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Prof Swart and Aztec

Media release

Learning leadership from horses at SU

Leadership lessons at Stellenbosch University (SU) sometimes happen beyond lecture halls and meeting rooms. 

Instead, they unfold in the university’s paddocks...

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A photo of the 2026 Future Professors cohort at Stellenbosch University

Education

New cohort of Future Professors receive a warm welcome at introductory conference

At a time when universities worldwide are grappling with rapid technological change, evolving knowledge economies and shifting public expectations, a group of...

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A polygonal vector illustration of inflamed diseased kidney, healthy kidney, and recovery of kidney functions on a dark blue background.

Opinion and features

South Africa’s organ shortage: Time to act

World Kidney Day is marked each year on 12 March. In an opinion piece for the Weekend Argus, Prof Yazied Chothia from the Division of Nephrology writes that a...

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G20 and TUM

Media release

SU part of global team delivering landmark G20 digital agenda analysis

Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Policy Innovation Lab is part of an international partnership that has formally handed over a landmark policy report tracing the...

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A traditional high school classroom with individual desks and chairs.

Media release

New study questions value of grade repetition before matric

Now that the dust has settled on the matric results celebrations and the school year is in full swing, we need to take a harder look at whether high repetition...

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Dr Lutz to ride Cape Epic for students

Media release

SU lecturer tackles epic challenge to raise funds for science students in need

First-year Stellenbosch University (SU) chemistry lecturer Dr Marietjie Lutz is back in the saddle for a good cause, raising funds for students in need. But...

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A horizontal vector banner of women of different skin colours and nationalities standing together, looking up.

Opinion and features

International Women’s Day: Key challenges for gender equality remain

The weight women carry, social norms and sexual corruption, and empathy for victims of violence. These are the issues that experts at Stellenbosch University...

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Newly appointed extraordinary professor at the Centre for Social Justice Prof Tshepo Madlingozi

Media release

Hope in a time of fracture: Prof Tshepo Madlingozi joins Centre for Social Justice

If you see an elegant figure walking thoughtfully across the Stellenbosch University (SU) campus – composed, alert, quietly resolute – it may well be Prof...

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#GivingMaties2026

Media release

Stellenbosch University launches #GivingMaties, 40-day drive to fight student hunger

Student hunger remains a pressing reality at Stellenbosch University (SU) – and from 5 March to 15 April, the SU community is mobilising to respond. Alumni...

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Matie is new CEO of USA Tennis / Matie nuwe uitvoerende hoof van VSA-tennisvereniging

Awards and milestones

Matie alumnus appointed CEO of United States Tennis Association

From the Maties tennis courts in Stellenbosch to leading one of the biggest organisations in world tennis, Stellenbosch University (SU) alumnus Craig Tiley...

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Vice-Chancellor's Achievement Awards

Awards and milestones

Top first-year achievers shine at Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards

Stellenbosch University (SU) honoured 37 of the country’s most outstanding matric achievers on Tuesday evening at the Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards for...

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7th Social Justice Lecture Baroness Amos and Prof Madonsela

Media release

Stability without equity is fragile, Baroness Valerie Amos warns in 7th Social Justice Lecture

On World Day of Social Justice, the Baxter Theatre Centre in Rondebosch became a forum for a sober reckoning with the state of the world. Delivering...

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