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Innovative approach to battling tik abuse receives boost
The phenomenon of using photo storybooks ( fotonovelas) to address health issues in South Africa has shown significant promise and thanks to a grant he received from the Division of Social Impact at Stellenbosch University (SU), Dr Burt...
Kidney Awareness – give your kidneys a second thought!
The first week of September marks Kidney Awareness Week in South Africa and it highlights the need to have one's kidney functions checked early before chronic kidney disease sets in. Kidney disease can kill. Ten thousand South African, men...
Amanda Gouws: firebrand, art lover, traveller
Firebrand. Art lover. Traveller. These are the three words that friends recently sponsored as a birthday gift for political scientist Prof Amanda Gouws. There's a host others that one could choose to describe her by too: Feminist...
#Researchforimpact: Wounds that time won't heal
The scars of childhood trauma run much deeper than the actual abuse or neglect experienced by the child. Studies have revealed that they can have a lifelong effect on brain functioning. Now researchers at SU's Department of Psychiatry are...
Tackling an ancient disease urgently
Prof Anneke Hesseling keeps a painting by Sir Luke Fildes called The Doctor above her desk. The image of the Victorian-era general practitioner observing the “crisis of illness" in a child in those (pre-antibiotic) days is an enduring one –...
SU Botanical Garden flourishing after receiving international accreditation
The Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden (SUBG) is the only garden in Africa and one of only 11 gardens in the world to have been named an Accredited Conservation Practitioner by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). The...
SU students instrumental in fighting day zero
Stellenbosch University's (SU) efforts to mitigate the risk of day zero has resulted in a 45% reduction of water usage in 2019 when measured against the year 2015. Since the implementation of a new grey water system, the institution is...
Call by Vice-Chancellors: Meeting with SA President to discuss the scourge of gender-based violence
5 September 2019 CALL BY VICE-CHANCELLORS FOR A MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA TO DISCUSS THE SCOURGE OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE We are experiencing an epidemic of incomprehensible violence. South Africa's universities are...
School of Accountancy gives back to community
Students and staff of the School of Accountancy at Stellenbosch University recently acted as camp leaders and mentors at various development camps for Grade 11 and 12 learners across South Africa. An initiative of the South African...
Playing with preschoolers improves mental well-being of older persons
Playing games and interacting with preschoolers could help to improve the mental well-being and mood of older people in retirement homes, a new study at Stellenbosch University (SU) found. Conducted by Dr Elizabeth Earl and Dr Debbie...