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Monitoring Commercial Olive Groves in the Western Cape
Commercially farmed olives in the Western Cape have several major insect pests, with the olive fruit fly ( Bactrocera oleae), being indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa. The Mediterranean olive industry experiences significant losses due to the...
Educational assessment a crucial part of teaching and learning
Educational assessment at schools and universities should be seen as a means through which teaching and learning can unfold and not just as something to test learners and students. This is one of the key arguments in a new book by Dr...
SA team performs another successful penis transplant
A team from Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Tygerberg Academic Hospital has recently performed a second penis transplant, making it the first medical centre in the world to successfully perform this procedure twice. Prof André van der...
Book donation boosts Iimbovane ant project
The Iimbovane Outreach Project has received a generous donation of books, which will be used to help in the teaching of biodiversity science to the high school learners. The donation of 50 copies of the first ever guide to ants of southern...
Exciting collaboration on teaching- and research-related initiatives in Curriculum Studies
Tom Smits, an Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Curriculum Studies visited Stellenbosch University in the week of 13 November 2023. Tom Smits has been collaborating with Professor Nhlanhla Mpofu since 2019 on both teaching- and...
A chance at life for immune-deficient babies
Every year a number of babies are born in South Africa with genetic defects that prevent their immune systems from developing, and in the most severe cases leaving them totally defenceless against infection. Protected in the womb, they grow...
Betrayal of the promise: how South Africa is being stolen
A major, new study on the country's emerging Shadow State By the State Capacity Research Project, an interdisciplinary, interuniversity research partnership that aims to contribute to the public debate about ‘state capture’ in South Africa...
Has our Constitution reached its expiry date?
"Through the research conducted for our book we essentially investigated what the Constitution means to various stakeholders in South Africa and found that there were three threads of meaning – the one is tied to what the constitution...
SA’s youth face many challenges
On Friday (16 June) we celebrate Youth Day. In opinion pieces published in the media, the following staff members and students from Stellenbosch University focus on some of the pressing challenges facing our youth and what should be done...
Understanding random acts of violence
Why do some people commit violent crimes seemingly just for fun? Have they had particularly bad childhoods, or are they in some way "pre-programmed" to simply get their kicks from vicious aggression? In his PhD research, Khethelo Xulu uses...