​Respect and dignity. These two words emerge frequently when interviewing the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science's (FHMS) newly appointed Manager: Student Affairs. In her new position Ms Khairoonisa Foflonker will have to, among others...

​​​Professor Homi Bhabha ( Bio), the world’s premier post-colonial literary theorist and Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University, will visit Stellenbosch University next week. On Tuesday 15 August,​ Prof Bhaba will...

​After obtaining her doctorate in 2004, Prof Nox Makunga of the Department of Botany and Zoology joined Stellenbosch University (SU) in 2005 and quickly established herself as a leading researcher on South Africa's medicinal plants. She has...

Researchers from across the world recently gathered in Cape Town to share knowledge about and discuss “sense-making" in mathematics teaching and learning, applied problem-solving (modelling), and the way in which mathematical models and...

​The Telematic Schools Project is a joint initiative of the Western Cape Education Department and Stellenbosch University to implement education through technology. The project started in 2009 as a pilot in 10 schools with five subjects and...

The rapid detection of honey fraud; the role of women in the military; the link between heart disease and mental health; career development for township youth; the use of dragonflies to monitor the health of water sources; and ways in which...

​After excellent outputs over the past 10 years – especially with regard to the number of doctoral students it produced – the Chair in the Economics of Social Policy​​ has been renewed. The chair, which is held by Professor Servaas van der...

We must all do our bit to combat corruption because it is a serious impediment to the country's economic and social development. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Pregala Pillay from the School of Public Leadership at Stellenbosch...

​Medical students who are trained in evidence-based healthcare (EBHC), are better equipped to provide quality care to patients. “Evidence-based healthcare involves integrating clinical expertise acquired through clinical practice and...

An entire volume of the highly regarded internationally - and South African Department of Higher Education and Training-accredited - Taiwan Journal of Democracy has been dedicated to promoting the work of African scholars. Articles in...