World Environment Day was celebrated on Sunday 5 June. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Prof Oliver Ruppel from the Department of Mercantile Law writes that it is in our best interest to protect the environment because we only have...

​​​Stellenbosch University (SU) is to benefit from part of an £11 million (approximately R215 million) grant from the LEGO Foundation for international research aimed at developing free parenting support throughout the world which could be...

Marius Swart's work, particularly his English translation of Marlene van Niekerk's Die sneeuslaper, was recently praised by the International Federation of Translators (FIT). Although he did not win the Marion Boers Prize, he received an...

​​In June 2022, Stellenbosch University (SU) alumnus Brandon Visser will quietly commemorate the day a year ago when he jumped into the Thames near London Bridge to save a drowning woman. For this selfless act, he was recently awarded a...

​“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity" – Nelson Mandela Stepping into the Slave Lodge in Cape Town, a building that holds such a deep South African history, was an awe-inspiring moment for me. A space that...

​​Some people will say they want to hear your story and will then proceed to tell you how to write it. There is a lot to be said about who owns the knowledge and who controls the narrative when it comes to writing our history. Our visit to...

If I'm being very honest, I didn't and still don't really know the right way to commemorate Human Rights Day. Surely everyday should be a commemoration of every single hunan right we have? We need to go into the world and be cognizant of...

​Rock lobsters (crayfish or ''kreef'' as they are known locally) along South Africa's West Coast usually eat indigenous mussels, but with the right conditioning (or continuous exposure) they can also develop a taste for invasive mussels...

The article was first published on The Conversation . Read the original article here . One in ten South Africans go hungry every day. As a result malnutrition levels are high. Malnutrition has three simultaneous dimensions: undernourishment...

​​The Imbizo 365 Calendar of Engagements uses the creative arts and activities such as film discussions, debates and excursions to help participants reflect on eight calendar themes. Coordinated by the Transformation Office's Transformation...