In April this year an 84-year-old woman was brought to the Stellenbosch Biokinetics Centre by her daughter with the request that a biokineticist help develop her mother's mobility and physical strength. The patient was diagnosed with...

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Graduation page regarding changes to the University's graduation ceremonies.

Kobus van Dyk and Edwill van der Merwe were the brightest stars at Steinhoff Maties Rugby's annual awards night. Van Dyk – who made his debut for the Stormers this season – was named Maties Forward of the Year and the club's Senior Player...

Dylan Swanepoel and Tarryn Glasby were the two big winners at the annual Steinhoff Maties Hockey awards ceremony. Glasby was named Coach's Player of the Year and the leading goal scorer for Maties Women. She also received the Kotie Smuts...

The UCM was approached by Peri Formwork Scaffolding Engineering (Pty) Ltd, regarding tests on full-scale 8m high scaffolding towers. The towers are used during construction of, for example a bridge deck, and can temporarily support loads up...

If educational leadership were to be inspired by the concern for public responsibility and social justice, it will allow educational discourses to focus on respect for others and difference, critical imagination, and deliberative engagement...

Two Maties Squash players were part of the South African team that won bronze at the 9th World University Squash Championships held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, earlier this month. The competition consisted of 19 countries and South Africa...

Two Grade 10 school pupils from Parklands College, Stephan Cilliers (left on photo) and Frank Smuts (right on photo), developed an alternative building block material, made from used plastic bags, for the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists...

The International Organisation for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT) had its triennial congress at Stellenbosch University (SU) during the first week of September. This was a historic occasion, since it was the first time in the more...