International Biodiversity Day was celebrated on 22 May. In an opinion piece for the Cape Argus, Dr Francis Vorhies of the African Wildlife Economy Institute...

In my home country, Zimbabwe, leadership is an asset of time. It is a crown reserved strictly for the elderly, for the grey hairs who have survived decades of...

Identity and Roots

Uganda is home for me. It is where my work is rooted — in the realities of clinical care and public health systems, with a clear focus on...

The Scientist & The Search

Kenya is home for me. It is where my family is, where I first discovered my passion for science, and where many of the questions that...

When I first stepped onto the Stellenbosch University campus as an international student from Zimbabwe in 2021, the vineyards and oak-lined streets felt both...

A team of researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Agricultural Research Council have, for the first time, successfully edited the DNA of a woody...

When it comes to climate change, sustainability, and development, influence comes from two sides. Those who provide the evidence (the data) and those who tell...

“Internationalisation is not about numbers, money or time spent. What matters is reciprocity — a genuine exchange where both partners learn from each other.”

Wit...

A long-standing debate about the evolutionary origin of the world’s most widely cultivated “magic mushroom” – Psilocybe cubensis – may now have been settled by...

From 23–26 February 2026, Henk Stander from the Aquaculture Unit in the Department of Animal Science at Stellenbosch University (SU) participated in a workshop...