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rating: 5
relative_time_description: 6 months ago
text: I took my boys who are grade 12, to your open day on May 10th. Even my 13 year old tagged along because he too wanted the experience. The reception was great. Seeing attendees from other schools definitely proved UWC as the preferred choice of tertiary institution. I loved the state of the art facilities, infrastructure and cleanliness of the grounds. There is just something great at UDUBS and I'm loving it! A token of appreciation goes to the student council, lecturers, staff and security who were so accommodating and helpful. They were so eager to assist and answer any question we had. I really enjoyed the jazz band as entertainment while the kids explored the campus. We need to see more of the band👌 Keep up the great work🙂
publish_time: '2025-05-14T09:07:33.372460Z'
- author_name: clifford ogutu
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rating: 5
relative_time_description: 2 years ago
text: Got nothing short of beautiful memories. Such a lovely institution with state of art facilities. One thing that stood out for me was the cleanines around the university and the top notch security. The university has a lot of world class infrastructure ranging from sports playing areas, lecture halls to mention but a few. Staff are extremely welcoming as well.
publish_time: '2023-01-07T11:54:39.357838Z'
- author_name: Zaida Da Silva Bastra
author_uri: https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/108025145510173470372/reviews
rating: 3
relative_time_description: 3 years ago
text: 'On entering you need to provide your vaccine card.
Clean spaces and easy registration process
Adequate parking spots
Helpful and friendly staff'
publish_time: '2022-02-21T06:56:43.224115Z'
- author_name: Nangamso Giyose
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rating: 5
relative_time_description: 5 months ago
text: Aims sec mega maths festival is great 😃🎆😮‍💨
publish_time: '2025-07-07T16:27:06.029312987Z'
- author_name: Yasierah Adonis
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rating: 4
relative_time_description: 3 years ago
text: My Anywhoo's... It's been a while since I've been back at UWC as a student 😂. Well, everything still looks the same. Some construction happening 🤷‍♀️. But anyways, it was a ghost town. Security is still the same, obviously... The School of Governance looks a bit run down. Apparently since the "Fees must Fall" Era. Other than that, same old same old. Actually got a parking 😂😂😂, that says alot. So.. 👍 And Until next time... 😉
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description: "Topic: Social work and the arts: A transdisciplinary process to promote creativity, self-expression and social cohesion\n\nAbstract:\nSocial work is both a practice-based and academic discipline directed at the empowerment of people, social cohesion and social change. In accordance with this description, the presentation reports on transdisciplinary work and research to empower individuals through artistic self-expression, and to promote social inclusion and cohesion through joint artistic activities. Joint music-making serves as the example to report on the outcomes of various projects. These projects focused on participating students personal and professional development, as well as the social impact of artistic community engagement projects. Working from a hermeneutics perspective, the appreciative inquiry model is presented as a practice framework to enhance the social dimensions of joint music-making in learning and teaching activities, intended for preparing students from various disciplines to facilitate artistic community engagement projects to promote social inclusion and cohesion. \n\nSpeaker Biography:\nMarichen van der Westhuizen completed a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work at Stellenbosch University. Subsequently, she obtained a Magister in Diaconiolagiae and Doctor in Philosophy (direction Social Work) degree at the University of South Africa, focusing on the development of social work guidelines for aftercare to adolescents with substance use disorders. She started her academic career in 2006, marked by international and transdisciplinary collaborations and research. She joined the University of the Western Capes Department of Social Service Professions, hosting the disciplines of social work and community development, in 2019. Since 2020, she is the Head of Department. In addition to a continued focus on the treatment of substance use disorders, she has a particular research interest in community work and development towards social inclusion, ecological social work, supported education at Higher Education Institutions, and intercultural social work and the arts.\n\n#IAmUWC #UWCInauguralLecture"
published_at: '2025-10-17T04:34:46Z'
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- video_id: LLd4Mh_pUVU
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title: Inaugural Lecture of Prof AJ Smit | Natural Sciences
description: 'Professor Albertus J (AJ) Smit has been with the Department of Biodiversity & Conservation Biology at the University of the Western Cape since 2014. Trained as an ecophysiologist, he began with laboratory studies of nitrogen acquisition in algae and broadened this into investigations of trophic dependencies in marine systems. That orientation expanded further when climate science demanded attention to the physical processes of dynamic coasts and the power of large open datasets. Today, his research centres on the ways extreme climatic events in the ocean shape the functioning of coastal ecosystems.
