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Prof Quinette Louw (third from left) and Luigia Nicholas (second from right) with other contributors at the launch of the report in Nairobi
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Media release

New SU-led report highlights Africa's assistive technology access crisis

Access to assistive technologies – tools, devices and systems that help people with disabilities perform everyday tasks more easily – remains limited and uneven...
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Decay without Mourning Conference

Arts, languages and social sciences

‘Decay without mourning’ conference offers new ways of caring for the past

An international conference at Stellenbosch University (SU) has challenged long-held assumptions about heritage, urging scholars, artists and archivists to...

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Awards and milestones

SU’s website earns global acclaim with prestigious Gold Quill Award

Stellenbosch University (SU) recently received an international Gold Quill Award of Merit from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)...

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A picture of lock icon technology on a computer laptop screen on a table

Opinion and features

Safeguarding South African research in a changing global landscape

An effective research security approach cannot simply be a list of prohibitions. It must be a thoughtful, risk-based framework that acknowledges our unique...

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An aerial view shows widespread flooding submerging villages and farmland, with isolated homes and trees standing amid vast floodwaters

Opinion and features

Rethinking our freedom in a time of climate crisis

South Africans celebrated Freedom Day on 27 April. In an opinion piece for the Cape Argus, Dr Gibson Ncube from the Department of Modern Foreign Languages draws...

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Participants at the launch of a special issue of the journal Development Southern Africa devoted to “Prioritising the Fight Against Stunting in South Africa” on 21 April 2026.

Medicine and health

SU researchers contribute to major stunting study

A new special issue of the journal Development Southern Africa brings together leading South African researchers, policymakers and practitioners to confront one...

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Opinion and features

Democracy under pressure as populism rises

Lindsay Gurnell is currently pursuing a master’s degree in political science at SU. She is particularly interested in political behaviour and democratic...

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