Opinion and features
Beyond administration: time to overhaul NSFAS as we know it
The struggling National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has now been placed under administration for the third time since 2018. The time has come to...
Opinion and features
Youth Day: Young people's voices must be heard
South Africans celebrated Youth Day on 16 June. In opinion pieces for the media, staff and students at Stellenbosch University emphasised why it is important to...
Institutional news
Yanga’s path shaped by growth and purpose
Stellenbosch University (SU) alumnus Yanga Keva’s story has been shaped by a pursuit of knowledge, a willingness to learn from mistakes, and the courage to...
Opinion and features
World Environment Day highlights importance of sustained climate action
AI and climate change, climate apathy and environmental amnesia, climate change as a health emergency, and environmental protection. These are the issues that...
Institutional news
Four SU finalists in running for SA’s prestigious ‘Science Oscars’
Four finalists from Stellenbosch University (SU) will represent the institution at the 2025/2026 National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/South32 Awards whe...
Opinion and features
Ending hunger in Africa needs Africa-led science — and the governance to match
World Hunger Day was observed on 28 May. In an opinion piece for the Mail & Guardian, Prof Scott Drimie of the Division of Human Nutrition explained why it is...
Education
SU’s TLA Day confronts the future of learning and teaching in the age of AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) dominated many of the conversations at Stellenbosch University’s (SU) first Teaching-Learning-Assessment (TLA) Day. The event...
Institutional news
Fadzai sets her sights on a global career
Growing up in Harare, Zimbabwe, Fadzai Priscilla Zonke never imagined she would one day pursue a career in Animal Science. At school, mathematics was her...
Institutional news
Lloyd talks purpose, resilience and finding his path
For Stellenbosch University (SU) alumnus Lloyd Phillips, Youth Day has always carried personal meaning. Born on 16 June 2002, he marks his birthday on the day...
Events
New archive at SU sheds light on overlooked liberation history
A major archive documenting one of South Africa’s most influential – yet often overlooked – liberation traditions has found a home at Stellenbosch University...
Awards and milestones
Top lecturers take centre stage at TLA celebration
An accomplished audience recently gathered at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) for Stellenbosch University’s (SU) annual “Celebrating...
Events
‘A crime does not rot’: Africa Day lecture calls for radical slavery reparations
The enslavement of black Africans was a “world-breaking crime” that continues to shape global inequality, sovereignty and power today – and now is the time to...