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Behavioural science and its potential to guide our response to Covid-19
This article was originally published on Daily Maverick . Read the original article here . The response to the Covid-19 pandemic by the South African government has been excellent thus far – role modelling strong, rational, evidence...
Deciding whose lives really matter in a pandemic
South Africans with disabilities should also have equal access to life-sustaining healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the plea of Prof Leslie Swartz (Department of Psychology) and Drs Vic McKinney (University of Cape Town) and...
COVID-19: Appeal for volunteers
Dear Colleagues, Students and Alumni We continue to adjust to the new realities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and its multi-faceted challenges. I would like express my appreciation to everyone who has continued to diligently...
Valuable Innovation and Research contribution enabled through international collaboration
The internationalisation of higher education has become a formidable force for change in the past decade. Having long outgrown its baby shoes of mere development cooperation, cross-border education today involves high-impact partnerships...
Alumnus gives learners access to free online lessons
When schools across the country closed earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most parents were in a panic about the impact on their children's academic year. Luckily, Adrian Marnewick, an alumnus of the Stellenbosch University...
Presenting: A linguistic treasure trove
The Department of Afrikaans and Dutch presented copies of the new book Fritz Ponelis en die Afrikaanse taalwetenskap to Prof Fritz Ponelis's widow, Issie, and the Dean: Arts and Social Sciences, Prof Tony Leysens, on Thursday 17 August 2023...
COVID-19: Without communities, actions are doomed to fail
With the Western Cape now being in the lead with confirmed positive COVID-19 cases, the peaking community transmissions are concentrated in the poor and overcrowded townships in the Cape Town metropole. Mrs Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola, Director...
SU mourns passing of Prof Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel
Stellenbosch University mourns the passing of Prof Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel today (19 May 2020) following complications after surgery. Prof Plaatjies-Van Huffel was Professor in Ecclesiology in the Faculty of Theology. Prof Reggie...
Proper definition of national security crucial for free flow of information
A proper definition of national security is needed to protect our constitutional rights to access, receive and impart information, especially that which is in the public's interest. This is according to Dr Justin Ramages, a practicing...
Social media: think twice before sharing
Social media, amongst many other technological advances, is a 21 st century phenomenon. It has become integral in communicating and connecting people in ways that was before unimaginable. However, the freedom of access that social media...