​​He is the professor who enlivens a long meeting by an atrocious pun. Also the one who asks you after your presentation why you chose this specific statistical test over another one. He is the friend who shows up for a visit with a board...

10 January: Statement by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) containg a full list of Q & A's on "funding for poor and working class students" 8 January: Statement by Universities South Africa (USAf) on working together...

Being a former Matie himself, Maurice Fisher jumped at the opportunity to become the head coach at Maties Athletics. Fisher studied Sport Science at the Stellenbosch University. Until recently he coached at Paarl Gymnasium and Paarl...

​A top-level German delegation has had first-hand experience of the positive impact of community HIV testing during a visit to field sites operated by Stellenbosch University's Desmond Tutu TB Centre. The 23-member delegation, led by...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Department of Defence (DOD) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to reinforce the relationship between the two institutions dating from the 1960’s. The event was held at Defence Headquarters...

Bloodworms. Wonder worms. Shingle worms, moonshine worms or pudding worms? Which of these do you use most often for fish bait and how do you collect them? These questions are part of a national survey among fishermen conducted by...

​​​​​​​​​The Russel Botman Memorial Lecture was very special as a portrait of Prof Russel Botman was unveiled, a book about him launched and recognition given to students that received the Russel Botman Bursaries last night. The Memorial...

The late Prof Russel Botman was committed to the achievement of equality and worked towards ridding society of the scourge of poverty. This was the view of Justice Zak Yacoob, Retired Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, on...

Students at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Stellenbosch University, were full of praise for the South African National Zakáh Fund (SANZAF) at a recent event where the organisation handed over a cheque to the value of...

​​The public intellectual and former vice-chancellor of the University of the Free State, Prof Jonathan Jansen, has accepted a position at Stellenbosch University (SU). Jansen (61), an A-rated scientist with the National Research Foundation...