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Dear, Mr. Mandela, Dear, Mrs. Parks: Children’s letters, global lessons exhibition returns to SU Museum
It's fitting that the well-loved travelling exhibition, “Dear, Mr Mandela, Dear, Mrs Parks Children's Letters Global Lessons Exhibition", returns to the Stellenbosch University Museum during International Women's Month, as it reminds us...
Disaster risk scholars engage at first Periperi U CARP workshop
The Periperi U secretariat, situated in Stellenbosch University (SU) International's Centre for Collaboration in Africa, hosted its first workshop under the Climate Adaptation Research Programme (CARP) at Ardhi University in Dar es Salaam...
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According to Oxford Open Learning, the very earliest libraries are believed to have been built around five thousand years ago, with the first human efforts to organize collections of documents. These took the form of clay tablets in a...
March graduation ceremonies
Stellenbosch University (SU) will award 3055 qualifications at its March graduation series, which will take place from Monday 27 March to Friday 31 March 2023. The March graduation brings to close the University’s 2022 graduation cycle...
Deceptive daisy’s ability to create fake flies explained
Researchers have discovered how a South African daisy makes fake lady flies on its petals to trick male flies into pollinating it. A male fly approaches a flower, lands on top of what he thinks is a female fly, and jiggles around. He's...
Stellenbosch University Senate supports Vice-Chancellor’s pursuit of inclusivity and multilingualism
By an overwhelming majority, the *Senate of Stellenbosch University (SU) on Friday (24 March 2023) adopted a motion of confidence in and support of the Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Wim de Villiers, and his management team in their...
World TB Day: FMHS experts in the news
World TB Day is observed annually on 24 March and the theme for this year's commemoration was “YES we can end TB". A number of TB experts from Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences were featured in the media...
Third language speaker’s love of Afrikaans leads to Master’s in translation
Afrikaans may be Asambese Mkumatela's third language, but that did not deter her from completing a master's degree in translation in this language. She was awarded her degree cum laude on Monday 27 March 2023 at one of Stellenbosch...
Doctoral study examines advantages of the use of plain language
When confronted with financial, medical, legal and public documents that influence your life, you want them to be comprehensible and clear. If such documents are written in plain language, it would be so much easier to read and understand...
SA jazz master can now add a PhD to his accolades
One of South Africa's top musicians was awarded a PhD at Stellenbosch University (SU) this week during the March graduation ceremonies. Pianist, composer, producer, educator and researcher Nduduzo Makhathini is a leading figure in the South...