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Former Die Matie news editor's thesis to be published as a book
Former Die Matie news editor Adriaan Steyn's Master's thesis, which focuses on the massive expansion of Afrikaans cinema in the last 10 years and the social implications of this, will be turned into a book that will be published by Leiden...
SAMRC lauds FMHS scientists for excellence in health research
Two stalwart scientists of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Stellenbosch University, were awarded prestigious accolades for the profound impact that their research have had on the health of South African people. The FMHS...
Africa needs fundamental research in machine learning
Fundamental research in Artificial Intelligence and machine learning is essential if Africa wants to have control over some of the really big ideas in the world. This is the message from Dr Nando de Freitas, one of the world's leading...
Maties Hockey men win sixth consecutive league title
The Maties Hockey men’s team ended a roller-coaster season in style with a sixth consecutive Western Province Grand Challenge title. Maties started the year with a place in the final of the Varsity Sport hockey tournament and followed that...
Education research in the spotlight at conference
Three international guests and approximately 120 participants, including education researchers, policy-makers and PhD students, attended the fourth annual conference on Quantitative Education Research in Stellenbosch on 6 and 7 September...
Constitutional property law and land reform experts make Constitutional Review Committee submission
A team of four constitutional property law and land reform experts from Stellenbosch University made a submission to the constitutional review committee recently. Professors Bradley Slade, Juanita Pienaar, Zsa-Zsa Boggenpoel and Ms...
Africa’s mid-level health workers need better training
Africa's mid-level health workers need improved training to help them reduce maternal and child mortality, infectious diseases, trauma and violence, HIV/AIDS and emerging chronic diseases in their communities. This is one of the major...
Maritime security expertise with SIGLA@Stellenbosch
Prof Henri Fouché and Dr Frank van Rooyen both serve with international organisations due to their expertise on maritimeme security matters. Prof Fouché (Extraordinary Professor, SIGLA) accompanied the SA delegation to the IORA work...
Primate conservation in Africa could draw the short straw in oil palm cultivation
A study conducted by international scholars, including Stellenbosch University's Dr Zoltan Szantoi, has found that while profits “derived from oil palm cultivation represents an important source of income" for many tropical countries...
Award-winning Stellenbosch University Law Clinic provides much-needed support to the local community
Legal advice and assistance are often not accessible to the poor and marginalised communities of the greater Boland area, leaving them vulnerable to human rights violations such as evictions, abuse and questionable debt-collection...