​​​Dr Philip Crafford and Mr Jesse Favis, from the Department of Forest and Wood Science, travelled to Tanzania as part of a new furniture development consulting team. The Tanzanian Participatory Plantation Forestry Programme (PPFP2) is...

​​​​​Stellenbosch University (SU) is committed to fighting the effects of global warming and providing new alternatives to support essential changes and transitions to more sustainable societies. Read the below statement by the Rectorate of...

Maties Basketball Coach Nathaly September retained the Western Cape basketball (BNL) title, alongside current student Dineo Fanampe, as well as alumni Lerato Ngakane and Dr. Corinne Moussi who received the MVP title. "To have a team like...

​It would be wrong to blame our courts and judges for the lack of social and economic transformation in South Africa. This was one of the viewpoints of Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo who delivered the 16th Annual Human Rights...

Plants' contribution to Africa's wildlife economy: The cases of baobab, rooibos, and mangroves First develop a ready market for a natural product, lower barriers to entry, and ensure sector-wide support and an adequate supply chain of the...

​​The climate-smart option of growing produce in greenhouses should be scaled up to meet the challenge of food security in South Africa and Africa. So said Dr Nkosinathi Sishi, Director-General of the Department of Higher Education and...

​In the second event of the Roads to Research series, three alumni from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) shared their journeys as researchers and rehabilitation healthcare professionals with students and faculty members...

Despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, a cohort of Stellenbosch University (SU) candidates excelled in the Initial Test of Competence (ITC) of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). The ITC is the first of...

Professor Anneke Hesseling said she felt “privileged and humbled" when she recently received honorary membership to the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. The Union is a pre-eminent international body working towards...

African elephants share a so-called “herd odour" that helps them recognise members of their herd based on smell. This has more to do with the bacteria they share when going about their ritualised greeting ceremonies than the fact that they...