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MGD to host more virtual Mandela Day events for students
Matie Community Service (better known by its Afrikaans acronym, MGD) has lined up two virtual events for students on 29 and 31 July as part of its month-long celebration of Mandela Day. The events kicked off on 17 July – a day...
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...
#WomenofSU: Shedding light on the reproductive health of South African women
For years, the reproductive health and well-being of women were considered a taboo subject among many communities. This resulted in poor maternal health care services, especially among the most marginalised women in society. Dr Efua Tembisa...
COVID-19 is an opportunity to make our circles bigger
The COVID-19 pandemic should also be seen as an opportunity to reach out to vulnerable foreigners who try to make a living in South Africa, writes Dr Judy-Ann Cilliers from the Department of Philosophy in a doctoral-based opinion piece for...
Food security: many revolutions were started because of hunger, says Madonsela
“Many revolutions have been started not because of philosophies, but because of hunger." This stark warning about the potential impact that the Covid-19 pandemic could have on South Africa was presented by Prof Thuli Madonsela, Law Trust...
#WomenofSU: More women in the military is a right and a necessity
In 1997, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) started appointing women in all types of positions, including combat positions. Since then, Prof Lindy Heinecken from the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at...