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When Prof. Stan du Plessis, Stellenbosch University's Chief Operating Officer, enters a room or steps onto a stage, he fills it. Then follows that familiar warm...

Dear Colleagues of the RC Operations and Finance,

This is my final newsletter as Responsibility Centre Head for Operations and Finance and as Chief Operating...

​The national Housing Act should be amended to address mass unlawful land occupation in South Africa. This is according to Dr Tanveer Jeewa from the Department...

​​The unveiling of a permanent installation honouring the late science teacher Walter Parry at the Old Lückhoff School in Stellenbosch on 22 May marked a deeply...

Stellenbosch University (SU) and HyperionDev, Southern Africa's leading technology education provider, expanded their partnership with launching a Generative...

​"Stan cares about our institution immensely, and it is this love for Stellenbosch University which has driven his passion for the operations, and especially...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) honoured its most impactful lecturers at the annual ROCTAS Awards, held recently at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study...

​When third-year medical student, Patience Phoshoko, was chosen to represent South Africa at the Asia Youth International Model United Nations, 2025, it was, in...

​The struggle of military widows, higher education's role in Africa, the rights and welfare of children, academic xenophobia, and the value of African languages...

​Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

When Wildré Kok speaks about her role as Office Manager to Dean Prof Elmi Muller at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, her passion for organisation...

Associate Professor George Nel, from the School of Accountancy, is making a meaningful impact through...

​​In an article for University World News titled “AI, pedagogy, assessment: Shifting to a design-based pedagogy" Prof Aslam Fataar, Professor in Higher...

Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) is calling on all Maties and friends of Maties running the 2025 Comrades Marathon to join the #Move4Maties community and raise...

​​A powerful and sobering lecture by legal scholar and public intellectual Prof Joel Modiri headlined Stellenbosch University's 7th Annual Africa Day Lecture on...

Within the buzzing halls of Tygerberg Hospital's neonatal unit, Dr Gugu Kali carries forward a medical legacy nearly a century in the making. As she guides her...

The Young Entrepreneurship Programme (YEP) at Stellenbosch University (SU) is helping high school learners from disadvantaged communities around Stellenbosch...

In today’s rapidly evolving world, entrepreneurship has emerged as a powerful driver of economic transformation. At Stellenbosch University (SU), the IGNITE...

​The International Day for Biological Diversity, also known as International Biodiversity Day, is celebrated each year on 22 May. In an opinion piece for the Ca...