Rhino poaching is a very serious problem in South Africa with more than 1 000 rhinos having been killed each year between 2013 and 2017, according to the international organisation Save the Rhino. And while anti-poaching strategies have...

Two postgraduate students from the Department of Earth Sciences, Lindo Makhathini and Jonathan Gloyn-Jones, walked away with two prestigious awards from the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA). Lindo Makhathini received the South...

​​​​​​​An email with the subject "RFQ" which appears to be from a sun email address is still sent to some staff and students. The email asks you to click on a link to view a request for a quotation. This is not a legitimate email, but a...

Nadine Moodie named to Stellenbosch University Council Ms Nadine Moodie, a management and strategy consultant, has been elected as a member of the Council of Stellenbosch University (SU). Two members are selected by Council, while the rest...

​Telematics is the blending of information and telecommunication technologies to convey information over large networks. Learners, irrespective of their locality, are able to interact with teachers in fully interactive virtual learning...

World Hepatitis Day is marked on 28 July. It is one of only four days dedicated to a specific infectious disease by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Of the five types of viral hepatitis (named alphabetically: hepatitis A, B, C, D and E)...

This year, Stellenbosch University's Matie Community Service – which is housed within the Division for Social Impact – made great strides in forming purposeful partnerships as part of its Mandela Week 2019 activities. Together with staff...

Stellenbosch University's (SU) Division for Social Impact ended off its Mandela Week activities on a fun-filled high at Stellenzicht Secondary School. The Division has been hard at work spearheading and organising various projects and...

​​When Niel Botha says he did not expect being named the 2019 CGW Schumann Medal winner for the best postgraduate student in Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS), you believe him. You see, the...

​​ Lead With Disability programme ​ ​​Did you know that when you meet someone who is blind, you should resist the urge to engage with their service dog? While it may be a natural reaction to want to pet the animal, the dog is actually...