Topic: Between Two Oceans: Currents, Climate, And The Future Of South Africas Coasts
Abstract
South Africa is a natural laboratory between two oceans. On the one side, the Agulhas Current brings warm, subtropical waters down the east coast, carrying heat and moisture that shape the regions humid climate. On the west, the Benguela Current drives cold, nutrient-rich upwelling that fuels one of the most productive marine ecosystems on Earth. Nowhere else does such stark geographical compression of oceanic contrasts occur across so narrow a continental margin. These boundary currents generate extraordinary biodiversity and exerts influence at planetary scales: as Agulhas leakage feeds the Atlantic circulation central to climate regulation, the Benguelas fertility underpins industrial-scale fisheries that sustain livelihoods, food security, and coastal economies. But the world is changing. The Agulhas Current is intensifying heat transport, shifting regimes along the subtropicaltemperate boundary. In the Benguela, the southern reaches are cooling even as offshore and northern sectors trend warmer, a divergence driven by reconfigured wind systems. These atmospheric shifts cascade through the marine domain, reshaping nutrient delivery, biological productivity, and the ecological underpinnings of our coasts. The consequences are real and form the subject of this lecture. I will examine evidence for change in the physical ocean and explore how the ecosystems that sustain biodiversity, the people whose food security depends on fisheries, and the industries whose fortunes rise and fall with the sea are being forced into new, uncertain'
published_at: '2025-10-16T04:47:25Z'
duration: PT1H45M10S
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- video_id: vwVsMzC4SeQ
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title: Inaugural Lecture of Prof Marieta du Plessis | Economic and Management Sciences
description: ''
published_at: '2025-10-15T04:07:10Z'
duration: PT1H8M41S
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- video_id: TzjtYqpVa9w
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzjtYqpVa9w
title: Inauguration of the Newly Elected Student Representative Council (SRC)
description: Inauguration of the Newly Elected Student Representative Council (SRC)
published_at: '2025-10-15T02:29:22Z'
duration: PT1H30M37S
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- video_id: 3EyONFSsc80
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title: Inaugural Lecture of Prof Maria Florence | Community and Health Sciences
description: ''
published_at: '2025-10-14T04:29:52Z'
duration: PT1H34M51S
view_count: 418
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- video_id: TNVg4xcSgy4
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title: UWC Rectors Message to Students | Exam Motivation 2025
description: 'Hey UWC fam — the Rectors got a message for you! 💙
As exams approach, remember to stay focused, trust your prep, and clock it.
Youve got the skills, the knowledge, and the drive — now go slay those exams.
#iamuwc'
published_at: '2025-10-10T13:12:11Z'
duration: PT36S
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- video_id: dEvDuPKdgr8
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title: UWC Rector and Vice-Chancellor Staff Message
description: 'As the exam and marking season begins, the Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Robert Balfour, extends heartfelt thanks to every UWC staff member for their hard work and commitment throughout the year. Your efforts truly make UWC stronger. #IAmUWC'
published_at: '2025-10-10T13:11:10Z'
duration: PT1M5S
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- video_id: 1zMA2FdFVkw
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title: The Centre for African Fintech, Innovation and Law Launch
description: ''
published_at: '2025-10-08T12:54:02Z'
duration: P0D
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- video_id: mrUvEJcLVlo
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title: UWC Sports Awards 2025
description: ''
published_at: '2025-10-02T13:58:04Z'
duration: PT2M35S
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- video_id: Rt4X1mxAZSg
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title: Leisure Education Programs Seminar
description: This seminar will explore how leisure education programs can support families in embracing members with disabilities, fostering stronger bonds, inclusion, and overall family connectedness.
