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World Teachers’ Day: Teachers’ voices must be heard
World Teachers' Day was celebrated on Saturday 5 October. In opinion pieces for the media, experts in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University emphasised the importance of listening to the voices of teachers to give them the...
SU chemists inducted as Fellows of SA Chemical Institute and Royal Society of SA
Three chemistry lecturers in Stellenbosch University's Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science have been inducted as Fellows of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI). Profs Delia Haynes, Bert Klumperman and Willem van Otterlo...
Maties Hockey adds third astroturf to their facility
Maties Hockey once again expanded its hockey offering by adding a third astroturf to their facility and officially welcomed athletes to their grounds in August this year. This astroturf became a reality, thanks to the valuable partnership...
Microorganisms play important role in ecosystems, human health – Prof Thulani Makhalanyane
Prof Thulani Makhalanyane from the Department of Microbiology and the School for Data Sciences and Computational Thinking at Stellenbosch University delivered his inaugural lecture on Tuesday 8 October. The title of his lecture was...
The evolution of Management Sciences
The Department of Business Management at Stellenbosch University recently hosted the 2024 conference of the Southern Africa Institute for Management Sciences (SAIMS). The event also marked the centenary of the Department and concluded after...
HIV study participants shine at AIDS 2024 Conference
Two young women who participated in a groundbreaking HIV study as infants recently made a significant impact at the AIDS 2024 Conference in Munich. Juliana Marais from Bellville and Kwezi Ndaba from Khayelitsha were both enrolled in the...
Social grant beneficiaries powerless against informal lenders
Social grant beneficiaries, especially the elderly or single mothers, continue to be targeted by unregistered or informal lenders (commonly called loan sharks, mashonisas or skoppers) who use state social grants as security for high...
World Mental Health Day: We must prioritise adolescents’ mental well-being
Adolescence is a period of development associated with drastic changes. In addition to trying to establish identity and independence, adolescents face considerable social, environmental and digital factors which impact on their mental...
SU honours four role-models with honorary doctorates
At its ninth and last ceremony forming part of its December 2016 Graduation Ceremonies, Stellenbosch University (SU) awarded four honorary doctorates – to recognise and reward excellence in a variety of fields and to identify these...
SU researchers shine in L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Awards
Three promising female researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) have been recognised with the prestigious L'Oréal-UNESCO For Woman in Science awards, highlighting their exceptional contribution to scientific research and innovation. Mrs...