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Social Impact through Matie Community Service and Volunteerism
Matie Community Service (MCS) in the Division for Social Impact, recently held its annual general meeting (AGM). Traditionally, the AGM is also an opportunity to celebrate the people who benefit from the work of MCS. During the presentation...
Maties make a difference during welcoming week
Around five thousand new students are welcomed at Stellenbosch University every year. The annual tradition of exposing them to a well-rounded student life kicks off during welcoming week. A Social Impact morning is part of the welcoming...
Social Impact Orientation Session
The Division for Social Impact recently hosted an orientation session for new staff members. The session provided an overview of Stellenbosch University's Social Impact strategy and support structures and featured presentations from Social...
Opinion article: Teachers are in ideal position to help
Our world is becoming increasingly complex and intolerant of social difference. Schools and especially teachers have a significant role to play in creating opportunities for children and adolescents to engage in dialogue and to affirm the...
Stem cell research gets ‘boost’ from NRF
Stem cell research at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) recently received a major boost in the form of a R1,93 million grant awarded to Dr Mari van de Vyver from the Division of Endocrinology...
Saturday surgeries cut waiting time for breast cancer patients
When Dr Ilna Conradie looked for alternative ways to reduce the waiting time for surgery of breast cancer patients at Tygerberg Hospital (TBH) last year, she came across Project Flamingo – a charity-based programme that facilitates “catch...
SU researchers aim to grow research collaboration with African countries
'Orphan crops' and the impact of an invasive weed on subsistence farmers in Nigeria are two of the topics Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers will investigate as part of a research visit funded by SU's Centre for Collaboration in...
A chance at life for immune-deficient babies
Every year a number of babies are born in South Africa with genetic defects that prevent their immune systems from developing, and in the most severe cases leaving them totally defenceless against infection. Protected in the womb, they grow...
Betrayal of the promise: how South Africa is being stolen
A major, new study on the country's emerging Shadow State By the State Capacity Research Project, an interdisciplinary, interuniversity research partnership that aims to contribute to the public debate about ‘state capture’ in South Africa...
Has our Constitution reached its expiry date?
"Through the research conducted for our book we essentially investigated what the Constitution means to various stakeholders in South Africa and found that there were three threads of meaning – the one is tied to what the constitution...