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SU lecturer appointed to new BBBEE advisory panel
Dr Nthabiseng Moleko, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Statistics at the Stellenbosch Business School, was appointed to the new broad-based BEE (BBBEE) advisory council announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, 1 June 2022...
Computer Science Division rewards top students
The Van der Walt-medal for the best third year student in Computer Science at Stellenbosch University for 2021 was awarded to Brendan Watling during a special function at the Computer Science Division on 27 May 2022. The medal was handed...
Prof Annie Bekker undaunted by shuddering ships and icebergs
Prof Annie Bekker from the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University recently delivered her professorial inaugural lecture titled “What we can learn from the way a ship shudders on an icy wreck hunt"...
Justice Sisi Khampepe appointed to lead independent commission of enquiry into allegations of racism at SU
The Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU), Prof Wim de Villiers, is pleased to announce that Justice Sisi Khampepe has been appointed as Commissioner to conduct the independent enquiry into allegations of racism...
Prof Johan Matthee Postgraduate Scholarships awarded for the first time
Business Management Master's students Anja Hutton and Laura Putter recently became the first ever recipients of the Prof Johan Matthee Postgraduate Scholarships. The fund was established in 2020 after the late Prof Johan Matthee, a former...
International scientist visits the Institute for Plant Biotechnology
As part of ongoing collaboration between Dr Christell van der Vyver of Stellenbosch University and Professor Sanjib Kumar Panda, Prof Panda recently visited the Institute for Plant Biotechnology (IPB). Prof Panda is the head of the...
Stellenbosch law professor uncorks insights on criminal liability
Prof Shannon Hoctor from the Department of Public Law in the Faculty of Law at Stellenbosch University delivered his inaugural lecture on Thursday 2 November 2023. The title of his lecture was “Sharpening the subjective element of criminal...
World Environment Day: We only have one Earth
World Environment Day was celebrated on Sunday 5 June. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Prof Oliver Ruppel from the Department of Mercantile Law writes that it is in our best interest to protect the environment because we only have...
LEGO grant helps research enrich parenting in the digital age
Stellenbosch University (SU) is to benefit from part of an £11 million (approximately R215 million) grant from the LEGO Foundation for international research aimed at developing free parenting support throughout the world which could be...
Translation lecturer’s work enjoys international recognition
Marius Swart's work, particularly his English translation of Marlene van Niekerk's Die sneeuslaper, was recently praised by the International Federation of Translators (FIT). Although he did not win the Marion Boers Prize, he received an...