​Studying abroad is an unforgettable experience. However, adjusting to a foreign country with unfamiliar faces and diverse cultures also presents some challenges. That is where the Matie Buddy programme, offered by Stellenbosch University...

​The inaugural Cape Agritech Connect brought together over a hundred attendees representing the diverse sectors within the Western Cape agriculture industry. Set against the picturesque backdrop of Boschendal estate, the event formed the...

​​​​Professor Ingrid Woolard, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) was recently awarded an honorary professorship from the University of Groningen (UG) in the Netherlands. A first for a Stellenbosch University...

​​Many from low-income households or rural areas lacked access and digital devices appropriate for learning. World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is celebrated annually on 17 May. This year’s theme “digital innovation for...

​To be stung forty times in four years by wasps is much more than most people would be able to endure. That's however what happened to Carolien van Zyl while she was doing research for her doctorate in entomology about two types of invasive...

Stellenbosch University (SU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of South Africa to “to find new approaches and strategies in the fight against corruption.” The MOU will focus on the...

​​In celebration of Youth Day on Sunday 16 June, staff and students at Stellenbosch University wrote opinion pieces for the media in which they focused on education, employment, mental health, and entrepreneurship as some of the key issues...

​​World Refugee Day is observed annually on 20 June. In an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, Yeukai Chideya from the Institute for Life Course Health Research writes that we should strive to create a culture that accepts and supports...

​If you are a seafarer, the last thing you want is to suffer from seasickness (motion sickness). When you are busy with deck and accommodation patrols, steering the vessel, standing on lookout, or assisting the officer on watch, among...

​More than sixty people recently joined hands to walk 16 kilometres from Stellenbosch to Bethlehem farm in Kylemore in Stellenbosch University's (SU) fourth annual social justice walk. The walk celebrated South African youth and raised...