If ever a book's title could appropriately capture its contents, Steven Robins' Letters of Stone seems to have succeeded in doing so perfectly. Like the heaviness of stones, the reader is left with dread and knowing as they trace – along...

A week of events, films and dialogues aimed at seeking alternative ways to understand identity at Stellenbosch University (SU), is held this week (8-12 August 2016). Themed "Reimagining Matie Identity", the first ever Matie Identity Week...

Science communication is becoming more popular all over the world with countries, universities and research institutions spending big chunks of their budgets to promote it. In an article published on The Conversation website on Wednesday (3...

Years of hard work and dedication to individuals, families and communities affected by HIV, were rewarded when Ms Joan Coetzee was elected as international co-vice chair of the Protocol Development and Implementation Subcommittee (PDISC) of...

Technological advances in health sciences have brought with them new and complex ethical challenges that we need to deal with. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Keymanthri Moodley of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS)...

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Founded as an innovative toxicology laboratory at Tygerberg Hospital, the Poison Information Centre, housed within the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, is dedicated to ensuring every poisoning case receives informed, timely and effective...

The Division of Haematological Pathology is part of the Department of Pathology. Our division provides a quality diagnostic service to Tygerberg Hospital and its referral network within the Cape Town Metropolitan area and parts of the...