published_at: '2025-09-26T00:03:18Z'
duration: PT50M40S
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- video_id: frxlg8BQrls
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title: Inaugural Lecture of Prof John-Mark Iyi | Law
description: 'Topic: Beyond Crisis and Credibility in International Legal Reform: Africa at a Critical Juncture
Abstract:
Historically, the most fundamental changes in international law-making processes have been driven by crises. The League of Nations and the United Nations were established in the aftermath of World War I and II respectively. On both occasions, Africa was essentially a norm-taker in an international law that legitimises its subordination. While the end of the Cold War constrained Africas potential as a norm-entrepreneur, the current global crises is a critical juncture for Africa to contribute to shaping a new international legal order. What should be Africas role and how should Africa approach this
endeavour? In this lecture, I argue that Africa is presented with a Bandung Moment-type of historic
opportunity to drive the reform of international law. Africas approach to a new international legal order should be underpinned by three key pillars: first, assertive continental sovereignty; second, extra-legal international legal reform norm-entrepreneurship; and third, a decolonised continental international legal policy. These propositions are framed by theoretical paradigms of the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL).
Speaker Biography:
John-Mark Iyi obtained his LLB (Hons) from the University of Benin in Nigeria in 1998 and
the Barrister-at Law (Hons) from the Nigerian Law School in 2000. Between 2001 and 2002
he taught at the Nigerian Police College Maiduguri and in 2003, he obtained a Certificate in
Peace Research from the International University of Oslo. In 2008, be obtained an LLM from
the University of Ibadan in 2008 where he was overall best graduating student. Prof Iyi received
his PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2014 where he was a Webber Wentzel
Scholar, and an Associate of the Wits Programme in Law Justice and Development in Africa.
From 2014 to 2016, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the South African Research
Chair in International Law, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and he was appointed a
Senior Lecturer at the University of Fort Hare in June 2016. He was appointed an Associate
Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Venda in July 2017 from where he joined the
University of the Western Cape in January 2020. Professor Iyi is a C1 NRF rated researcher
and he researches in public international law from an African perspective. He is the author of
several publications including Humanitarian Intervention and the AU-ECOWAS Intervention
Treaties under International Law: Towards a Theory of Regional Responsibility to Protect
(Springer 2016); co-editor of Boko Haram and International Law: Mapping the Legal Terrain
for Accountability (Springer 2018).
#IAmUWC #UWCInauguralLecture'
published_at: '2025-09-24T04:59:46Z'
duration: PT1H47M20S
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- video_id: 3_C0347sWjc
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title: Inaugural Lecture of Prof Anthony Diala | Law
description: 'Topic: The foundational values of indigenous laws as the framework for African common laws
Abstract:
Indigenous laws were predominant in Africa before European colonialism. In many communities, these laws still govern marriages, burials, succession, land tenure and dispute resolution. However, they are threatened by universalist ideas of proper behaviour, which manifest in norm-killing law reforms. Drawing from multi-country field research, I argue that the foundational values of indigenous laws reveal conflict of law dynamics involving traditional and modern lifestyles. Since these values depict collective beliefs about (in)appropriate conduct, they illumine the agrarian origins of indigenous laws, especially their patriarchal nature in contemporary modernity. Properly ascertained, these values could form the groundwork for the emergence of a common law in South Africa and beyond.
Speaker Biography:
Anthony Diala is the pioneer director of the Centre for Legal Integration in Africa at the UWC. He specialises in the interaction of normative orders. He has executed field projects with grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Social Science Research Council of New York, the Nordic Africa Institute, and the South African National Research Foundation (NRF). Diala co-edits the African Journal of Legal Studies. Among others, he is a member of the International Academy of Comparative Law and the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies. He advises agencies such as the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, the International Development Research Centre, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, and South Africas Law Reform Commission. He has taught in Germany, Italy and Nigeria, and worked in the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and a non-profit in Nigeria. The NRF awarded him a C2 rating in 2020.
