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South Africa’s Top Court Blocked Shell’s Wild Coast Oil Search: Why It Matters For Climate Justice
South Africa’s Constitutional Court – the country’s highest court – handed down a landmark judgment for climate change and environmental justice in mid-August 2026. The companies had planned to use seismic surveys in the waters off the country’s Wild Coast. These surveys use powerful sound waves to map underground rock formations.
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Agribusiness Exploits Humans And Animals Alike – Legal Protections Should Be Species-Blind
By siloing human rights from animal welfare, our regulatory framework makes it harder to see what – or rather who – such cross-species harms have in common. More than a year has passed since Don Pinnock and Lisakanya Venna’s exposé in Daily Maverick (Inside Daybreak) brought public attention to the harrowing treatment of human employees and animal livestock alike on the broiler farms of Daybreak Foods. |
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UWC Study Uncovers Barriers Delaying Early Access To Child Support Grant
For many mothers in Langa, delaying a Child Support Grant (CSG) application is not a choice. A University of the Western Cape (UWC) study found that most mothers and caregivers interviewed waited beyond their babies’ first three months to apply due to barriers ranging from childcare and cultural practices, to concerns about their babies’ well-being and difficulties obtaining essential documents.
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Dentistry Meets Economics: A Groundbreaking Collaboration At UWC
A new study at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), is due to be published within the next few weeks in the accredited International Journal of Advanced Business Studies. The study has shed light on the business realities of private dental practice in South Africa. The project, Investigating the Dental Economics Landscape of South Africa’s Private Sector Dental Industry, focused on the Western Cape and surveyed 30 private dental practitioners to understand the entrepreneurial side of dentistry.
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| UWC Bridges Dentistry and Economics |
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Communications & Marketing Office
Do you have any important UWC stories to share? Do you know of an event that you’d like to see featured? Have you heard of UWC students, staff or alumni who’ve done amazing things, which you think the world should know about? Or maybe you have a few suggestions, comments or questions about something in this newsletter? Whatever the case may be, the Communications & Marketing Office would really like to hear from you. Just email us on ia@uwc.ac.za, call us on 021 959 4229, or drop by our offices. |
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