Birds and damage in grain breeding trials are synonymous, and each breeder will have his or her unique way to tackle it. Some will go on the offense and others on the defence. The first usually leads to the culling of birds. It’s a last...

"People seem to have a lot of admiration and respect for girls who are 'brave' enough to accept the challenge of engineering," said Larissa Tredoux, a first-year Matie engineering student. She was one of the speakers at the Faculty of...

Prof Harald Pasch, distinguished professor and holder of the SASOL Research Chair in Analytical Polymer Science at Stellenbosch University (SU), was awarded the 2017 Gold Medal of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI). The SACI Gold...

Almost R7 million from the Moshal Scholarship Programme, R3.7 million from Eskom and R1.8 million from FNB… These are just some of the many donations that will give Stellenbosch University's bursary coffers a huge boost in 2017, to the...

Food insecurity is a real, but often silent struggle that students are facing on a daily basis. And that is why bursaries that are specifically focused on providing meals to needy students are so important. A donor that has been making a...

​According to the Bill of Rights of the South African Constitution: “Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, which includes: freedom of the press and other media; freedom to receive or impart information or ideas; freedom of...

New research from Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa shows that, in an extraordinary case of adaptation, the disproportionately long front legs of South Africa's oil-collecting Rediviva bee species have evolved in response to the...

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) is gearing up for its 100 th birthday celebrations in 2018! And what better way to drum up some excitement around the upcoming centenary and add to our bursary coffers, than with a campaign to highlight...

Three chemistry students at Stellenbosch University (SU) have reduced their laboratory’s water consumption by at least 3 000 litres per week by coming up with innovative and relatively inexpensive ways of saving water. Four months ago PhD...

Newly elected Student Representative Council (SRC) chairperson, Lwando Nkamisa, would like to see all Stellenbosch University (SU) students come together as a community – and be better together. Lwando, a Master's Degree student in...