Sound
2012
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Prof Clive Gray - 31 October
Moving targets. HIV & the immune system; in search of self-preservation
Sound: Full speech (19.4 mb);
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Prof David Britton - 17 October
Nanoscience, Nanotechnology & Nanovation
Sound: Full speech (21.4 mb);
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Prof Kevin J Naidoo - 3 October
The computational revolution & how it is reshaping the scientific method in chemistry & chemical biology
Sound: Full speech (16.5 mb);
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Prof Jean Paul van Belle - 19 September
Penguins & Suits: Perspectives on Open Source Software from a Discipline in Flux
Sound: Full speech (20.5 mb);
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Professor Ben Okri - 12 September
Biko and the Tough Alchemy of Africa
Sound: Full speech (20.4 mb);
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Prof Valerie Mizrahi - 22 August
Knowing the enemy: understanding the survival & subversion strategies of mycobacterium tuberculosis
Sound: Full speech (14.1 mb);
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Emeritus Professor Francis Wilson - 16 August
Carnegie III Conference on Poverty and Inequality - Phase I
Sound: Full speech (12.1 mb);
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Prof Martin Wittenberg - 08 August
Economics & transformation: measurement, models, maths & myths
Sound: Full speech (15.6 mb);
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Ferial Haffajee - 02 August
Creeping censorship & the spearing of freedom
Sound: Full speech (12.1 mb);
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Prof Jennifer Case - 01 August
Every generation has its struggle: A critical realist perspective on student learning in contemporary SA
Sound: Full speech (17.4 mb);
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Prof John Braithwaite - 26 July
Restorative justice: Republican vision & justice as a better future
Sound: Full speech (12.4 mb);
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Prof Crain Soudien - 12 July
UCT Admissions Policy
Alumni Leadership Forum - Cape Town
Sound: Full speech (15.4 mb);
Q&A
Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane - 22 June
Acceptance speech upon receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Literature from the University of the Witwatersrand
Sound: Full speech (11.2 mb);
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The Spear painting debate - 5 June
Panel discussion at UCT on the national furore caused by the painting 'The Spear' by Brett Murray
Professor Crain Soudien - (Chair) - Deputy vice-chancellor
Sound: Full speech
Professor Pierre de Vos - Constitutional law expert, Department of Public Law
Sound: Full speech
Dr Musa Ndlovu - Centre for Film and Media Studies
Sound: Full speech
Professor Pippa Skotnes - Michaelis School of Fine Art
Sound: Full speech
Aubrey Matshiqi - Political analyst for Business Day and Engineering News
Sound: Full speech
Q & A and discussion
Sound: Full speech (17.6mb)
Prof Anthony Figaji - 30 May
Brain/Child. Interrupted
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (16.1 mb);
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Prof Bruce Alberts - 23 May
Science & the World's Future Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture
Sound: Full speech (20.7 mb);
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Prof Carolyn Williamson - 23 May
HIV: Surviving under immense pressure Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (14.1 mb);
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Prof Bernhard Weiss - 16 May
Disagreement: Its Epistemic Significance
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (16.7 mb);
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Prof Mark New - 11 April
Squaring the circle? Climate change, development, sustainability
Inaugural lecture
Sound: Full speech (22.1 mb);
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Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane - 6 March
Celebrating the Legacy of Liberation Movements in Africa: Freedom through diplomacy
Sound: Full speech (15.6 mb);
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What happened at COP17? Hear the inside story - 24 January
Panel discussion hosted by the UCT African Climate & Development Initiative (ACDI)
Sound: Panel feedback (22.8 mb);
Q & A (16.2 mb)
