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Have your say about intended vaccination rule
On 3 December 2021, SU embarked on a process of public consultation on its intended institutional rule regarding vaccination against COVID-19. The period of public participation will last until 15 January 2022. All stakeholders – including...
Finance division’s structure aligned for SUNFin implementation
The implementation of a new financial system for Stellenbosch University, SUNFin, is one of the largest projects that the institution has undertaken. The new system is replacing the University's 32-year-old financial legacy system, a system...
Communication from Council (meeting of 2 December 2021)
Dear members of the SU community This is my last communiqué as Chair of the Council of Stellenbosch University (SU), a position that I vacated on 2 December 2021. However, since I still chaired our last meeting for the year on that day...
New book wants to help improve health communication in Africa
Health information and communication strategies in Africa can be more effective if they take account of people's religious, traditional and cultural beliefs as well as their socio-economic circumstances. This is one of the key messages of...
Vaccine mandates in South Africa: where are they most needed?
The debate about mandatory vaccines has reached fever pitch as efforts to contain Covid-19 accelerate. Compelling scientific, ethical and legal arguments have been advanced around whether or not people should be forced to be vaccinated...
SU offers number whizz a life-changing opportunity
Although 17-year-old Kimberley Lucas from Wentworth, KwaZulu-Natal, achieved four distinctions in Grade 12 last year, including 99% for maths, she had not applied to any university. That, she believed, was meant for rich people only...
Eco-friendly shark barrier technology from South Africa installed in the Bahamas
The eco-friendly SharkSafe Barrier TM technology, developed by marine biologists at Stellenbosch University (SU) and their collaborators, and manufactured in the Western Cape, South Africa, has now been installed at a private island in...
SU chemist awarded R18 million from Wellcome Trust
Prof Bert Klumperman from Stellenbosch University's Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science has been awarded a grant of R18 million by the Wellcome Trust to develop next-generation polymers for the successful isolation of membrane...
Wolfgang Preiser—co-discoverer of SARS-CoV-2 variants
Professor Wolfgang Preiser, head of the Division of Medical Virology at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), was recently profiled in the prestigious journal , The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The article...
Elephants: ambassadors in the quest to save Africa’s ancient wildlife corridors
To elephant expert Dr Katharina von Dürckheim, being in the bush is her “true north". She has pursued this passion as a wildlife scientist, wildlife editor and in working for NGOs. Through postgraduate research she has delved into...