​At the end of 2021 we look back at another year in which we navigated the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. But with our experience gained in 2020, we were able to embark on new pathways towards internationalisation in a...

​The year 2021 is drawing to a close. It is time for wrapping up, thinking back, and getting ready for time with family and friends over the festive season. When looking back, I am proud that we at SU International managed to puzzle it out...

Prof Jimmy Volmink, outgoing Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University, sent the Faculty's newly-graduated healthcare workers on their way with a challenge to care for patients not only using the...

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) awarded honorary doctorates to five exceptional individuals at its December graduation on Monday, 13 December 2021. Prof Marlene van Niekerk, Judge Frederick Brand, Dr Marlene le Roux, Nicky Newton-King, and...

The article How to narrow the big divide between black and white farmers in South Africa​ by Wandile Sihlobo and Johann Kirsten, was published by The Conversation on 30 November 2021:​ At the dawn of democracy, few probably thought that...

​Wednesday (1 December) is World Aids Day. In an opinion piece for Health24 (1 December), Prof Amy Slogrove from the Department of Paediatrics & Child Health writes that the time has come for children who are HIV-exposed and “HIV-free" to...

​It would seem that being a first-generation student gave me the Midas touch. Faced with the struggle of furthering my tertiary education as a child from a single‑parent home, I could see it either as a burden or an opportunity, and I chose...

​​Two emerging female scientists at Stellenbosch University were awarded research grants recently as part of the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science South African National Young Talents Programme. Dr Rouxjeane Venter and PhD student Emogine...

Matie alumnus, Kyle Miles, has been calling Kansas City, Missouri home for the last 10 years. This senior programme manager met his wife, an international exchange student, in Stellenbosch and the rest as they say is history. Kyle...

'Innovator', 'entrepreneur' and 'marketing specialist' are some of the words Patience Badze uses to describe herself. Patience is a Stellenbosch University (SU) alumna who currently lives in Canada. She is passionate about creating things...