Throughout social distancing and lockdown regulations, many people became isolated. Have you ever been lonely while in a crowd? September is heart awareness month and the theme from the World Heart Federation for World Heart Day on 29...

​Climate change continues to pose a major threat to the health of many communities, especially the most vulnerable, around the world. This was the view expressed by Prof Bob Mash from the Department of Family and Emergency Medicine at...

​Collaboration is essential to universities realising their institutional goals, and for that reason, purposeful partnerships and inclusive networks are among Stellenbosch University's (SU) core strategic themes. This was emphasised during...

​​Heritage Day was celebrated on Saturday 24 September. In opinion pieces for the media, Prof Nico Koopman (Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel) and Dr Chris Jones (Department of Systematic Theology and...

​Investment in information, communication, and technology (ICT) infrastructure is key for sustained inclusive economic growth and development in Africa. This is according to a study conducted by Dr Mamello Nchake from the Department of...

​The article Hosting the FIFA World Cup brings benefits. But not as many as politicians claim​ by Professors Johan Fourie and Maria Santana Gallego was first published in The Conversation on 22 September 2022: The World Cup kicks off on 20...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) is set to host its third annual Giving Day from 6 to 7 October and is challenging alumni, students, staff and friends of the University to get involved. The cause? To help Matie students overcome the many...

​A social impact project by Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Deaf community to advance literature in sign language and address the plight of deaf communities with limited work and training opportunities was recently completed. The...

​September is International Deaf Awareness Month. In an opinion piece for the Mail & Guardian, Susan Njeyiyana from the Department of General Linguistics writes that we must do more to break down the prejudice against sign languages. Read...

​Hallucinogens, soil microbes and ancient star galaxies are some of the topics that the well-known nature lover Dave Pepler will tackle during this year's Stellenbosch Science Cafés. Since Science Café Stellenbosch was presented for the...