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SU Botanical Garden - one of the best botanical gardens in the world
The Stellenbosch University (SU) Botanical Garden has just been awarded as an Accredited Conservation Practitioner by Botanic Gardens Conservation International ( BGCI). The SU Botanical Garden is the only garden in Africa and one of only...
SciMathUS helping students achieve their dreams
There is a well-known Confucius quote: “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." For students participating in the Science and Mathematics at Stellenbosch University (SciMathUS) Programme, this quote is...
Facilities Management launches new integrated workplace management system
As part of an initiative to ensure that operations are optimised, governance improved and systems are integrated through better use of technology Stellenbosch University Facilities Management (SUFM) Division conducted a procurement process...
How many wives does one need?
Men who engage in polygamy are narcissistic and women who acquiesce have a defeatist mindset that accepts that men deserve more than one woman in a relationship. That is the impression I got from arguments presented in an SABC2 programme...
#WomenofSU: Bariatric surgery research project on track
Society does not have much sympathy with people who are overweight … “Even in medical circles, people sometimes incorrectly believe that overweight people should simply eat less, that they are lazy and don't stick to their exercise and...
Women’s Month Ubuntu Dialogue engages Black Lives Matter
The Transformation Office of Stellenbosch University (SU) and the SU Museum recently hosted Tiffany Caesar, a doctoral candidate from Michigan State University in the United States, as part of the Ubuntu Dialogues series and Women’s...
African mathematicians deserve more recognition
African mathematicians help drive innovation on the continent, but they don't always get the recognition they deserve. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Oluwole Makinde from the Department of Mathematics in the Faculty of Military...
Landscape art focuses on Maties' contribution to agriculture
A landscape art project focusing on agriculture is taking shape in the Overberg in the Western Cape. This land installation art project consists of two giant circles that have been planted with wheat and canola. Each circle is 100 metres...
Invisibility of black women in SA
In the past two decades we have witnessed waves of xenophobic violence through which the distinction between South African citizens and non-citizens is brutally maintained, reinforced and patrolled, a boundary that separates those who have...
Military psychologists promote well-being of soldiers
Military psychologists make a constructive contribution to the lives of soldiers and their families to protect our country and continent. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Gideon van Dyk from the Department of Industrial Psychology...