Prof Nuraan Davids from the Department of Education Policy Studies in the Faculty of Education is the recipient of a prestigious fellowship from the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University in...

​​​​​​A fascination with numbers and a penchant for problem-solving helped a quiet boy from a poor village in northern Namibia become a world-respected financial mathematician who has visited and lectured at some of the world's leading...

The HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law and the Transformation Committee of the Stellenbosch University Law Faculty hosted a well-attended virtual panel discussion on gender-based violence as a human rights violation on the 19 th of...

Municipalities will continue to underperform, unless managers change their behaviour, writes Dr Harlan Cloete from the School of Public Leadership in an article published on Mail & Guardian's Thought Leader platform (23 August). Read the...

​We simply know too little about how the immune system counterattacks COVID-19 infections. Upon careful interpretation of the picture that is emerging, emeritus professor Dirk Bellstedt believes there are reasons for optimism for bringing...

​​​As a scholar-archivist and archivist-scholar, Dr Lizabé Lambrechts works across a variety of domains, including heritage preservation, academic research and public interest projects. Lambrechts is a post-doctoral research fellow at the...

​"When things were difficult, I took pride in the amazing team of mostly women. Strong women doing their best," said Dr Usha Lalla, an intensivist working right on the Covid-19 frontline in Tygerberg Hospital's Intensive Care Unit. "Women...

Sexual violence diminishes the human dignity of every citizen and wastes the wealth of human potential we have in South Africa. By asking questions about the meanings of sexual attack, Prof Louise du Toit from the Department of Philosophy...

​​An artwork in celebration of the Constitution of South Africa is being erected at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Ou Hoofgebou (Old Main Building) in Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch. The installation comprises three separate metal plates...

​Dr Balindiwe Sishi has always been fascinated about the functioning of the human body, not only when it functions well but also during disease. As a senior lecturer at the Department of Physiological Sciences at Stellenbosch University...