Nineteen of the graduates who will cross the stage at this week’s Stellenbosch University (SU) April graduation ceremonies will not only become proud SU alumni. They will also join the growing ranks of students who have managed to reach...

When Dr Sade Hendricks (35) graduates with her MMed degree in Anaesthesiology, it will mark not only a major career goal in her life, but also a triumph over real adversity. Mere weeks before writing her final exit exam, Hendricks, who...

​​The recent publication characterising the feasibility to use indigenous Southern African wood as tonewood by Martina Meincken, Gerhard Roux and Thomas Niesler was nominated as one of the most outstanding articles published in the South...

Faith-based organisations (FBOs) can help to empower those who are economically deprived by equipping them with job skills and by restoring their human dignity.This is according to Dr Susan Mellows who obtained her PhD in Practical Theology...

​Dr Obvious Mapiye is convinced that his childhood experience with animal and crop farming on a smallholding laid the foundation for his current achievements, which includes completing his doctoral studies and conceptualising the creation...

​It was a double celebration for siblings Clarice and Manisha du Plessis, who both graduated with PhDs during Stellenbosch University's (SU) April graduation series. Clarice (27), was awarded a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Manisha (25)...

​​​Juggling a successful music career and studying toward a master's degree in Engineering is not for the faint-hearted.But this week, Roelof van der Merwe, a member of the award-winning folk-acoustic band, Van Der Aven, proved that it...

This week researchers launched an innovative new training programme at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) that aims to change the health status of young children in South Africa. Development at a...

Polymer scientists at Stellenbosch University have developed a novel method to break down lignin – a by-product in the paper manufacturing process – into valuable chemicals that can be used as raw materials in the chemical and polymer...

​​​When Christina Meiring graduates with a PhD in Molecular Biology today (5 April) it will mark the completion of the first large-scale investigation of the genetic diversity in the African wild dog population of the Kruger National Park...