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City of Joburg CIO Dr Jairam-Owthar is new IT head at Stellenbosch University
She is only 39 years old, yet Dr Denisha Jairam-Owthar has achieved more in her career than most can dream of. Her resumé takes you through her academic and professional journey. Throughout there are awards of excellence or outstanding...
Pay gap between executives and employees increasing
The following article, entitled South Africa is tightening its rules around executive pay, but gaps remain, by Nadia Mans-Kemp was published in The Conversation on 5 October 2021: South Africa has a large, and growing, wage gap. The pay...
Distinguished SU academic honoured with Lifetime Award
Professor Faadiel Essop, Director of the Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA) at Stellenbosch University, recently received the Physiology Society of Southern Africa's (PSSA) Lifetime Award in recognition of his...
Oppenheimer Fellowship ‘a great honour’, says Prof Gobodo-Madikizela
Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Research Chair in Studies in Historical Trauma and Transformation at Stellenbosch University (SU), was awarded the 2020 Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award at a ceremony held at the Brenthurst Library in...
Unintended consequences of online teaching
The article entitled Emergency online remote learning's unintended consequences by Prof Riaan Rudman was published in University World News (Africa Edition) on 28 October 2021. Here is a short excerpt: In 2020, the higher education sector...
Rector's Award recipient serves to help others excel
Grace Mngadi's passion for leadership was recently recognised when she was awarded a Rector's Award for Excellence. She is one of the 82 recipients of this year's annual Rector's Award for Excellent Achievement, which recognises students...
A year of transformation: SciMathUS celebrates student achievements
More than 133 students embarked on a life-altering journey in 2023, having accepted the challenge to reshape their future through the SciMathUS university preparation programme. On the evening of 20 October, their achievements and the...
Open data crucial and sometimes even lifesaving, Library Symposium says
The pandemic and lockdown have proven that open data and the sharing of information, especially by governments, save lives and accelerate innovation, research, open science, collaboration and community engagement. So said Prof Kanshukan...
Poets Schaffer and Pedro honoured at festival
Two poets, both affiliated with the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at Stellenbosch University (SU), were recently honoured at the 10th Tuin van Digters (Garden of Poets) festival at the Breytenbach centre in Wellington – lecturer Dr...
Rector's Award affirms hard work is paying off
Receiving a Rector's Award feels surreal, says Lwazi Madi, a Maties water polo player and captain of the South Africa water polo team that participated in the Tokyo 0lympic Games earlier this year. Madi, a Master's student in Sport Science...