What do you do when it’s the middle of lockdown 2020, you have two children who are avid readers, you’ve run out of books and all the libraries are closed? Well, in the case of Leon-Ben Lamprecht, you write your own children’s book. When...

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) student Humairaa Moosa can now add Rhodes-Scholar elect to her long list of accomplishments and awards. The BCom Honours student has been named as one of the 2024 cohort of 10 Rhodes Scholars-elect from the...

When Professor Simon Schaaf, one of South Africa's most respected pioneers of research into multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) delivered his farewell speech to colleagues recently, he titled his talk 'A Journey of Grace.' Schaaf, a...

This article was published on 12 December 2021 in Rapport. Click here​ to read the original in Afrikaans, or read the English translation below. Stellenbosch University's new Language Policy developed from the bottom upwards, writes Leslie...

This article was published on 14 December 2021 on Netwerk24. Click here to read the original in Afrikaans or read the English translation below.​ The revised Language Policy that was approved by Stellenbosch University's Council this month...

​​​South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed three prominent Stellenbosch University (SU) academics – Prof Mark Swilling, Dr Morne Mostert and Dr Guy Lamb – as members of the National Planning Commission (NPC) in the Department...

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) alumnus and research associate at the Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology Dr Calvin D Ullrich recently received a prestigious international award for early career scholars, the Manfred...

A significant era will come to an end when Prof Mark Cotton retires at the end of the year, after a long and distinguished career as a global specialist in pediatric infectious diseases. Cotton, distinguished Professor in Pediatrics, as...

On Wednesday, 1 st of December, Faculty members gathered at Erinvale Estate for a year-end function during which two colleagues were bid farewell. Acting Vice-Dean for Teaching & Learning, Prof. Maureen Robinson, and professor in the...

​​​“He was a figure of great moral authority, and also someone who had boundless empathy with all people. He freely gave of his time and energy to improve the lives of others," Stellenbosch University (SU) Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof...