“Coming from a rural background should never limit one’s aspirations. What matters most is not where you come from, but where you want to go and what you are...

At 67, Dr Retha Smit is living proof that you’re never too old to learn. A lifelong learner, Smit received her PhD in psychiatry from Stellenbosch University...

For Dr Daniella Moore, the final stretch of her PhD in Mathematics at Stellenbosch University (SU) became something she could not have anticipated – a test not...

In the early hours of 4 December 2024 in Kimberley, far from home and in the middle of a football tournament where she represented Stellenbosch University (SU)...

Dr Tjaart Johannes van der Walt, regarded as a pioneer of digital banking on the African continent, was awarded an honorary doctorate by his alma mater...

Stellenbosch University (SU) awarded an honorary doctorate to pioneering South African social scientist and epidemiologist Dr Olive Shisana on Thursday (26...

The Blackenberg twins’ journey with Stellenbosch University (SU) began in high school – and this week, they graduated together from the same faculty.

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Blessed Muyanga came to Stellenbosch University (SU) in 2022 in pursuit of a science degree and a sense of independence. He never imagined he would become the...

Growing up in the village of Magoro in Limpopo, Xichavo Irvin Makhubele was raised in a home where generations lived side by side, and where the rhythms of...

In 2019, a group of Stellenbosch University (SU) academics walked into a classroom at Lückhoff High School in Stellenbosch to demonstrate life sciences...