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Lockdown turns graduate into children’s book author
What do you do when it’s the middle of lockdown 2020, you have two children who are avid readers, you’ve run out of books and all the libraries are closed? Well, in the case of Leon-Ben Lamprecht, you write your own children’s book. When...
High-achieving matrics head for SU
Several learners from across South Africa who excelled in matric in 2021 have decided on Stellenbosch University (SU) as their institution of choice for further studies this year. Among those becoming Maties are Free State top matriculant...
“Living laboratory" paves the way for SU to become smart campus
By using the Facilities Management Division as a living laboratory, future-fit systems and processes have been put in place since 2015 to turn Stellenbosch University (SU) into a smart campus. According to Nicolette van den Eijkel...
Coach Jabulile getting Maties women football fit
Maties women's football head coach Jabulile Baloyi is getting her new team ready for the football season. She has extensive experience in women's football as she has coached both the u20 South African side and USSA teams at CUCSA/FISU games...
Coach Lenise leading junior SA hockey team to African Cup of Nations
At the tender age of nine, Maties Sport's head coach for women's hockey started playing hockey. Today Lenise Marais is doing her part in developing future national stars as head coach of the South African junior women hockey team that is...
Blended Learning Coordinators: Professional Learning Day
The bi-annual CLT Blended Learning Coordinators (BLC) Professional Learning Day took place at STIAS on 9 March 2022. With many of the colleagues meeting each other face-to-face for the first time this year, fruitful conversations and ideas...
World TB Day: Targeted interventions needed to help people with TB
Although there is effective treatment available for Tuberculosis (TB), prior to Covid-19, it had been responsible for the greatest number of deaths worldwide by a single infectious agent. More research regarding predicting and improving...
‘FBOs can play practical role in empowering and transforming the poor’ – PhD study
Faith-based organisations (FBOs) can help to empower those who are economically deprived by equipping them with job skills and by restoring their human dignity.This is according to Dr Susan Mellows who obtained her PhD in Practical Theology...
PhD graduate contributes to the development of smallholder farmers
Dr Obvious Mapiye is convinced that his childhood experience with animal and crop farming on a smallholding laid the foundation for his current achievements, which includes completing his doctoral studies and conceptualising the creation...
Double PhD celebration for siblings
It was a double celebration for siblings Clarice and Manisha du Plessis, who both graduated with PhDs during Stellenbosch University's (SU) April graduation series. Clarice (27), was awarded a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Manisha (25)...