​​In a week that South Africans took part in joyous celebrations of the Springboks' spectacular victory in the Rugby World Cup, another amazing feat was achieved by an unassuming Stellenbosch University (SU) student. Sarah Camp (25), a...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) strongly condemns the incident recorded at Huis Marais, evidently motivated by racist and destructive behaviour. The University deeply values respect, compassion, equity, accountability and excellence in all...

Injuries from incidents like road accidents, burns or violence are very common and are a major cause of death, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC). In a country like South Africa, this area of research demands a...

For key wheat and apple production regions, the recent multi-year drought was the most severe in 30 years. This may be an early sign of the effects of climate change on agriculture in the winter rainfall area of the Western Cape. This is...

​Prof Johan Fourie of the Department of Economics delivered his inaugural lecture entitled South Africa's Long Walk to Economic Freedom: A Personal Journey on 17 May 2022. Prof Fourie, who teaches economic history to undergraduate and...

​Alan Eaby, a PhD student in chemistry, is one of eleven young scientists from South Africa selected to participate at the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings dedicated to chemistry. From 26 June to 1 July they will join 600 of the most...

​​Justice Edwin Cameron, former Constitutional Court judge, was formally installed as Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU) on Wednesday 18 May. The ceremony was held at the Kruiskerk on the University's Stellenbosch campus, and was...

​The Management of Stellenbosch University (SU) is deeply distressed to learn of an alleged case of rape on its Stellenbosch Campus. The Rector and management of the University condemns all forms of crime and any infringement on human...

​Dear students Last weekend, in the early hours of the morning, a white student in Huis Marais intruded into a black student’s room and urinated on his belongings. While neither the victim nor the perpetrator is a student in our faculty, it...

Having started her working career at Stellenbosch University (SU) more than 20 years ago, Monica du Toit is still here and says she has never had a boring moment at work. This SU alumna is the ResEd coordinator for the Victoria cluster as...