​​​​Nurses provide an important service to the elderly in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) by seeing to it that they receive the right medication and stay healthy in their twilight years. But these nurses also face several challenges as...

​​​Stellenbosch University academic, Prof Rufus Gouws, has been awarded the Jan H Marais prize for outstanding contributions to Afrikaans as an academic language. Gouws is widely regarded as one of South Africa's leading lexicographers with...

Empathy, procedural fairness and confidentiality are at the core of Larona Matee's work at the Equality Unit of Stellenbosch University (SU). A qualified social worker, Matee is a case officer who deals with complaints of discrimination and...

Ensuring that staff at Stellenbosch University (SU) have access to a wide variety of support structures and programmes is a task that falls to Shibu Mamabolo, head of Employee Wellness in the Division of Human Resources. As we kicked off...

​​Thursday 12 May is International Nurses Day. In opinion pieces for the media, Profs Hester Klopper (Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Strategy, Global and Corporate Affairs) and Portia Jordan (Department of Nursing and Midwifery) emphasise the...

​​​Prof Bill Tucker from the Division of Computer Science in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Stellenbosch University recently delivered his inaugural lecture titled “Walking forward together, sonke siya phambili, saam vorentoe"...

Stellenbosch University Museum Commemorates International Museum Day The International Council of Museums (ICOM) annually commemorates 18 May as International Museum Day. The theme for 2022 is 'The Power of Museums'. 'Museums have the power...

The South African Academy for Science and Arts has announced that Prof Rufus Gouws is to receive the Jan H Marais Prize for his contribution to Afrikaans as an academic and scientific language. During the course of a long career (which has...

​Selina Seshabela heads up the Contact and Client Services Centre at Stellenbosch University (SU), serving as the first point of contact for stakeholders who require assistance with a range of SU-related matters. The Contact and Client...

​​​The Postgraduate Office, Division for Research Development hosted its first "Quickfire Talks" research communication competition on the 1 st of November 2023, at the Neelsie Cinema. This event provided 15 Stellenbosch University's...