#IAmUWC #UWCInauguralLecture'
published_at: '2025-09-23T04:37:48Z'
duration: PT1H33M16S
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- video_id: CziGk9tqDto
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CziGk9tqDto
title: Annual Keith Gottschalk Public Lecture
description: ''
published_at: '2025-09-15T23:55:00Z'
duration: PT2H4M46S
view_count: 172
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- video_id: M9X9BxZoLns
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9X9BxZoLns
title: UWC Spring Graduation | 12 September 2025 | 14h30 Ceremony 2
description: ''
published_at: '2025-09-13T04:18:49Z'
duration: PT3H32M50S
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- video_id: is-ceTPxXEU
video_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is-ceTPxXEU
title: UWC Spring Graduation | 12 September 2025 | 09h30 Ceremony 1
description: ''
published_at: '2025-09-12T23:19:18Z'
duration: PT3H52M52S
view_count: 7176
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- video_id: VIwBGy2Jlvw
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title: Inaugural Lecture of Prof Fiona Anciano | Economic and Management Sciences
description: 'Topic: Beyond the Ballot: Rethinking Urban Governance in the Shadows of Democracy
Abstract:
Who governs when the state does not deliver? How does this mesh with democracy in principle and practice? South Africa is known for its strong civil society and celebrated democratic ethos. Yet, the governance systems introduced during the democratic transition have largely failed to deliver economic freedom. This lecture brings together two conceptual frameworks - urban governance and participatory democracy - to examine both the promises and the pitfalls of democracy in contemporary South African cities. It reflects on how urban governance actually functions, and who holds the power to shape the city, when citizens feel increasingly disconnected from the outcomes of formal democratic processes. The talk will draw on two decades of innovative participatory research with marginalized residents in South African cities, using visual material from methods such as Photovoice and storytelling. Collectively, these conceptual frameworks and qualitative data indicate that strengthening democratic governance to achieve more justice-oriented service delivery requires an in-depth understanding of the nature, practices, and potential of joint governance - which may be collaborative or conflictual - between government, residents and civil society. Neither state-centric approaches, with their reliance on technical policy solutions, nor formal democratic processes alone have produced just and sustainable service delivery. Instead, I reflect on the role of informal governance and how it contributes to what can be termed a participatory patchwork democracy — a form of everyday democratic practice that builds meaningfully on South Africas democratic ethos.
Speaker Biography:
Fiona is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies and holds a UWC Chair in Citizenship and Democracy. She is Head of the Politics and Urban Governance Research Group, in UWCs EMS Faculty and a visiting researcher at University West, Sweden. She previously held the positions of Deputy Dean of Learning and Teaching and Acting Deputy Dean of Research in EMS. She is a qualitative researcher, specializing in Participatory Action Research methods with an interest in urban governance, democratisation and civil society. Working with global teams she has secured over twenty grants supporting comparative urban research and capacity building for early career researchers. She is a cluster co-chair of the global Participedia network and an advisory board member of, and active collaborator with the UNESCO Chair on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Expansion of Political Space. She has produced numerous publications including the co-authored book Democracy Disconnected: Participation and Governance in a City of the South published by Routledge, United Kingdom.
#IAmUWC #UWCInauguralLecture'
published_at: '2025-09-05T04:37:27Z'
duration: PT1H48M5S
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- video_id: 4_fGQY6CAcI
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title: Inaugural Lecture of Prof Megan Shaw | Natural Sciences
description: 'Topic: Adventures in virology: Exploring how viruses cause disease, and discovering new antiviral strategies
Abstract:
Viruses can infect all living organisms, and we call them obligate parasites because they rely entirely on the cellular machinery of the host they infect. Once inside a host, they can reprogram the infected cell, turning it into a copy machine for producing millions of new viruses. The host attempts to defend itself by activating an immune response, setting the stage for the battle of virus versus host. Over the past 20 years, I have studied this battle and uncovered some of the molecular interactions between viruses and hosts that occur in infected cells. In my lecture, I will take you on this journey and discuss how this knowledge helps us understand how viruses cause disease and how it can be used to develop new strategies for discovering antiviral drugs.
