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Health workers cope with a huge amount of stress - how to build a resilient health system in South Africa
This article was first published on The Conversation . Read the original article here . Popular and academic literature is replete with examples of how to cope with daily stresses. Mental health professions have also long researched and...
Freedom Day: Many South Africans still unfree
Freedom Day was celebrated on 27 April. In opinion pieces* for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University wrote that many South Africans are becoming increasingly angry because they have yet to taste the fruits of true freedom. Click on...
Havenga Prize in life sciences awarded to SU microbiologist Prof Gideon Wolfaardt
Prof Gideon Wolfaardt from Stellenbosch University (SU) is the recipient of the prestigious Havenga Prize, awarded annually by the SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns for original research in the natural sciences. Prof Wolfaardt, a...
Update on Admissions Policy and the Rector’s Discretionary Placement
The Council of Stellenbosch University has appointed a three-member committee to investigate allegations of nepotism and a possible breach of rules related to the Rector’s Discretionary Placements arising from placements of relatives of the...
A day in the life: Jabu Lukhele
Staff member Jabu Lukhele spends his days inspiring first-year chemistry students as one of the principal technical officers of the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science. A former Latin dancer, Jabu now gets his endorphin fix from...
Time, flexibility key for healthy, fair and balanced working life
International Workers' Day was observed on 1 May. In an opinion piece for Business Day, Prof Mark Smith, Director of Stellenbosch Business School, writes how issues of time and flexibility underpin the struggle for a healthy, fair and...
A day in the life: Nienke Osborne
Nienke Osborne is happiest when she is telling stories and engaging with people, either on the airwaves as a news reader for campus radio, MFM or in her role as a private accommodation officer. She lives, works, and studies in Stellenbosch...
Local news in spotlight at Journalism department’s Press Freedom Day celebration
“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." So said Nathan Geffen, editor of GroundUp, about the reporting approach his news agency followed when they started investigating the prison escape of the infamous Thabo Bester. Geffen...
Initiative highlights importance for self-care for mental health
The mental health and wellbeing of health care workers were put under the spotlight during a recent event at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS). The half-day workshop, jointly hosted by SU's...
A day in the life: Dr Jill Ryan
Since joining Stellenbosch University’s Equality Unit, Dr Jill Ryan has become an outspoken voice against gender-based violence. Ryan says she feels grateful to be able to make a difference. When she’s doing training or presenting a...