The nominations for this year's SU Woordfees Woordtrofee Awards [Word Trophies] have been announced. The winners will each receive a trophy at an awards ceremony on the 4th of April. The nominees (in alphabetical order) are: Best Upcoming...

​​Thanks to two successful National Equipment Programme (NEP) applications, Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) will be acquiring two state-of-the-art laboratory instruments which have, until now...

Vanessa Reyneke, a Project Coordinator in the General Linguistics Department at Stellenbosch University, and her husband, Johan, have embarked on the ambitious goal of raising R300 000 to help their two-year old Deaf daughter obtain two...

​​​​Every year, Stellenbosch University commemorates Human Rights Day on 21 March with the rest of the country as part of the institution's commitment to the South African Bill of Rights and consequently the right to human dignity, equality...

​The South African Association of Language Teaching (SAALT) hosted its annual conference in Pretoria at the Time Square Maslow Hotel in Menlyn, Pretoria, from 19-21 st June. This year's theme was “Advancing multilingualism – mining the...

​Most people visit their local animal welfare association only when they want to adopt a new kitten or puppy. Not Dr Luther van der Mescht. He goes to visit in search of fleas. To be precise, cat fleas. He is working on a comprehensive...

The reality for many South Africans remains one of poverty and social exclusion. Why are the constitutional rights not a reality in the country? The reasons are in a complex mixture of factors, says Prof Sandy Liebenberg, Distinguished...

​Prof Harald Pasch, distinguished professor and holder of the SASOL Research Chair in Analytical Polymer Science at Stellenbosch University (SU), has received international recognition “for his massive contributions to the development of...

Stellenbosch University's vision to be Africa's leading research-intensive university, globally recognised as excellent, inclusive and innovative, a place where knowledge is advanced in service of society, is set to receive a major boost...

​​A prestigious fellowship by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has been awarded to PhD Economics Student Martina Mchenga of the Graduate School of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU). ODI's fellowship...