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Updates from Council meeting of 17 April 2023
The Council of Stellenbosch University (SU) has elected Dr Nicky Newton-King as its new Chair. This follows the untimely death of the former Chair, Mr Ainsley Moos, on 31 January 2023. Dr Newton-King, Vice-Chair at the time, acted as Chair...
SU student off to University of Cambridge on Gates Cambridge scholarship
Gregor Feierabend, a postgraduate student in mathematics and computer science at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been awarded a Gates Cambridge scholarship to pursue his MPhil in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge. The Gates...
Professor Jens Kossmann 1963 - 2023
It is with great sorrow that we mourn the passing of Prof. Jens Kossmann. He was an early pioneer of the use of molecular biology to study plant metabolism. His work both as a Ph.D student at the Institut für Genbiologische Forchung...
A-rating for Stellenbosch University’s acclaimed climate change expert, Guy Midgley
Professor Guy Midgley, Interim Director of Stellenbosch University's School for Climate Studies, has been awarded an A-rating by the National Research Foundation (NRF) reflecting peer-recognition of his international leadership in earth...
Looking towards 2024
As another year draws to a close, we reflect again on how far we have come and look towards the future to what we would like to achieve in 2024. Over the past year, there have been many highlights, of which the biggest one is probably that...
Critical questions about education discussed in new book
Gone are the days of wearing masks and isolating in South African schools. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted problems in the education system that cannot be forgotten and which must be attended to. 'COVID, crisis and...
Feedback - SAHRC Report on Language
At its meeting on Monday 17 April 2023, the Council of Stellenbosch University (SU) noted and agreed that while there are aspects of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Report on language in SU residences during the welcoming...
Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng delivers 17th Annual Human Rights Lecture
The 17th Annual Human Rights Lecture, hosted by the HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law, Prof Sandra Liebenberg and the Acting Dean of the Law Faculty, Prof Juanita Pienaar, took place recently, at the Faculty of Law. This lecture...
African penguins: climate refugees from a distant past
A new study on the paleo-historical geographic range of the endangered African penguin since the last Ice Age paints a grave picture of a species in steep decline. Imagine the view from the western coastline of southern Africa during the...
AfCFTA not a silver bullet to increase SA’s agricultural exports in Africa
Does the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) present an opportunity for South Africa (SA) to further expand its agricultural exports into the continent, or is it just a pipe dream? This is the question Desmond Annandale explored...