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Mother encouraged top graduate from Ghana
“You never really grow if you continue staying in your comfort zone," are the philosophical words of Kwame Donkor (29) from Ghana who hasn't seen his family in over two years since he began his academic career at Stellenbosch University (SU...
SU accepts UCT’s #LunchBoxChallenge to help address food security and health
The University of Cape Town (UCT) recently launched a movement called the #LunchBoxChallenge. This initiative aims to combat the hunger crisis faced by many of South Africa’s school children. It is estimated that three out of four South...
SU graduate conquers learning disability and mental illness
The adjustment to university life can be very difficult and recent statistics from Statistics South Africa indicate that more than fifty percent of South African first years drop out of university. But for Jessica Fouche, being part of...
Government not serious about early childhood development
In February last year Statistics South Africa released a report which highlighted how important investing in early childhood development (ECD) is for the country's future. Sadly, reality paints a different picture. The physical, cognitive...
BSc Earth Science student graduates after defeating the odds
After years of watching his single mother struggle to support him and his four siblings, Andile Mkandla (24) from Strand dropped out of school just after completing Grade 10. He worked at construction companies, the community scrap yard...
RSNA collaboration boots specialist radiology training
“I would never have thought that something like this would come over our path. That it would be so special, and that it would make such a difference in so many people's lives." This comment expresses the deep gratitude and praise Dr Sucari...
Prestigious fellowship to PhD student in mathematics
Stellenbosch University's (SU) Dr Taboka Chalebgwa has won the AIMS-Fields-Perimeter Africa postdoctoral fellowship, which offers him a one-year postdoctoral position at the prestigious Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences...
Faculty welcomes newcomer students
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences is welcoming some 1 500 newcomer students to the faculty this year. Most popular among the Faculty's 14 undergraduate programmes are the Accounting programmes – BAccounting, BCom (Management...
Construction starts on top African Biomedical Research Institute
A sod-turning ceremony was held today for the Stellenbosch University (SU) Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI). This event marks the official commencement of construction of a new state-of-the-art research facility based at SU's Faculty...
Dreams on trees can come true
The more you communicate and share your dreams, the better the chances are that these dreams will come true. This is one of the reasons why hundreds of cards containing the hand-written dreams of newcomer students are currently hanging...