Wednesday (9 December) is International Anti-Corruption Day. In opinion pieces for the media, Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) and Profs Evangelos Mantzaris & Pregala Pillay (School of Public Leadership) urge South Africans to...

​​​Matieland holds special memories for most alumni. Whether you were here for six months or six years, the bonds formed here remain. This is where you prepared for your future as a professional and made lifelong friends. We met up with...

In a hard-hitting new paper leading ecologists and climate change specialists argue that current nature conservation practices are not sufficiently flexible and dynamic to weather the impacts of climate change. Rather than only trying to...

​​The high voter turnout for the first online Convocation election is a pointer to the future for wider constructive input from its alumni in the affairs of the University. ​This is according to Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice...

​​Earlier this year, surgeon Prof Karin Baatjes made headlines by successfully demonstrating that portable GoPro cameras, a favourite among outdoor enthusiasts, can be used equally well to train students in surgical procedures. It provides...

​ Stellenbosch University is hosting the the fourth PSL soccer match at the Danie Craven Stadium. The match between Stellenbosch FC and Cape Town City FC is taking place on Tuesday, 15 December 2020 at 19h30. If you make use of the parking...

​​Ten of the 37 academics recently honoured as Distinguished Professors by Stellenbosch University are from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) – more than any other Faculty. And, of the 10, five are female – once again, more...

Having lived in four different provinces over the past six years, I feel like I am allowed to have an opinion about some of the natural diversity and beauty of this country we call home. I will proudly admit that I was born in Gauteng, and...

​​ 30 December 2020 Dear staff and students IMPLICATIONS OF LEVEL 3 FOR SU We do not usually communicate with the Stellenbosch University (SU) community during the year-end holidays, but it is necessary to unpack the implications of the new...

​This is a translation of an op-ed published in Beeld on 4 January 2021 ( click here for the original version). * * * Last year was tough, and higher education will no doubt continue to face significant difficulties this year, but the...