Impact
Innovation & Commercialisation staff champions Climate Change
Written by Mihlali Gotyana for Innovation & Commercialisation
At Stellenbosch University’s Innovation & Commercialisation division, building a more sustainable...
Impact
Stellenbosch University spinouts are working toward a cleaner and more sustainable future
Stellenbosch University (SU) is well known for tackling climate challenges in South Africa and beyond. Many ideas from its lecture halls and labs have become SU...
Opinion and features
Responsibility, stewardship and action
"We are at a unique stage in our history. Never before have we had such an awareness of what we are doing to the planet, and never before have we had the power...
Opinion and features
Rethinking our freedom in a time of climate crisis
South Africans celebrated Freedom Day on 27 April. In an opinion piece for the Cape Argus, Dr Gibson Ncube from the Department of Modern Foreign Languages draws...
Media release
Support Global Recycling Day in March: Bring your e-waste and drop it in the yellow bins at the various sites on our campuses
To create awareness about Global Recycling Day on 18 March 2026,and the importance of proper disposal of e-waste, Stellenbosch University's (SU) Campus...
Media release
Every Drop Counts: Help To Save Water on Campus
Do you remember 2018, when we all worried about “Day Zero”? Headlines warned that Cape Town might become the first big city to run out of water, and many people...
Arts, languages and social sciences
UN Expert Panel co-chaired by Crest, Dr Heide Hackmann releases latest report on Climate and SDG’s synergies
On 24-25 September 2025, the Third Global Report on Climate and SDG Synergies (2025), prepared by the Expert Group including our very own Crest, Dr Heide...
Natural and mathematical sciences
Scientists unravel drivers of the global Zinc cycle in our oceans, with implications for a changing climate
The important role of the Southern Ocean in global biological processes and the carbon cycle has been confirmed anew by a study published in Science this week...