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Opinion and features

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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Collaborative Learning and Reshaping Assessment: Talking Transformative Assessment with Professor Geo Quinot

​​The eighth episode of the Talking Transformative Assessment season two, a podcast hosted by Dalene Joubert and Hanelie Adendorff, features an insightful...

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Business-driven approach can boost wildlife conservation

Business-driven approach can boost wildlife conservation

​​World Wildlife Day was celebrated on 3 March. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at the African Wildlife Economy Institute at Stellenbosch University...

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Recognising World Engineering Day 2025: Advancing green hydrogen research for a sustainable future

Engineering and technology

Recognising World Engineering Day 2025: Advancing green hydrogen research for a sustainable future

World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development (WED) is celebrated annually on 4 March as an official UNESCO International Day, proclaimed in 2019 following...

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ADA 2025 Hybrid Summer School Strengthens Doctoral Training Across Africa

ADA 2025 Hybrid Summer School Strengthens Doctoral Training Across Africa

The African Doctoral Academy (ADA), based at Stellenbosch University International, recently concluded its highly successful 2025 Hybrid Summer School, which...

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Get to know your lecturer: Stephan van der Westhuizen

Get to know your lecturer: Stephan van der Westhuizen

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

In short, I...

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Energised for a new era: Dr Munya Saruchera leads the revisioned Africa Centre

Energised for a new era: Dr Munya Saruchera leads the revisioned Africa Centre

​The Africa Centre for HIV/Aids Management started 2025 with several exciting changes to herald in a new era, which will build on the centre’s significant...

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