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World Food Day: Making right to food a reality for all
World Food Day is celebrated annually on 16 October. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University write that more needs to be done to make the right to adequate, available and accessible food a reality for all...
African Gala Dinner: Celebrating African Heritage in a Global Context
How do we harness our African heritage in an ever- Changing and Globalised World? That was the big question at the African Gala Dinner 2024. On 11 October 2024, Stellenbosch University International (SUI) hosted an inspiring African Gala...
Meet Joel and Veer – duo behind the SASSA fraud exposure
They must be the two most recognizable first year computer science students in South Africa. Stellenbosch University (SU) students Veer Gosai (19) and Joel Cedras (18) met each other in April 2024 during a computer science tutorial. The two...
Western Cape’s top teacher graduates with master’s from SU
The Western Cape's top teacher, Llewellyn van der Ross, never planned on a career in education. “I didn't choose teaching, teaching chose me," he says of the “epiphany" he had in Grade 12 that saw him study education and return to his...
Retiring Prof Razeen Davids advances nephrology in Africa
Prof Razeen Davids, the Head of the Division of Nephrology in Stellenbosch University's Department of Medicine, looks forward to his retirement at the end of December after a career spanning more than three decades. “I'm not going to be...
Talented jeweller transforms fascinating cultural insights into a PhD
As Dr Bongani Tendai Percy Mashange donned his doctoral gown on Monday to receive a PhD, he became the first visual arts student at Stellenbosch University (SU) to have his master's dissertation upgraded to a PhD. Excelling academically...
Philanthropist, award-winning novelist receive honorary doctorates from SU
Stellenbosch University (SU) honoured philanthropist and entrepreneur Wendy Ackerman and award-winning novelist and playwright Damon Galgut at its December graduation. Ackerman received the degree Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, and...
Stormers’ hooker earns new ‘cap’ as he graduates from Stellenbosch University
Because of his on-field commitments, it has taken Stormers hooker, JJ (Jean-Jacques) Kotze, six years to complete his BSc Physiotherapy degree at Stellenbosch University (SU). But this year he will receive his degree, albeit in absentia as...
Master’s study brings us closer to safer, reversible male contraception
A new study at Stellenbosch University (SU) shows that a safer, more effective, and reversible contraceptive for men is within reach. Kyla Raoult, who obtained her master's degree in Polymer Science at SU's December graduation on Tuesday...
Mathematics 'queen' from Helderberg awarded SU's coveted Chancellor's Medal
Dubbed the “Queen of Mathematics" when at Parel Vallei High School in Somerset West, maths whizz Danielle Kleyn has been named the winner of Stellenbosch University's prestigious Chancellor's Medal for 2024. Kleyn received the medal...