Speaker Biography:
Megan Shaw is a Professor in the Department of Medical Biosciences at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), and she also holds adjunct and extraordinary appointments at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (USA) and Stellenbosch University, respectively. She earned a PhD in Virology from the University of Glasgow (UK) and started her academic career in the USA before moving to UWC in 2019. She specializes in research on RNA viruses, particularly respiratory viruses, with a focus on early-stage discovery of antiviral drugs and understanding how viruses interact with their hosts at a molecular level. She has published extensively in these areas, filed patents on her discoveries, and served on the editorial boards of several international journals.
#IAmUWC #UWCInauguralLecture'
published_at: '2025-09-04T04:41:32Z'
duration: PT1H36M55S
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- video_id: iLPbVR5x6lo
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title: Inaugural Lecture of Prof Rajendran Govender | Education
description: 'Topic: From the Roots of the Syzygium Tree to the Summit of Mathematical Thinking: Modelling as a Catalyst for Creativity, Criticality and Self-Directed Learning
Abstract:
In an era where the ability to think critically, flexibly, and independently is as important as content knowledge, how do we prepare future mathematics teachers to rise to this challenge? This Inaugural Lecture draws on a compelling metaphor—the Syzygium (Water-Berry) tree—to explore how real-world mathematical modelling tasks can nurture creative and self-directed learning in pre-service mathematics teachers. Using deceptively simple yet cognitively rich problems—like estimating the height of a tree, counting the number of leaves on a tree —this research illuminates how context-rich, open-ended tasks stimulate deeper understanding, adaptive reasoning, and the development of modelling competencies. Illuminating engaging pedagogies nested in a constructivist paradigm, this lecture will exemplify how a mathematical project can move beyond textbook exercises to become a pedagogical growing tree—rooted in authentic inquiry, branching into multiple perspectives, and cultivating the fruits of creative and critical engagement.
Speaker Biography:
Professor Rajendran Govender is an internationally recognized scholar in Mathematics Education and the Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of the Western Cape. He holds a PhD & MEd in Mathematics Education, a BSc Honours in Mathematics and a PGDip in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (cum laude), reflecting his strong grounding in both subject content and pedagogical innovation.
With over 40 years of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership, he is known for his transformative and inclusive approach to education. His research focuses on geometry reasoning and proof, mathematical modelling, and the integration of emerging technologies—such as Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality—into mathematics education and teacher training. In 2022, he was admitted as a Teaching Advancement at Universities (TAU) Fellow, recognising his scholarly leadership in teaching and learning. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, books, and technical reports, and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Pythagoras, a DHET-accredited journal, and Series Editor for UWCs AOSIS Book Series.
#IAmUWC #UWCInauguralLecture'
published_at: '2025-09-02T04:39:55Z'
duration: PT1H21M40S
view_count: 546
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- video_id: jHAaZaCNwSc
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title: 'Between Home and Host Nation: Experiences of Family Violence in African Australian Contexts'
description: ''
published_at: '2025-09-01T17:53:48Z'
duration: P0D
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- video_id: vAXDLhaHbGw
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title: Postgraduate Study at UWC
description: 'Higher education is going places—and so is UWC. From research excellence to postgraduate opportunities, our journey is powered by resilience and ambition. Are you ready to hop on?
