Impact
Strengthening Rural Sustainability Through Strategic African Partnerships: SU Engages in MASSTER Consortium Meeting in Senegal
From 23–26 February 2026, Henk Stander from the Aquaculture Unit in the Department of Animal Science at Stellenbosch University (SU) participated in a workshop...
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...
Engineering and technology
Prof Arnold Rix advances renewable energy technologies for a low-carbon future
Prof Arnold Rix from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University delivered his inaugural...
Media release
Pan-African Parliament adopts continent’s first Model Law on Sustainable Soil Management
Africa has taken a historic step forward for sustainable development, food security and environmental protection when the Pan-African Parliament (PAP)...
Reducing electronic waste at SU
Every year, the world generates around 40 million tons of electronic waste (e-waste) - the equivalent of throwing away 800 laptops every second (according to Th...
Impact
SU is the first South African University with a Net Zero Carbon Building
Stellenbosch University (SU) has achieved a groundbreaking sustainability milestone with the certification of the STIAS Extension Building as the first Net Zero...