Every Thursday evening at 18:00, Coetzenburg Centre comes alive as dozens of runners, equipped with head-torches, gather for their weekly trail run. This is the Stellies Shake Out, a trail-running initiative that has grown from a small...

​Africa Universities' Day is observed annually on 12 November. In opinion pieces for University World News, Karen Bruns (Development & Alumni Relations) and Prof Aslam Fataar (Education Policy Studies) focus on what universities in Africa...

​Prof Pieter Fourie from the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University delivered his inaugural lecture on Tuesday 12 November 2024. The title of his lecture was “The lie through...

Prof Sam Tshehla, Dean of the Faculty of Military Science at Stellenbosch University (SU), was honoured with the Africa Education Leadership Award as Best Professor in Military Science in Mauritius on Tuesday (7 December 2016). Tshehla...

The recently retired Executive Head of the Department of Medicine at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Prof Helmuth Reuter, reflects on his diverse four-decade career in medicine. Born in Namibia...

​Professor Charles Adjasi, the acting director of the Stellenbosch Business School, has a rich and diverse background that deeply influences his approach to leadership and academia. Hailing from Ghana, Prof Adjasi’s pathway to South Africa...

​As Stellenbosch Business School celebrates its 60th anniversary, only a handful of staff have been at the business school longer than economist and futures thinker, Prof André Roux. He offers a unique perspective on the Business School’s...

​World Diabetes Day is observed annually on 14 November. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University write that a healthy lifestyle, plant-based and indigenous foods, and access to effective care can help to combat...

Prof Portia Jordan, Executive Head of the Department of Nursing and Midwifery at Stellenbosch University, achieved a remarkable milestone by being inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) in Washington earlier this...

Stellenbosch University (SU) recently celebrated the achievements of its top students in Chinese language studies at a gala event hosted by the Department of Modern Foreign Languages at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)...