​The Stellenbosch University Transformation Office recently put out a call to members of the university community to write about their experiences during #LockdownSA. Claire Kelly is the Acting Head and Faculty Programme Manager of the...

​​Stellenbosch University's (SU) Professor Douglas (Doug) E Rawlings (68), one of South Africa's foremost microbiologists, passed away over the weekend (2 May 2020) after suffering a heart attack. Rawlings, one of the first molecular...

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) is embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and contributing to the environment through the installation of smart electronic water meters in academic and non-academic buildings. The implementation of...

Over the past weeks, purposeful partnerships between Stellenbosch University (SU) and several others have brought relief to thousands of people who are experiencing need due to the national lockdown and the COVID-19 pandemic. During this...

​The following op-ed was published in Die Burger and Beeld on 29 April 2020. Click here for the online version (subscribers only), or read the translation below (time references adjusted). * * * The dawn of a new era Online teaching and...

​The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak continues to ravage populations around the world. Global sex-disaggregated data indicate that more men than women are dying from COVID-19, contributed to in part by...

People in informal settlements are often forced to use the bucket brigade technique (passing buckets of water from one person to another) to suppress a shack fire. Fires develop so fast that even a fire truck ready-and-waiting at a station...

​​“Good governance is the foundation upon which a successful nation is built. It's not merely a buzzword, it is a commitment to transparency, accountability and responsible leadership." This was the key message of Tsakani Maluleke, South...

​​​SU's Rector and Vice-chancellor, Prof Wim de Villiers announced late last year that 2020 will be the university's Year for Persons with Disability. It will culminate in the sixth African Network for Evidence-to- Action in Disability...

​​​​​Dr Corneile Minnaar, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Botany and Zoology at Stellenbosch University (SU), was awarded the Robert May early career researcher award for the best paper published in the journal Methods in Ecology...