The awarding of the major part of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project to the African bid on 25 May 2012 heralds a new era for African science and technology, says the University of the Western Cape (UWC) Professor Ramesh Bharuthram Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic and Head of the

"We have always said that we are ready to host the SKA, and the world has listened to us!" Ms Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s Minister of Science and Technology said at a crowded media briefing on 25 May 2012 in Pretoria, South Africa. She thanked her colleagues in government, South A

The University of the Western Cape (UWC), together with the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), has been awarded one of the recently announced  South African Research Chairs, as part of the ongoing major investment

The University of the Western Cape has just been awarded a total of 7 research chairs! Two of these  are to be held in physics – one in the nuclear science group and one in our own astrophysics group. The astro group chair will be a 5 year  joint position with the African Instit

Guinevere Kauffmann from Max Planck Institute of Astrophysics will be visiting the UWC physics department on Thursday, 9th February to give a seminar at 1PM . Guinevere studied astronomy at the University of Cape Town until 1990. She finished her Ph.D at the University of Cambridge