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Matie cyclist crowned African champion
Matie cyclist Mariske Strauss (24) overcame injuries and a bad tumble the week before to be crowned African cross-country champion at the 2016 African Continental Mountain Bike Championships this past weekend. This is her fifth continental...
Industry partners and Department of Agronomy join forces to promote research
Last year, the Department of Agronomy at Stellenbosch University (SU) was delighted with the donation of an Equalizer minimum till plot planter by the Cape Town firm Theebo Tech. This planter was to play an instrumental role in...
Rape culture normalises violence against women
In a rape culture, violence against women has become the new 'normal'. This was one the viewpoints of Prof Julie Claassens of the Discipline group Old and New Testament in the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University (SU) on Monday (4...
Link between diabetes and TB in the spotlight on World Health Day
World Health Day is marked annually on 7 April and the theme for this year's celebration is "Beat Diabetes". Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is doing important research to elucidate the diabetes epidemic in...
SU Woordfees 2016 a festival to remember
Stellenbosch University's (SU) Woordfees 2016 was a festival of highlights and successes. Saartjie Botha, festival director, said the record amount of tickets sold is proof that the festival serves a community who engages with the arts...
Sharing is caring
Nurturing and caring are two qualities that students on the Tygerberg campus embrace – not only as part of their studies, but also in their daily human interaction. A project which entails the establishment of communal pantry where needy...
Congratulations to all graduates!
The Department of Earth Sciences congratulates all graduates. We wish you all the best for your future endeavours! Photo: a proud Head of the Department (Prof. Roychoudhury) with our three new PhDs Dr. Duncan Hall, Dr. Andrea Baker and Dr...
Rector appeals to all Maties to take a stand for social justice
Stellenbosch University Rector and Vice-Chancellor has made a video appeal to students and staff to take a stand against social injustice. This comes in the wake of a case of rape reported over the weekend. He called for honest...
SA asset management industry benefits from collaboration between Schroders and SU
Representatives of the asset management industry in South Africa gathered in Stellenbosch this week for the inaugural investment seminar hosted by global asset management firm Schroders in collaboration with the Department of Statistics...
Polymer innovator helps to transform world of medicine
Although she was encouraged from a young age to become a medical doctor, Dr Gestél Kuyler, from the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science at Stellenbosch University (SU), decided to follow a different path where her passion for...