Learn more: https://bit.ly/UWC-Postgrad
#IAmUWC #UWCPostgrad'
published_at: '2025-09-01T13:10:46Z'
duration: PT1M37S
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- video_id: Cd_hlBWTRtk
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title: Inaugural Lecture of Prof Shaheed Soeker | Community and Health Sciences
description: "Topic: Enhancing the worker role for persons with disabilities: Are we doing enough\n\nEnhancing the worker role for persons with disabilities: Are we doing enough?\nReturning to work for individuals who have sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) remains problematic despite them completing rehabilitation programs. Statistics indicate a high prevalence of TBI in South Africa with many individuals with TBI not returning work. The lack of return to work among TBI survivors are particularly due to factors such as injury severity, pre-injury educational and occupational status, and age at injury. \n\nThere have been many approaches to enable the successful return to work for people with disability and in particular individuals with TBI. However there has been mixed success, with no strong evidence from a South African perspective. Furthermore, despite the legislature that is favourable for the employment of persons with disability, the employment rate remains questionable. So, the question remains: Are we doing enough to enhance the worker role for individuals with disabilities such as traumatic brain injury survivors? \n\nBiography of Professor Shaheed Soeker\nMogammad Shaheed Soeker (PhD) is a Professor and Deputy Dean (Clinical and Community Engagement) in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences at the University of the Western Cape. After qualifying, he worked as an Occupational Therapist for the Department of Health and as an Incapacity Management Specialist in the Insurance Industry. Thereafter he worked as a consultant to stakeholders in the Medico Legal Industry. \n\nDr Soeker has extensive experience in the area of vocational rehabilitation and work practice model development in occupational therapy. He has published more than 60 articles and chapters in international peer reviewed journals and books. Furthermore, he has been awarded an NRF (Y2) rating in 2017 and (C3) rating in January 2021 and has been called upon to be a keynote speaker at various international conferences. Dr Soeker serves as the Chairperson of the Research Committee of the Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa (OTASA) and Deputy Chairperson of an NGO called the Brain Injury Trust. \n\n#IAmUWC #UWCInauguralLecture"
published_at: '2025-08-29T04:21:16Z'
duration: PT1H19M6S
view_count: 408
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- video_id: 3FhV7HBcDGg
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title: 10 Years of Staff Giving — Building the Next Chapter Together | Prof Robert Balfour
description: "This September marks 10 years of staff giving at UWC. Over the past decade, staff contributions have exceeded R1.5 million (an average of R150'000 per year) — a meaningful demonstration of our shared commitment to transformation, equity, and care.\n\nOn 01 September 2025, we will launch the 2025 UWC Staff Campaign. This year, we aim to raise R300,000 by 31 October 2025. It is an ambitious goal, but one we believe is within reach if we work together. \n\nYou can take part in many ways — through monthly giving, a once-off contribution, or by sharing your story. Over the coming weeks, we will share staff experiences, provide campaign updates, and introduce new ways to get involved, including departmental challenges and legacy pledges.\n\nMake your pledge, share your story and help to be part of the next 10 inspiring years.\n\n#IAmUWC #UWCStaffCampaign"
published_at: '2025-08-28T07:55:11Z'
duration: PT1M41S
view_count: 271
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- video_id: volmy1kh_EY
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title: Inaugural Lecture of Prof Tertius Kohn | Natural Sciences
description: 'Topic: From Muscle Fibres to Performance: Exploring the Biology of Strength, Weakness, and Adaptation
Abstract: Skeletal muscle is vital for movement, posture, and metabolism. Its function depends on units of actin and myosin powered by ATP from energy systems using glucose, glycogen, lactate, and creatine phosphate. We study muscle structure, metabolism, and contractility in humans and wild animals. Through molecular biology, physiology, and biochemistry, we investigate how muscle adapts or declines with age, exercise, disease, and environmental stress. Key focus areas include glucose and lactate metabolism, muscle fatigue and recovery, and early markers of metabolic dysfunction. The flagship “Lactate Study” explores early predictors of insulin resistance in young South African men. Other themes include genetic and environmental drivers of muscle adaptation, chronic disease-related muscle weakness, and exercise as both therapy and stressor. Comparative studies in wild animals further reveal limits of muscle performance linking basic science to health and sport.
