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SU student takes top spot in Chinese proficiency competition
The Confucius Institute at Stellenbosch University (CISU) is exceptionally proud of Stellenbosch University (SU) student Iola Meyer ( pictured alongside), who recently scooped first place in the 21 st Chinese Bridge proficiency competition...
Government should listen to residents when it upgrades informal settlements
South Africans who live in informal settlements don't seem to have a say in government decisions about the types of upgrades they need. This is according to Dr Sameera Mahomedy, a post-doctoral research fellow and lecturer at the South...
Innovative first-year med student launches ‘bot’ to recruit organ donors
Thousands of people in South Africa are in need of organs to save their lives, and yet a miniscule percentage of the country's population are organ donors. In fact, South Africa has one of the smallest organ donor populations in the world...
A day in the life of: Shibu Mamabolo
Ensuring that staff at Stellenbosch University (SU) have access to a wide variety of support structures and programmes is a task that falls to Shibu Mamabolo, head of Employee Wellness in the Division of Human Resources. As we kicked off...
International Nurses Day: Invest in education and training of nurses – SU experts
Thursday 12 May is International Nurses Day. In opinion pieces for the media, Profs Hester Klopper (Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Strategy, Global and Corporate Affairs) and Portia Jordan (Department of Nursing and Midwifery) emphasise the...
Prof Tucker uses computer science to empower marginalised communities
Prof Bill Tucker from the Division of Computer Science in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Stellenbosch University recently delivered his inaugural lecture titled “Walking forward together, sonke siya phambili, saam vorentoe"...
Prof Rufus Gouws receives ‘Nobel Prize’ for life-time contribution to Afrikaans
The South African Academy for Science and Arts has announced that Prof Rufus Gouws is to receive the Jan H Marais Prize for his contribution to Afrikaans as an academic and scientific language. During the course of a long career (which has...
A day in the life of: Ricardo Isaacks
As a senior assistant in the mail room at Stellenbosch University (SU), Ricardo Isaacks ensures that thousands of incoming and outgoing letters, packages and important documents reach their destination. Having clocked up nearly 27 years'...
Digital connectivity gives women agripreneurs in Africa a fighting chance
The annual Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day (MSMEs) Day is celebrated on Monday 27 June. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Dr Mamello Nchake from the Department of Economics writes that digital connectivity can give...
Women’s Month ends on a high note for two SU academics
For two young scientists at Stellenbosch University (SU) August has been extra special when they found out that they had been nominated as finalists for the 2023 South African Women in Science Awards (SAWiSA). In celebration of Women's...