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The kykNET Fiësta winners predict a wonderful Woordfees
For Woordfees visitors this year's Fiësta winners promise a rich festival experience. All the big winners at the 9th Fiëstas Awards winners in the Artscape Theater in Cape Town, will be on stage at the Woordfees arts festival in...
Successful treatment of MDR-TB in DRC
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a form of TB that is resistant to at least two of the most potent antibiotics used to treat TB (isoniazid and rifampicin). Compared to drug-susceptible TB, MDR-TB treatment takes longer (2...
Maties Sport receives Cape Epic venue award
Stellenbosch University's Coetzenburg sport complex was named Best Stage venue of the 2019 Absa Cape Epic. Mr Jerry Laka, Director: Maties Sport, received the award on behalf of the University. Stage 5 – the Queen stage of the 2019 Epic –...
Four AgriSciences staff members among crop of new doctorates
Four full-time staff members of the Faculty of AgriSciences were among the 30 students in the faculty to receive their doctorates this week. They are oenologist Dr Marianne McKay, agricultural economist Dr Jan Greyling, Dr Jeanne Brand, who...
Double degrees for FMHS med student
In a rare and remarkable achievement, a Stellenbosch University medical student has graduated with not one, but two degrees which he managed to do simultaneously. Nelius du Plessis has graduated with an MB,ChB as well as an MSc in...
‘There are no elevators to success, I had to take the stairs’ says hearing impairment graduate
When hearing impaired student Celize Louw stood up to receive her Master's degree in Physiotherapy, it marked the end of a long and sometimes arduous long-distance journey of study. For Louw (43), this achievement is proof that hard work...
Du Toit takes over reins at Division of Rheumatology
Physician and rheumatologist Dr Riëtte du Toit has recently been appointed as senior lecturer and new head of the Division of Rheumatology at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Du Toit, who has been involved...
First three trailblazers graduate with an MSc in Food and Nutrition Security
Alison Barr, Hlanzeka Mpanza and Anja Lategan will forever go down in the annals of Stellenbosch University (SU) as trailblazers. They are the first three students to graduate with an MSc degree in Food and Nutrition Security from the...
Student entrepreneur competes for global honours
Stellenbosch University medical student, Keaton Harris, has once again been recognized for his innovative start-up business, InforMED. This time he was crowned, above some of the country's top start-up businesses, as the South African...
Award-winning Public Protector documentary sees mother and daughter overcome generational clash.
This is the story that audiences at Stellenbosch University engaged with at the screening of Whispering Truth to Power. The award-winning documentary was screened at the University Museum on 11 April 2019. Whispering Truth to Power...