Agronomists and food scientists of Stellenbosch University have partnered with the multinational beverage and brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (AB InBev). The R6 million funding that is being received allows them to tackle...

On 19 September, the award-winning pianist and improviser Kyle Shepherd will give a public talk and performance as part of the IfPop Conversations series organised by the Interdisciplinary Forum for Popular Music of Africa Open at...

​​The Music Department in partnership with Stellenbosch University's (SU) Transformation Office, the Visual Arts Department and the Women's Forum presented a concert in celebration of Women's Day in August in the Endler Hall in Stellenbosch...

​Research reporting practices in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) recently received global attention when Ms Anke Rohwer, from Stellenbosch University's Centre for Evidence-based Health Care (CEBHC), not only presented her PhD...

In 1994, South Africans welcomed democracy with open arms. But today this embrace doesn't seem to be as tight as we would like it to be. “It appears that we aren't quite so sure what to make of our democracy," says Dr Cindy Steenekamp, a...

As a trail runner he has tackled some of the toughest snowy mountains to be found in Poland and participated in gruelling challenges in rough terrains in South Africa, but perhaps the most challenging task that Prof Anthony Leysens will...

The tragedy of South Africa was that white South Africans were somewhat complacent and because of that they made other people invisible. This is also rings true for the history of sport. In sport history, not only black people but also...

​​​​​In July last year, South Africa became the first country to roll out a new anti-tuberculosis drug in its national programme. This new drug, called bedaquiline, is the first new anti-tuberculosis drug to be developed in four decades. It...

31 May marks World No Tobacco day. The focus of World No Tobacco Day 2019 is on "tobacco and lung health." Lungs were made to breathe clean air, receiving oxygen from incoming air which enters the bloodstream, and allows carbon dioxide (a...

​Conferences on Church and Unity The annual conferences of the Synodical Commission for Doctrine and Current Affairs of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (Cape Synod) and the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology, focus upon...