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New collaboration between SU and Coventry University
The relationship between chronic inflammation and the onset of type 2 diabetes will be the subject of collaborative research between scientists from the Department of Physiological Sciences at Stellenbosch University and the Centre for...
USB welcomes new Career Services manager
Janine Truter, who previously worked for the Shoprite Group, is a registered industrial psychologist and started as USB’s new Career Services manager on Friday, 1 April. About her plans for USB’s Career Services she says: “I want to make...
Large study targets prostate cancer in African men
A Stellenbosch University (SU) researcher is part of a team of international scientists undertaking the largest study to date to explore the genetic causes of prostate cancer (CaP) in African men. "In addition to gaining valuable insight...
Maties Water Polo Club going from strength to strength
The Maties Water Polo Club is on a high after winning the Western Province Water Polo league and the inclusion of five of its members in the South African Water Polo team that participated in the recent Men's Water Polo Olympic Games...
Transformation talk addresses moral leadership
Under the current leadership of President Jacob Zuma, South Africa has become a country of very few possibilities from which only a few people can benefit. Ronnie Kasrils, Struggle veteran and former Minister of Intelligence, said South...
Ecologists embrace technology to combat biodiversity loss
Information technology is becoming one of ecologists' greatest tools to counter the global threat to biodiversity. But only 5% of existing data sets focusing on factors that threaten biodiversity – such as invasive species, logging and the...
Van der Merwe equals world record
While he had the crowd on its feet with his world-record time in the 100m (T37), Maties Parasport's Fanie van der Merwe stunned himself with this performance. Van der Merwe ran the time of 11.46 seconds on the first day of the ASA Senior...
SU postgraduate students and postdocs visit Parliament
A group of SU postgraduate students and postdocs attended the budget speech vote of minister Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science and Technology. The visit was per invitation by Minister Pandor and facilitated by the Division for...
Navy expects Bath Iron Works’ delivery of stealth destroyer to be almost three years late
The Navy now estimates delivery of the DDG-1000, the first of three Zumwalt-class vessels in a $22.4 billion program, bymidyear, according to the Defense Department‘s annual ―Selected Acquisition Report‖ on the program. In 2010, the...
Hectic month ahead for Steinhoff Maties Hockey men
It is going to be a hectic month for the Steinhoff Maties Hockey men and their new coach Ashlin Freddy. Between 22 April and 23 May team members could be in action in up to 19 games in three different tournaments. The Interprovincial...