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We must take mental health seriously
October is Mental Health Awareness Month and on Thursday (10 October) the annual World Mental Health Day is celebrated. In opinion pieces in Die Burger and Cape Argus respectively, Prof Lizette Rabe from the Department of Journalism and...
The VC writes about SU and Afrikaans
“As a public institution that is partly funded by taxpayers' money, we belong to all the people of our country. Therefore, we want to be accessible to all – in a language spoken by most people, and that is English," Prof Wim de Villiers...
My success is thanks to a community effort
She's a successful businesswoman who owns two companies focused on the wine production industry in South Africa and wine exports and distribution in the rest of Africa, but Natasha Boks will be the first to tell you, she did not get there...
Course aims to bridge technology skills gap
Chartered accountants and auditors battling with changes in the business and technology landscape due to the current exponential technology evolution can now turn to the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences' School of Accountancy to...
SU plans to bring business school back to Stellenbosch
New Stellenbosch University Business School to be developed on a part of the Oude Libertas site that Distell donated to Stellenbosch University. · A thriving and innovative Stellenbosch University to create a truly collaborative learning...
Data Engineering will be fully accredited by ECSA
The Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University recently received confirmation that the new BEng degree in Data Engineering will be fully accredited by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) for registration as...
‘The time for change is now’
“My experience of Russel Botman in the late 1990s showed a visionary scholar and ecumenist who was very clear about the urgency of the task of unmasking injustice in every form." These were the words of Reverend Dr Setri Nyomi, who...
Philosophising about what lies ahead
Finding space on Prof Anton van Niekerk’s bookshelves is as difficult as securing parking in Stellenbosch. An even harder task is to find someone who stands neutral towards the ideas that this philosopher and bioethics expert expresses in...
Doyenne of Afrikaans literature receives top prize
Prof Louise Viljoen has been named as this year's winner of the Jan H Marais prize for outstanding contributions to Afrikaans as an academic language by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science...
Transgenerational trauma of war highlighted through Cape Corps community engagement
What happens when people's traumatic histories are silenced? This was the premise of a post-doctoral research project that led to a poignant gathering in the South African Cape Corps Memorial Hall in Athlone where military veterans...