After having matriculated with good grades from the Montebello High School in Durban, applying for medical school seemed like a no-brainer to Dr Sengeziwe Sibeko. All her school friends with good grades opted for life sciences. But the 18...

​Despite an abundance of indigenous vegetables and fruits in Southern Africa, people in the region continue to suffer from food insecurity. It appears that they do not value these foods and their potential to eradicate poverty and hunger...

​​​​​The late former South African president, Nelson Mandela, once said, “The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow." For Stellenbosch University (SU) student, Emily O'Ryan, this statement strongly rings true. O'Ryan, who is an Honours...

​​Communication and PR Officer at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Lynne Rippenaar-Moses is driving women's empowerment in the higher education sector. Rippenaar-Moses was recently elected as the new Chair of HERS-SA, a self...

Please note that the abstract submission deadline for the 2019 SoTL conference is extended to Friday, the 23 rd of August 2019. The annual Stellenbosch University (SU) conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) will take...

​​Prof Ingrid Woolard, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, delivered her inaugural lecture entitled Mind the gap: Income inequality in post-apartheid South Africa on 7 August 2019. Woolard, who is also a professor in...

Nominations for a new chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU) are to open on 14 August 2019. An electoral college, consisting of members of Council, members of the Executive Committee of Senate and the President and the Vice-President of...

​​The Corporate Communication Division (CCD) at Stellenbosch University (SU) launched three of its publications on Friday (2 August) at an event in the University Library. The event was aimed at informing the campus community about the...

Stellenbosch University staff members who play an active social impact role through research, learning and teaching, volunteerism, special programmes and the building and servicing of partnerships in society are asked to register their...

​“It was an incredible experience and I'd go again in a heartbeat." This was how 4 th year medical student, Tamsyn Gaynor, who recently returned from a two-week extra-curricular medical elective in Rwanda described the experience. Gaynor...