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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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Human gut microbiome

Media release

Gut health: why food alone won’t fix childhood stunting

Prof. Thulani Makhalanyane, holder of the NRF-SU research chair in African Microbiome Innovation in the Department of Microbiology, and Prof. Ronelle Burger...

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Prof Ashenafi Fanta photographed at his inaugural lecture at the Bellville Park campus

Institutional news

Access to finance helps SMEs survive – Prof Ashenafi Fanta

Prof Ashenafi Fanta, of Stellenbosch Business School in the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, delivered his inaugural lecture on Thursday, 7 May...

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Opinion and features

Key labour issues under the spotlight on Workers’ Day

Workers’ Day was celebrated on 1 May. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University focused on dignity at work, appearance-based...

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An aerial view shows widespread flooding submerging villages and farmland, with isolated homes and trees standing amid vast floodwaters

Opinion and features

Rethinking our freedom in a time of climate crisis

South Africans celebrated Freedom Day on 27 April. In an opinion piece for the Cape Argus, Dr Gibson Ncube from the Department of Modern Foreign Languages draws...

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Participants at the launch of a special issue of the journal Development Southern Africa devoted to “Prioritising the Fight Against Stunting in South Africa” on 21 April 2026.

Medicine and health

SU researchers contribute to major stunting study

A new special issue of the journal Development Southern Africa brings together leading South African researchers, policymakers and practitioners to confront one...

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Alumni network

Economy, business and public management

The Power of Networks: Why Alumni Matter More Than Ever for Social Impact

Universities often speak about impact.

It appears in mission statements, strategy documents and graduation speeches. Words like engagement, innovation and respon...

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