It costs at least R800 per month to ensure that a child eats enough nutritious meals to grow and develop adequately. Unfortunately, South Africa's childcare grant currently only provides R480, with which caregivers also need to cover other...

​​Dear students and colleaguesBy now you are well aware of the incident that was captured on a cell phone video in the Huis Marais residence in the early hours of Sunday morning. Understandably, the situation has gained significant media...

Working in Student Governance and serving as an Assistant Residence Head at Metanoia, Thulani Hlatswayo plays a key part in assisting students on their transformative journey at Stellenbosch University (SU). Fortunately, he is well equipped...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) strongly condemns the incident recorded at Huis Marais, evidently motivated by racist and destructive behaviour. The University deeply values respect, compassion, equity, accountability and excellence in all...

Injuries from incidents like road accidents, burns or violence are very common and are a major cause of death, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC). In a country like South Africa, this area of research demands a...

For key wheat and apple production regions, the recent multi-year drought was the most severe in 30 years. This may be an early sign of the effects of climate change on agriculture in the winter rainfall area of the Western Cape. This is...

​Prof Johan Fourie of the Department of Economics delivered his inaugural lecture entitled South Africa's Long Walk to Economic Freedom: A Personal Journey on 17 May 2022. Prof Fourie, who teaches economic history to undergraduate and...

​​​​​The UNESCO Chair in Complex Systems and Transformative African Futures has been awarded to two Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers, Associate Professor Rika Preiser and Tanja Hichert, who are based at the Centre for Sustainability...

Melany le Roux manages the Security Systems and Intelligence department at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Campus Security. She and her team work around the clock to support the campus community with any security-related concerns. As we...

​​​​The potential economic impact of the polyphagous shot hole borer in South Africa amounts to a whopping R275 billion over the next ten years, and municipalities will have to bear the brunt of this cost if nothing is done to stem the tide...