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Stellenbosch University Choir leaving for London, Wales and the World Choir Games in Tshwane
The internationally celebrated SU Choir embarks on a concert tour on the 29 th of June which will take them via London and Wales to the 2018 World Choir Games in Tshwane. The tour kicks off on the 1 st of July with a concert in the newly...
Insect mass-rearing workshop comes to South Africa
Solutions to end world hunger and the destruction of our planet might lie in an unlikely place, in our tiniest and most overlooked six-legged friends, the insects. Just as cattle, fish or other livestock are reared in large numbers – such...
Students win trip to London after virtual success on stock exchange
Two Stellenbosch University students won an all-expenses paid trip to visit the London Stock Exchange and R12500 each after coming out tops in the 2017 JSE Investment Challenge. Now in its 44th year the Challenge aims to educate the youth...
Mandela Rhodes scholarship awarded to Education student
Barely a month after receiving two Rector's Awards – one for excellent leadership and one for excellent service delivery – Education student MK Nompumza received news that he has been awarded a Mandela Rhodes Scholarship. The overarching...
Jason Evezard: At the top of his game (and his studies)
At the recent annual Maties Sport Awards evening, Maties Water Polo player Jason Evezard was called to the stage twice – once to receive full colours for his water polo achievements and once more to receive an award as top academic...
Fee commission report released
President Jacob Zuma has officially released the report of the Commission into the Feasibility of Fee-Free Higher Education and Training in South Africa. The Commission was established in January 2016 to investigate university fees. To...
Global experts in Cape Town to probe changing HIV/AIDS epidemic
HIV/AIDS experts from five continents across the world will be in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13-15 November 2017 to probe the dynamics of a changing HIV/AIDS epidemic and to address issues related to prevention, treatment and care. The...
USAf response to the release of the “Fees Commission” report
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SU physiologist elected onto IUPS board
Prof Faadiel Essop from the Department of Physiological Sciences at SU has been invited by the International Union for Physiological Sciences (IUPS) to serve on its Board of the General Assembly (BGA) for the 2017-2021 term. The IUPS was...
Targeting type 2 diabetes
Diabetes is now South Africa's third leading cause of death after heart disease and HIV/AIDS. Its causes are complex, and to combat it researchers need to better understand the interplay of multiple genes in combination with environmental...