When the truck doesn’t come: flooding, waste and health in Kampala
In Makerere Kivulu, an informal settlement below Makerere University, the waste trucks often don’t come. Local leaders say collection providers pass the settlement by serving wealthier neighbouring ar ...
Facilitating climate and health dialogue differently
Some of the most important work in a research programme happens in the quiet decisions of a room: who is invited to speak first, whose knowledge is treated as expertise, how power dynamics are handled ...
What data and lived experience have taught me about research
For a long time, I imagined research as a gradual movement towards certainty. Experiments produced measurements, databases organised evidence, and models turned that evidence into seemingly clear answ ...
Building on CASCADE: My journey to the DELTAS Africa fellowship
“It is essential to understand what leadership is. Otherwise, you will end up being a follower of your own life.” - Thokozile Lewanika That sentence, from a leadership session in Nairobi, stayed wit ...
Ukomelela Nokufundisana: learning together about flooding and diarrhoeal disease
Ukomelela Nokufundisana is a six-month project led by researchers from the University of Cape Town in partnership with Eh!woza and Khayelitsha residents. Through shared learning and co-creation, the p ...
Beyond Crisis Response: How Cape Town and CASCADE Are Partnering for Long-Term Climate-Health Resilience
On May 4, 2026, researchers from the Cascading Health Risks in African Cities (CASCADE) project sat down with City of Cape Town officials. CASCADE Project Lead Chris Jack opened the workshop by framin ...
Next Normal: Reflections from CASCADE’s first arts-based climate-health exhibition in Cape Town
Next Normal, a CASCADE pilot art exhibition, launched in February 2026 during Orientation Week at the University of Cape Town's Environmental and Geographical Sciences (EGS) building. Running from 11 ...
Responsive Dialogues in practice: learning with Khayelitsha residents about flooding and health
Flooding repeatedly disrupts daily life in Khayelitsha. When heavy rains come, homes take on water. Children miss school. Food and medication can be lost when water enters homes, or when power cuts af ...
Urban policy, climate risk, and health in Khayelitsha: Lebogang Matlakala on what city decisions mean for everyday wellbeing in Cape Town
In Khayelitsha, climate-related risks are closely tied to everyday living conditions, from flooding and extreme heat to pressure on housing and infrastructure. These conditions shape how people live, ...
CASCADE Fellow Reflections: My experience of the Pan-African Conference on Environment, Climate Change and Health
The Pan-African Conference on Environment, Climate Change and Health, held at the Emara Ole Sereni Convention Centre in Nairobi, brought together over 130 scientists, researchers, and practitioners fr ...