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Unprecedented tax collapse endangers post-Covid recovery
The article Unprecedented tax collapse endangers post-Covid recovery by Tania Ajam and Dennis Davis was published by the Daily Maverick on 14 May 2020. Read the complete article below or click here for the piece as published. The...
'Too little, too late' – COVID-19 op-ed by Profs Wim de Villiers and Eugene Cloete
This opinion piece appeared in Daily Maverick on 14 May 2020. Click here for the published version online, or read the full text below. * * * President Ramaphosa's latest announcement on the lockdown is too little, too late By Wim de...
SU's water optimisation project recognised internationally
Stellenbosch University's (SU) sustainable water optimisation project was the runner-up in this year's International Sustainability Campus Network's (ISCN) awards 2020. SU's Facilities Management Division entered the University's water...
Hypertension: the silent killer
Do not wait for symptoms to appear, high blood pressure is real…! Hypertension (high or raised blood pressure) is a condition in which the blood vessels have raised pressure, created by the force of blood pushing against the walls of the...
SU student support during COVID-19 pandemic
As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions have had to come up with innovative ways to ensure that students successfully complete their studies for 2020. Within the constraints of the total...
SU student funding initiatives level playing field
Stellenbosch University (SU) has added #Action4Inclusion to their growing list of student funding initiatives aimed at ensuring academic inclusion and the scrapping of historical debt for all deserving students. Established by the SU...
FMHS staff and student volunteers keep experts up to date with latest COVID-19 info
In yet another example of how staff and students from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University are rising to the challenge of COVID-19, a Daily Briefing, initiated by professors in the department of...
Climate warming could bring challenging times for invasive ladybirds
In South Africa, the invasive harlequin ladybird may ultimately not be able to adapt to climate change, despite the fact that it has successfully invaded four continents over the last two decades. This is the finding from a unique breeding...
A Matie in Italy, in a time of Covid-19
Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, the romantic European adventure that Liz Gleeson, a Stellenbosch University postgraduate student in Animal Sciences had envisaged as part of an academic exchange program to Italy, turned out quite...
Statistics and Actuarial Science delivers first joint doctorates
The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science recently delivered its first ever joint PhDs with two Belgian universities, namely Ghent University and KU Leuven. The joint PhDs were awarded to Dr Carel van der Merwe, senior lecturer in...