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Tackling an ancient disease urgently
Prof Anneke Hesseling keeps a painting by Sir Luke Fildes called The Doctor above her desk. The image of the Victorian-era general practitioner observing the “crisis of illness" in a child in those (pre-antibiotic) days is an enduring one –...
Process Engineering celebrates 50 years
"The Department of Process Engineering has its roots in a rather momentous and extraordinary year, 1969. In the same year, a monstrous Saturn V rocket gulped a combined volume of 3,5 million litres of kerosene, liquid oxygen and liquid...
International Charity Day
As part of media and marketing in the Department of Genetics, special environmental themed days were highlighted to encourage involvement and wellbeing among students. The first of these days was International Charity Day on 5 September...
First International Post-TB Symposium held in Stellenbosch
A recent two-day Post TB-symposium in Stellenbosch consisted of 14 lectures and seven workshops presented by specialists from a variety of disciplines, including clinicians, rehabilitation specialists, scientists, researchers, patient...
Looking into the chemistry and sensory effects of bushfire smoke on red wines
As has been very evident from recent news from around the world, wildfires are becoming an increasingly widespread and devastating influence on our landscapes, ecosystems and economies. The effect of smoke on agricultural crops is thus...
Company donates laptops to Huis ten Bosch residents
Marsh, an insurance broker and risk management firm, has recently donated brand new laptops to Huis ten Bosch residents who lost their belongings in a fire that broke out at the Stellenbosch University (SU) women's residence in August...
Annie watches the SA Agulhas II closely
Most people find the sounds of steel creaking to be highly irritating. However, for mechanical engineer Prof Anriëtte “Annie" Bekker, that's what life is all about. She leads a research programme at Stellenbosch University that examines...
Midlevel workers: Africa’s unsung health heroes need more support
This article was originally published on The Conversation . Read the full article here . Midlevel health workers can play an important role in addressing shortages of health professionals and improving access to care. This is especially...
Vehicle Tender Wednesday 16th of October 2019
Vehicle Tender The Stellenbosch University, Transport Services, located in Banghoek Street, will host a vehicle sale on Wednesday 16th of October 2019. The vehicles can be viewed from 08:30 to 16:00 and all written tenders must be in before...
Prof Pieter Gouws attended a SA-EU workshop on food safety and risk assessment
It is clear from representatives from the European Union (EU), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)...