​Standing desks that help adults to move more during the day are gaining popularity worldwide. Now researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FHMS) have developed an affordable, adaptable school chair to make this...

​COLLOQUIUM: Responses to the Naming of Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Violence ​Professor Tombs' paper was followed by responses from Shantelle Weber, Senior lecturer: Practical Theology and Missiology, Ashwin Thyssen, senior student leader...

“Meeting new people, keeping an open mind, and having a lot of fun." This is what Mira Janna Pichai from Clemson University in South Carolina, United States, expects from the 2019 Stellenbosch University (SU) Summer/Winter School. And she...

​​From 2 to 5 July nearly 60 women mathematicians from Africa and South Africa will gather at Stellenbosch University (SU) for the African Women in Mathematics conference. Dr Karin-Therese Howell, a mathematician from SU's Department of...

​Three academics at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) were recipients of the 2019 Discovery Foundation Awards. These grants, given to clinicians providing healthcare services to rural and...

​Two staff members of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences successfully completed their studies as part of Stellenbosch University's (SU) PLUS Programme. Mrs Ursula Wanza, Assistant Departmental Officer of the Department of...

The first week of July is Corporate Wellness Week - an opportunity to raise awareness of the need to create a healthy work environment. In an unhealthy work environment, there is decreased productivity, higher absenteeism and presenteeism...

​​​2019 marks the 21st anniversary of the Institute for Plant Biotechnology (IPB), which was established in 1998 in collaboration with the South African Sugar Association under the directorship of Prof Frikkie Botha. The Institute operates...

​Three current and five former Maties are among the 200 notable South Africans under the age of 35 featuring in the Mail & Guardian's annual edition of '200 Young South Africans' who have made their mark in areas such education, health...

More and more South Africans are looking for backup power solutions to their homes as Eskom's unpredictable loadshedding drives them insane. And while you are shopping for batteries and photovoltaic panels, don't forget what happened in...