World Hepatitis Day is marked on 28 July. It is one of only four days dedicated to a specific infectious disease by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Of the five types of viral hepatitis (named alphabetically: hepatitis A, B, C, D and E)...

This year, Stellenbosch University's Matie Community Service – which is housed within the Division for Social Impact – made great strides in forming purposeful partnerships as part of its Mandela Week 2019 activities. Together with staff...

Stellenbosch University's (SU) Division for Social Impact ended off its Mandela Week activities on a fun-filled high at Stellenzicht Secondary School. The Division has been hard at work spearheading and organising various projects and...

​​When Niel Botha says he did not expect being named the 2019 CGW Schumann Medal winner for the best postgraduate student in Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS), you believe him. You see, the...

​​ Lead With Disability programme ​ ​​Did you know that when you meet someone who is blind, you should resist the urge to engage with their service dog? While it may be a natural reaction to want to pet the animal, the dog is actually...

​​Stellenbosch University (SU)'s new School for Data Science and Computational Thinking was officially launched on Monday (29 July 2019) at a function at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. Aiming to be a world-class institution...

​World Hepatitis Day 2019 takes place on July 28th. This date was chosen because it is the birthday of Nobel-prize winning scientist Dr Baruch Blumberg, who discovered hepatitis B virus (HBV) and developed a diagnostic test and vaccine for...

It was the African proverb “if you climb up fast enough, you must pull others up" that inspired fourth-year medical student Lindokuhle Mazibuko to start a tutorship project for Khayelitsha school children, aimed at improving their marks...

The Centre for Student Communities (CSC) within the Division Student Affairs recently welcomed new members to its team of staff, serving as ResEd coordinators and residence heads within the various student communities at Stellenbosch...

Stellenbosch University (SU) student Nomzamo Ntombela is without a doubt a trailblazer. She is a first generation university graduate, was the first black woman to be elected as Chairperson of the SU Student Representative Council in 2017...