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First short course for book clubs a resounding success
If you relish reading and would like to get more out of Afrikaans novels and volumes of poetry, you've just missed an opportunity to learn how to delve deeper into literature and read with greater insight. The Department of Afrikaans and...
Biofilters with indigenous plants more effective in removing pollutants from stormwater
Biofilters with indigenous South African plants such as palmiet, mat sedge, soft rush, cobra lily and vleibiesie are more efficient than unvegetated soils in removing pollutants from urban stormwater which can have a detrimental impact on...
Dr Chris Jones’s book wins most downloaded book award
The BNC congratulates Chris Jones* and Juri van den Heever on winning the following award: Most downloaded book during 2020 in the Humanities & Social Sciences AOSIS Scholarly Domain Book Title: Moral Issues in the Natural Sciences and...
The hunt for coronavirus variants: how the new one was found and what we know so far
The hunt for coronavirus variants: how the new one was found and what we know so far Since early in the COVID pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2. This was a valuable...
Top computer science students recognised for 2020 achievements
Working on improving the automated image recognition of individual leopards from photographs for her BScHonours project in Computer Sciences at Stellenbosch University, Ms Jacobie Mouton not only published her first peer-reviewed article...
Announcement of new B.1.1.529 variant (Omicron)
Stellenbosch University (SU) notes with concern criticism expressed mainly on social media about the announcement of the new B.1.1.529 Covid-19 variant (Omicron) by SU researcher, Prof Tulio de Oliveira. De Oliveira, a world-renowned...
Multilingualism in higher education – challenges and solutions
This op-ed was published on Netwerk24 on 9 October 2021. Click here to read it on that site, or read a translation below. The extent of the challenge of promoting multilingualism at South African universities was revealed at Universities...
Final-year med student honoured for his performance, leadership and service
Azhar Adam Nadkar, a final-year medical student at Stellenbosch University (SU) who has earned the reputation of being a “tireless volunteer", an all-rounder and a role model to his peers on campus, was recently recognised for a range of...
COVID-19 vaccination institutional rule
Dear colleagues and students Stellenbosch University (SU) undertook the compulsory risk assessment prescribed by the Consolidated Directions on Occupational Health and Safety in Certain Workplaces (Government Notice No. R 499 in...
Preliminary results show there are ways to fight borer beetle
Stellenbosch University (SU) entomologists are continually keeping an eye on the developing issue surrounding the spread of the polyphagous shot hole borer beetle (PSHB) and its associated fungus around the country, and the threat it holds...