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Remembering our colleague and friend Eduardo Shimahara (fondly known as Shima)
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we at the SPL share that our colleague and friend Shima has passed away. Eduardo Shimahara (fondly known as Shima) was born in Brazil and has been living in Cape Town since 2013. He left a career as a...
World Hepatitis Day 2020
Worldwide, 290 million people are living with viral hepatitis unaware (1). On World Hepatitis Day, 28 July, we call on people from across the world to take action and raise awareness. Nine in ten people living with viral hepatitis do not...
The SciMathUS students are back on campus!
The year 2020 has been nothing but a shock not only to South Africans but the whole world. The Covid-19 pandemic caused a disruption to the world of academia in a way we never imagined. We found ourselves having to 'lock down' our face-to...
SA faces particular structural barriers to behavioural change amidst pandemic
As the COVID-19 infection rate accelerates at an alarming pace in South Africa, an article authored by two academics at Stellenbosch University (SU) warns that adherence to lockdown rules in conditions where citizens live without secure...
SU will not oppose Leon Schreiber and DA’s PAIA court application
Stellenbosch University will not oppose the court application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) relating to the independent investigation by retired Judge Burton Fourie. The court application followed an earlier...
A gift for the next generation of Maties
Last year Nick Smit, a graduate of Stellenbosch University, and his husband Francois Conradie decided it was time to reinvest some of their privileges into a positive bank balance for deserving students. They are both employed at a global...
Appreciate and conserve nature in lockdown
On Tuesday (28 July), we celebrate World Nature Conservation Day. In an opinion piece for News24, Drs Tony Rebelo (South African National Biodiversity Institute) and Alanna Rebelo (Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology) write that...
SA could face mass hunger
South Africa could face mass hunger if efforts to offset the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are eased, write Dr Gabrielle Wills, Prof Servaas van der Berg (both from the Department of Economics) and Prof Leila Patel...
'Welcome back, and all the best with the second semester'
Dear colleagues and students Welcome back from recess, and all the best with the second semester! Most of us are still working and studying online from home. Nevertheless, our Stellenbosch University (SU) campuses are slowly but surely...
Vital to protect newborns and their mothers against COVID-19
Since newborn babies, as well as their mothers and the hospital staff looking after them, are very vulnerable to COVID-19, we need policies and systems that can help to protect them, write Profs Angela Dramowski and Adrie Bekker from the...