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How we should honour Mandela’s legacy
Sunday (18 July) was Mandela Day. In opinion pieces for the media, staff at Stellenbosch University write about how we should honour Nelson Mandela's legacy. Click on the links below to read the articles. Dr Chris Jones ( News24) Prof Nico...
A new hub to support local entrepreneurs
Committed to purposeful partnerships and inclusive networks, Stellenbosch University (SU) has partnered with the organisation Ranyaka to assist with the development of small businesses in the greater Stellenbosch area.The partnership will...
Renowned bioinformatician joins forces with Stellenbosch University in fight against pandemics
Prof Tulio de Oliveira, the world-renowned bioinformatician who identified a new variant of COVID-19 in South Africa in December 2020, is to set up a new institute at Stellenbosch University (SU) aimed at understanding and controlling...
Student entrepreneur's winning app to assist disadvantaged learners
Lindelwa Mahlalela, a final-year student in the Sustainable Development Diploma programme in the School of Public Leadership, has been selected as the overall winner in the Stellenbosch University (SU) round of the Entrepreneurship...
South Africans are keener to get vaccinated. But many still need to be convinced
This article was first published in The Conversation . Read the original article here . The number of people being vaccinated against Covid-19 in South Africa is on the rise after a bumpy start. But the more positive attitudes are not...
Commemorating Mandela Day: SU students seeing themselves more clearly in service of others.
This year, Stellenbosch University’s Matie Community Service (MCS) commemorated Mandela Day online by sharing the positive stories of students and staff involved in community service projects.Celebrated annually on 18 July, Nelson...
Urgent decision on A4 assessments
21 July 2021 Dear colleagues and students In the University’s recent communique (17 July) about the unrest that affected many communities in our country, we undertook to communicate further regarding the impact of these events on...
World Teachers’ Day: Teachers have critical role, powerful influence in society
World Teachers' Day was celebrated on 5 October. In opinion pieces for the media, education experts at Stellenbosch University emphasise the important contribution of teachers in preparing young people for life after school and to fulfil...
In memoriam: Mrs Marian Clift
We mourn the passing of Mrs Marian Clift on Friday 16 July 2021. Marian joined Stellenbosch University (SU) in 2015 as an interpreter at the Language Centre. In 2021, she was appointed as an English lecturer in the Faculty of Education's...
Ethical, accountable leadership needed to fix dysfunctional municipalities
Will our government's District Development Model be enough to fix dysfunctional municipalities? This is the question Dr Harlan Cloete from the School of Public Leadership tried to answer in an opinion piece for Cape Times (21 July 2021)...