a significant contribution to the resilience of communities, and they need not do so only for philanthropic or regulatory reasons. At times, it makes good business sense.
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Professor of Development Finance & Insurance, University of Cape Town
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Director of Sleep Science and associate professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
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Research Officer / EIDM Specialist, University of Cape Town
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Research Fellow, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor Emeritus of Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Senior Researcher and Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Water and Production Economics Research Unit, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Senior Scientific Advisor, University of Cape Town
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Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, University of Cape Town
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Doctoral student FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer, South African College of Music, University of Cape Town
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Climate Scientist and Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Consultant, University of Cape Town
