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'More than just money'
Universities, government agents and members of the community should make a concerted effort to alleviate some of the burdens faced by students, particularly those from previously disadvantaged backgrounds, writes a postgraduate Matie...
Leadership development: SU, Discovery Fund team up
As many as 60 managers a year will be trained to provide professional leadership at primary health-care clinics across Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape provinces as part of a new programme established within the Department of Nursing and...
Xeketwana talks about ubuntu and African languages at University of Pardubice
On 16 June, Dr Simthembile Xeketwana (Department Curriculum Studies) was hosted by the Language Centre of the University of Pardubice in the Czech Republic. He presented a lecturer on Ubuntu and African languages as embodiment(s) of...
Communication from Council (meeting of 26 November 2018)
The Council of Stellenbosch University (SU) held its fourth and final scheduled meeting of the year on Monday 26 November 2018. We can look back on a historic year marked by two very special milestones: the commemoration of SU's...
Medical students to cycle 902 km to ‘help our friends become doctors’
A team of Stellenbosch University (SU) medical students will embark on an ambitious 902km cycle tour from Vioolsdrift at the Namibian border to Cape Agulhas, the most Southern tip of Africa, from 1 to 8 December 2018. Tuesday, 27 November...
Study explores bitter taste of honeybush tea
What makes some cups of honeybush tea taste bitter and others not? This is the topic explored by Lara Alexander as part of her PhD study. Alexander is a student in Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of AgriSciences in the...
African University Day celebrates young people
Youth should be placed at the centre of Africa's development. This was the key message as Stellenbosch University (SU) celebrated African University Day 2018. Every year, higher education institutions on the continent mark this day on...
SU represented at discussion with President
At a round-table discussion with President Cyril Ramaphosa in Sandton last week (Thursday, 22 November 2018), Dr Nic Spaull, Senior Researcher in the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University, spoke about the importance of...
MEDIA STATEMENT: Reconciliation Conference at Stellenbosch University
Statement by Stellenbosch University 30 November 2018 An objective of the Recognition, Reparation, Reconciliation: The Light and Shadow of Historical Trauma conference at Stellenbosch University is to bring together scholars and...
Babies born to mums with HIV face higher risks even though they’re HIV negative
This article was originally published on The Conversation . Read the full article here . One of the most remarkable public health successes of the last decade in southern Africa has been the reduction in the number of babies born with HIV...