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R1.5m for project aimed at creating viable livelihoods
An R1.5m injection from the WesBank Fund has enabled a new project aimed at reducing hunger and poverty, increasing agricultural development, addressing malnutrition and contributing towards skills development, to get off the ground. The...
Blue Skies funding for ‘cellular taxis’
Researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU) are exploiting the guerrilla tactics used by hard-core bacteria, such as those causing Tuberculosis, to develop 'cellular taxis' that will be able to deliver stem cells in a relatively short...
Chemist and physicist receive SU Chancellor’s awards
A theoretical physicist and an analytical chemist from the Faculty of Science at SU were awarded the Chancellor’s Award for outstanding achievement during the December 2015 graduation ceremony. They are prof. Hendrik Geyer, currently...
SU computer scientist receives A-rating
An expert in Software Engineering from Stellenbosch University, prof. Willem Visser, is only the second computer scientist in South Africa to receive an A-rating from the National Research Foundation. A-ratings are aimed at researchers who...
IPB celebrates the end of 2015
To conclude a successful 2015, students and staff from the Institute for Plant Biotechnology came together on Friday 4 December to give feedback on research progress and then to relax at the year-end function. Biannually, all postgraduate...
2016 New students’ welcoming programme and registration
A warm welcome to the 2016 BSc first year students. The welcome and registration programme of the Faculty of Science will commence on Thursday 21 January 2016 with information sessions for parents and students. Click here for more details...
SUNCEP celebrates success of 2015 HOPE@Maties learners
Eight learners on the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) merit list and five on the top 20 list of the Northern Cape Department of Education's (NCDoE) were part of the 2015 Hope@Maties project. More than a third of the group obtained...
New research on genetics of Southern Africa leopards
Leopards that come into conflict with farmers or rural populations should ideally not be translocated further than 100 kilometres from where they were caught, as it can compromise their natural spatial genetic structure and diversity. This...
Resonant leadership in the public sector can drive caring, serving
The following was published in the Cape Times column Songololo: In my words... by Dr Sharil Haricharan ( Cape Times of 21-12-2015): Tuning into emotions of others “Our managers need to be able to wear the shoes of the grassroot levels...
Maties hockey players selected to represent SA
No fewer than 13 players of the Steinhoff Maties Hockey Club were selected for the International Summer Series. The players in the men’s group are Rob McKinley, Dylan Swanepoel, Daniel Bell, Alex Stewart, Charlie Bowren, Matt de Souza...