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Economy, business and public management

From computer lab to community asset: EMS donation extends impact beyond campus

Retired computers from Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences are helping to advance education, skills development and...
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Opinion and features

We need smarter water management

Smarter water management in deep-level mines, the potential of innovative digital technologies to help solve the municipal water crisis, and the role of...

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Opinion and features

Human rights must still be genuinely realised

South Africans celebrated Human Rights Day on 21 March. In opinion pieces for the media experts at Stellenbosch University focused on some of the key challenges...

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Media release

New study questions value of grade repetition before matric

Now that the dust has settled on the matric results celebrations and the school year is in full swing, we need to take a harder look at whether high repetition...

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Opinion and features

International Women’s Day: Key challenges for gender equality remain

The weight women carry, social norms and sexual corruption, and empathy for victims of violence. These are the issues that experts at Stellenbosch University...

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Matie is new CEO of USA Tennis / Matie nuwe uitvoerende hoof van VSA-tennisvereniging

Awards and milestones

Matie alumnus appointed CEO of United States Tennis Association

From the Maties tennis courts in Stellenbosch to leading one of the biggest organisations in world tennis, Stellenbosch University (SU) alumnus Craig Tiley...

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Opinion and features

Multilingualism breaks down language barriers

Mother-tongue instruction and learner success, investment in African languages, the voices of young people in multilingual education, and English dominating the...

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