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Oasis donates R1m to support disadvantaged Maties
Global fund management company, Oasis Group Holdings has donated R1 million to Stellenbosch University (SU) at an official handover ceremony held at Die Stal on Thursday (9 December 2021). The funds will be distributed equally between the...
Dr Ronita Mahilall aims to bring prominence to palliative care and spiritual care work
When Dr Ronita Mahilall, Chief Executive Officer of St Luke's Combined Hospices in Cape Town, lost her beloved husband and son 14 years ago, she searched for answers to her questions about life, death and what happens after we die. A devout...
Realigning algorithm of her life results in MA for artist
For Rosemary Lapping-Sellars, a Master's graduate in Visual Arts, the completion of her qualification is a culmination of a lifetime as an artist. Lapping-Sellars, who completed her qualification over two years, graduated on Monday 13...
'No end to the fountain of knowledge' for 83-year-old doctoral graduate
When 83-year-old Antoinette Swart received her PhD in Ancient Cultures this week, it was the sixth degree she had obtained from Stellenbosch University (SU). Swart, who believes one can never stop learning, said it felt “unreal" to...
Deaf student's accomplishment a first for SU
When Ilzé Aäron, a Deaf student from Paarl, graduated with her BEd Foundation Phase degree at the December 2021 graduation, she was the first ever Stellenbosch University (SU) student to have learned with the help of South African Sign...
Ground-breaking research project produced in digital format
After an “intense" and “tough" PhD journey, contemporary artist Nicola Deane has become the first Stellenbosch University student to present a PhD degree in a completely digital format, a ground-breaking achievement which paves the way for...
A journey in winemaking: from harvest hand to PhD in hand
Thirty years ago, Dr Anton Nel started off his career in the wine world as a laboratory assistant and a harvest hand. Now, at the age of 52, he has obtained a PhD in Oenology from Stellenbosch University (SU), on pinking of South African...
Postdoctoral fellow puzzled by genetics of invasive beetle
Geneticist Dr Anandi Bierman, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology at Stellenbosch University (SU) is one of many researchers who are trying their best to keep a small pest named the shot hole...
Dr Daniels makes history in SA viticultural circles
When Andries Daniels receives his doctorate in the Faculty of AgriSciences at Stellenbosch University (SU) in mid-December, he will become the first black South African man to obtain a PhD in viticulture. In the process this scientist with...
Drones and elephants: this is the way to go
Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers have been involved in the first ever paper to be published containing practical guidelines and a suggested ethical protocol on how to cause as little as possible disturbance to elephants when flying...