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A new vision of democracy is emerging from the ground up by ‘we, the people’

Thembalethu Seyisi is the Head of Law Reform, Advocacy and Institutional Partnerships at the Centre for Social Justice and the Division for Advancement...
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Outstanding achievements celebrated at Vice-Chancellor's Top Achievers Awards

Outstanding achievements celebrated at Vice-Chancellor's Top Achievers Awards

This past week, Stellenbosch University (SU) honoured top-performing first-year students for their exceptional matric results at the annual Vice-Chancellor's...

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Stellenbosch University Innovators excel at inaugural Cape Chamber of Commerce Academic Innovation Awards

Stellenbosch University Innovators excel at inaugural Cape Chamber of Commerce Academic Innovation Awards

​The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry held its inaugural Academic Innovation Awards last week to celebrate the innovators who are driving economic growth...

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WeCode24 Pioneers a Bottom-Up Approach to Tech Skills in South Africa

WeCode24 Pioneers a Bottom-Up Approach to Tech Skills in South Africa

Prof Rachel Jaftha from the Department of Economics is leading by example through her involvement with WeCode24, an innovative after-school coding initiative...

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Universities at the fault line: Student protest and the burden of leadership

Universities at the fault line: Student protest and the burden of leadership

​​​In an opinion piece published by University World News, Karen Bruns, Senior Director of Development and Alumni Relations, highlights the ongoing tensions...

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Get to know your lecturer: A/Prof Mesias Alfeus

Get to know your lecturer: A/Prof Mesias Alfeus

​Tell us why you chose to become a lecturer/academic?

I love both teaching and research. Always a pleasure having intellectual dialogues with my students.

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New report shows opportunities for work, study after matric remain limited

New report shows opportunities for work, study after matric remain limited

Youth born just after the turn of democracy in 1994 have the highest years of completed education of any cohort in South African history and this may rise...

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