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Study calls for improved legislation to protect water from mining pollution
South Africa needs improved environmental, water and mining legislation to prevent our freshwater resources from being polluted by mining activities, particularly acid mine drainage. To achieve this, our lawmakers should take a leaf out of...
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Game-based assessment as an alternative to the standardised test
A new way of learning and assessment was designed by Delecia Davids, a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education. Davids developed a game-based way of learning and assessment with the design of digital escape rooms specifically for the field of...
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PhD study wants to help improve safety, efficacy of radiopharmaceuticals in Africa
Many African countries struggle with the provision of safe and effective radiopharmaceuticals to diagnose or treat diseases. Self-audits and the implementation of simple, affordable interventions in their radiopharmacies, which prepare and...
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PhD graduate develops improved fish feed for use in aquaponics
The main challenge in aquaponics – the combination of raising fish (aquaculture) and growing plants without soil (hydroponics) – is the imbalance between the nutrients of the fish and the plants grown in the system, as each has its own...
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New SPL course produces first round of graduates
The first intake of students who successfully participated in the School of Public Leadership's inaugural Advanced Diploma in Public Accountability programme graduated on 16 December 2020. The programme, which is offered within...
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Mpendulo Cele receives top honours as best MSc student at SU
Stellenbosch University's top MSc student for 2020, Mr Mpendulo Cele (25), praised his teachers at Zwelethu High School and the Kutlwanong Center of Mathematics and Science in Umlazi for helping him to enjoy and excel at Mathematics and...
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Several factors still impede true and lasting reconciliation
Wednesday (16 December) is Reconciliation Day. In an opinion piece for News24, Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) writes that to achieve a more united and reconciled future that so many South Africans want, we'll have to uphold and...
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Long journey to PhD in mathematics for former Westridge learner
When Dr Lesley Wessels walked over the stage this week to receive her doctoral degree in mathematics, it will be the end of a long journey that started when she was still a learner at Westridge Senior Secondary School in Mitchell's Plain...
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Life-changing medical condition did not stop SU graduate achieving his dream
When Stellenbosch University (SU) graduate, Karabo Makhanya was diagnosed with a life-changing medical condition in 2017, he decided that no matter what happened he would carry on and complete his studies. On Wednesday 16 December 2020...
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No challenge too big for SU graduate and Paralympic athlete
“Don’t be scared to take on challenges ‘above’ your capabilities if it is something you believe in. Yes, it is not going to come easy, but if you commit to it and stay true to yourself, you will have the resilience to persevere through...