Geraldine Minnaar is the manager of residence services at SUNCOM and Innovus. She started working in 2012 as a residence service coordinator at Stellenbosch University and was appointed in the demanding position of manager of residence...

​The 58-year-old non-governmental organisation, Matie Community Service (better known as MGD – Matie Gemeenskapsdiens, in Afrikaans), is wrapping up a number of focus group engagements with various stakeholders in the lead-up to its...

​Will a four-day work week be a hit in South Africa? This was the question Prof Mark Smith, Director of the Stellenbosch Business School, explored in a recent Stellenbosch Forum lecture. The lecture, the eight and last in the series for...

Final-year Sustainable Development student Gafsa Adam has found early success as an entrepreneur after her jewellery business was selected to be featured on American online marketplace ShopConsciously, where it will be exposed to...

​Not many A1 rated academics can among their outputs and citations list that their tweets in support of Springbok rugby were quoted in newspapers. But such is the nature and public following of Prof Jonathan Jansen, distinguished professor...

How can universities in South Africa play a bigger role in the development of society? This was the question Prof Aslam Fataar (Department of Education Policy Studies / Transformation Office) explored in a recent article for University...

​​​Functional seizures (FS) – observable paroxysms of altered behaviour or movement with or without a loss of consciousness – is a serious mental illness and can have negative effects on the quality of life and functioning of people with...

​​A discovery of multiple fossil assemblages and ash deposits in the Eastern Gobi basin in Mongolia could reveal new knowledge of dinosaurs and extreme climate conditions that existed on Earth 120 to 80 million years ago. This is according...

​A junior lecturer and PhD student in Mathematical Sciences, Jacques Rabie, rubbed shoulders with some of the top researchers in his field at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) in Germany recently. He was​ one of 200 young researchers from...

​​Having just celebrated Women's Month (August) in South Africa, Stellenbosch University (SU) again committed to honouring women in all walks of life and ensuring that we play a key role in transforming communities both locally and across...