Two postgraduate students from the Department of Earth Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU) scooped two of the top awards from the Geological Society of South Africa this week. Jean Loock won the award for the best fourth year thesis...

The Maties Basketball men's team not only finished sixth overall in its debut USSA tournament, but also managed to qualify for the Varsity Sports Basketball tournament. Coach Zarko Krkeljas described the tournament as a rewarding learning...

​He has dual citizenship of Morocco and France and studies in the Netherlands. Having lived in Mexico and Brazil, Reda Berrada is a citizen of the world. For the next six months the Cape Winelands will be home for the French student. He is...

​The incidence of Type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing globally, and in South Africa, with men and women of all ages being affected. The International Diabetes Federation estimates that in 2015 approximately 2 million South Africans had...

A new research unit geared towards making TB drugs safe and accessible for children recently opened its doors at the Brooklyn Chest Hospital. "It is a child's human right to be given medication in doses that are safe and effective, and in a...

A strong call for African universities to work together to find solutions for the African continent emerged from the Africa Day celebrations at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University. On Africa Day...

Students are kindly requested to be extra vigilant during recess periods as there are much less people or activities on campus. Unfortunately, statistics have shown that many cases of theft from student residences are reported at Campus...

Overview of research in the Department of Microbiology

​The over-arching goal of the Department of Basic Education should be that every South African child learn to read for meaning by the end of Grade 3. That is the key message of two reports launched by the Research on Socioeconomic Policy...

Managing a student-athlete's physical workload at university level is very important for the Maties Sport High Performance (HP) Unit. The VX Sport GPS athlete tracking system is one of the many tools that is used at the Maties Sport HP Unit...