​​​Members of the public are invited to come and watch the opening of this large but delicate water lily, the victoria cruziana as it blooms its first evening in pure white, goes under water for the day, and comes up again in shades of deep...

From the 13th to 16th January 2019 the University of the Witwatersrand hosted the 11th Igneous & Metamorphic Studies Group Meeting at Kopjeskraal Guest Farm in Parys. (https://www.wits.ac.za/geosci…)Stellenbosch...

When Gerald Maarman was in high school, he dreamed of becoming a medical doctor. However, when he completed his matric in 2002, his final Grade 12 results were not good enough to get him into university. But although his dream seemed like...

​“I feel honoured and encouraged". That is how Dr Ahmed Abulfathi, a consultant clinical pharmacologist at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science's Division of Clinical Pharmacology, described his feelings on learning that he had been...

​In support of the World Council of Churches's (WCC) worldwide movement, the Gender Unit of the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University, launched its own Thursdays in Black campaign on February 7. The protest movement against all...

Prof Jean Nachega was recently honoured by the African Academy of Science (AAS) when he was accepted as a fellow. Nachega is the Director of the Centre for Infectious Diseases, and an extraordinary professor in the Department of Medicine at...

​Top undergraduate achievers of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences attended the launch of the OPTIMUS programme for 2019 on Monday afternoon (11 February 2019). The OPTIMUS programme is aimed at providing development...

Bacteria that could cause severe pneumonia (Legionnaires' disease) may be lurking in your water heater or geyser, a new study at Stellenbosch University (SU) found. “Our research highlights the connection between heating regimes (when and...

​​​​​The spotlight will fall on entrepreneurial innovation and growth on the African continent at a new centre for entrepreneurship to be established at Stellenbosch University (SU). The Centre will be known as the Allan Gray Centre for...

Stellenbosch University has formally stated that it “acknowledges its contribution to the injustices of the past, and therefore commits itself to appropriate redress and development initiatives" (Prof. W. de Villiers, Rector: Stellenbosch...