Today (28 July 2016) is World Nature Conservation Day. In opinion pieces in the media, experts at Stellenbosch University highlight nature conversation issues that should deserve more attention. Click the links below for the respective...

Four Maties netball players travelled to Botswana last week to participate in a qualifying tournament for the U/21 Netball World Youth Cup. South Africa won all its matches and qualified to participate in next year's tournament. Jo Prins...

When Matie athlete Justine Palframan (22) walks on to the athletics track at the Olympic Games in Rio, she will fulfil a dream that originated in the rural hamlet of Eshowe in KwaZulu-Natal. "I'm excited, I'm relieved, I'm very happy," she...

From setting up recycling in residences at Stellenbosch University (SU) to being chief executive officer of an award-winning waste recycling company - meet SU alumnus, Matthew Haden, who is hard at work tackling waste management challenges...

Three Maties coaches – Karin Hugo, Karin le Roux and Suzanne Ferreira – were selected to join Team South Africa at the Paralympic Games in Rio. They tell as a bit more: Karin Hugo (swimming) How many Paralympic Games have you been to? This...

"If you're studying on any Medical and Health Sciences campus worldwide, you're likely to need support," says An-Maree Nel, senior clinical psychologist at the Centre for Student Counselling and Development (CSCD) at the Faculty of Medicine...

If ever a book's title could appropriately capture its contents, Steven Robins' Letters of Stone seems to have succeeded in doing so perfectly. Like the heaviness of stones, the reader is left with dread and knowing as they trace – along...

A week of events, films and dialogues aimed at seeking alternative ways to understand identity at Stellenbosch University (SU), is held this week (8-12 August 2016). Themed "Reimagining Matie Identity", the first ever Matie Identity Week...

Science communication is becoming more popular all over the world with countries, universities and research institutions spending big chunks of their budgets to promote it. In an article published on The Conversation website on Wednesday (3...

Years of hard work and dedication to individuals, families and communities affected by HIV, were rewarded when Ms Joan Coetzee was elected as international co-vice chair of the Protocol Development and Implementation Subcommittee (PDISC) of...