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A day in the life: Zukhanye Magwa
As a young boy Zukhanye Magwa made up his mind: he was going to study at Stellenbosch University (SU). Today, the former student athlete and coach is a dedicated sports manager at SU who provides administrative and management support to...
Shining the spotlight on our Matie volunteers
It's International Volunteer Day and with over 600 Matie volunteers making a remarkable impact, we'd like to shine the spotlight on a few volunteers whose unwavering commitment and passion strengthen our global Matie network. International...
Prof Waghid's scholarship celebrated
Prof Yusef Waghid's phenomenal scholarship was celebrated in a seminar by the Department Education Policy Studies at the Faculty of Education in November before his retirement at the end of 2023. A video recording of the seminar can be...
‘Accidental’ paediatric cardiologist leaves indelible mark on children with heart disease
He has left an indelible imprint on especially children with heart disease in the Western Cape and although he officially retired at the end of October, Prof John Lawrenson is fortunately planning to be involved in research into cardiac...
Sugar tax alone not enough to combat obesity & NCDs
In April 2018, the South African government, in response to a recommendation of the World Health Organisation, introduced a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) known as the Health Promotion Levy (HPL) in an attempt to reduce citizens'...
Adding essential oils to diet of dairy calves could keep E. coli in check
Monensin, an antimicrobial substance that can be used to kill or prevent the growth of microorganisms, is frequently added to the diet of dairy calves to prevent intestinal infection caused by parasites, and to improve calf growth. The...
Africa can finance its own development and it is already doing so
Africa can finance its own development and it is already doing it. Unfortunately, too many policymakers in Africa have a mindset of managing poverty, rather than of managing development. Its food system paradox isn't grounded in a...
CIRCoRe workstream insights: Prof Ronelle Carolissen
Stellenbosch University (SU) has rolled out the structures that will focus on the recommendations of the Khampepe Commission. Our series of interviews with key SU staff steering the Committee for the Institutional Response to the...
SU sedimentologist part of team to discover new species of dinosaur in Utah
Dr Ryan Tucker from Stellenbosch University's Department of Earth Sciences was part of an international team that discovered a new plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Utah during the mid-Cretaceous, approximately 99 million...
SU led international symposium champions ‘Life after TB’
Stellenbosch University (SU) recently hosted the second International Post-TB Symposium where leading experts in the field of TB treatment and research converged to advance the issue of post-TB lung health. “Emerging accumulating evidence...