Biography: Tertius Kohn is an NRF-rated professor in the Department of Medical Bioscience at the University of the Western Cape. His research focuses on skeletal muscle structure, metabolism, and contractility in humans and wild animals to better understand muscle diseases and uncover mechanisms behind superior athletic performance. He earned his PhD at Stellenbosch University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Cape Town, studying glucose transporters, mitochondrial biogenesis, and exercise regulation.
#IAmUWC #UWCInauguralLecture'
published_at: '2025-08-28T04:57:33Z'
duration: PT1H46M25S
view_count: 604
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- video_id: LRSqFRHSMu8
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title: UWC's Women in Science Research | Dr Nompumelelo Ikegwuoha
description: 'Dr Nompumelelo Ikegwuoha, lecturer at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and researcher at the Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics (IMBM), is diving deep - literally - into the microbial mysteries of the sea. Her lab isnt filled with bubbling cauldrons or lightning bolts - though the science is just as electrifying.
Read the full story: https://www.uwc.ac.za/news-and-announcements/news/woman-scientist-diving-into-oceans-medicine-cabinet
#IAmUWC'
published_at: '2025-08-27T08:20:46Z'
duration: PT2M21S
view_count: 127
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title: Inaugural Lecture of Prof Fiona Moolla | Arts and Humanities
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Abstract:
I have been a reader and scholar of African literature for the greater part of my life. In recent years, it has struck me that emotions have not been foregrounded in the Anglophone writing that has come to represent African literature internationally from around the mid-twentieth century. Neither have emotions been identified as a serious and sustained focus in African literature scholarship. This inaugural lecture, through a reading of the work of a few icons of African literature, speculates about some of the complex gendered and racially inflected reasons why emotions have been elided. It uses the emotion of love, in particular, as it emerges in the work of Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo to interrogate the representation (and misrepresentation) of emotion in the novels of Nigerian writers Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka. The concept of the emotion is socially and culturally constructed and is crucial to understanding the constitution of the self and theories of knowledge. It is hoped that this inaugural lecture will inaugurate a broader critical and reflective study of emotions in African literature.
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F. Fiona Moolla is a Professor in the English Department and has been the Deputy Dean of Research and Postgraduate Study in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities since 2023. She is an NRF C2-Rated researcher, and the author of Reading Nuruddin Farah: The Individual, the Novel & the Idea of Home (James Currey, 2014), and the editor of Natures of Africa: Ecocriticism and Animal Studies in Contemporary Cultural Forms (WITS UP, 2016), among numerous other academic and non-academic publications. Emotions in African literature and culture is her current field of interest, where she is co-editor of the forthcoming Routledge History of Love in World Literature and Culture. Prof Moolla has won many research and creative writing awards, and is on the editorial boards of prestigious national and international journals.
#IAmUWC #UWCInauguralLecture'
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title: FinTech Law and Regulation | Professor Vivienne Lawack
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The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is accepting applications for South Africas first postgraduate diploma in Financial Technology (Fintech) Law and Regulation.
The timing couldnt be more critical. Fintech is reshaping how financial consumers access and engage with services, from crypto assets and digital tokens to robo-advisors and AI-powered fraud detection.
For more info and to apply for the Postgraduate Diploma in Fintech Law and Regulation, email: infocafil@uwc.ac.za
#IAmUWC #UWCPostgrad'
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#IAmUWC'
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description: "If you ever thought science was all lab coats and serious faces, you havent met Dr Chontrelle Willemse - a vibrant human being whose excitement for scientific discovery is exceptionally contagious. \n\nRead the full story here: https://www.uwc.ac.za/news-and-announcements/news/dr-chontrelle-willemses-microscopic-mission-to-beat-cancer\n\n#IAmUWC"
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title: 'UWC Memorial Service: In Remembrance of Lugcino, Lukhanyo, Nkosiyakhe & Chinenye'
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