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Limpopo family sells tractor to help daughter pursue PhD in agriculture at SU

​It took the sale of one of her father's two tractors and plenty of hard work for Dr Mosima Mabitsela to graduate this week from Stellenbosch University (SU)...

Another feather in the cap of SU’s language wizard

​​​Whenever you read an article on Stellenbosch University's (SU) website or a newsletter or notice distributed by the institution, it has likely been edited or...

SU’s Faculty of Science awards four joint international degrees

​​Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Science this week awarded four joint PhD degrees with universities in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Italy in...

World Tuberculosis Day: Tuberculosis remains an acute disease in need of chronic attention

​World Tuberculosis (TB) Day was observed on 24 March. In an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, Drs Dillon Wademan (Desmond Tutu TB Centre) and Amrita...

Psychiatry doctor continues family's PhD tradition; focuses on break-ups among emerging adults

​Coming from a bloodline of academic intellectuals, it was only a matter of time before Alberta (Berte) van der Watt of Paul Roux in the Eastern Free State...

PhD graduate finds learning - and love – at SU

Zimbabwean-born Jabulani Shaba came to Stellenbosch University (SU) to pursue a postgraduate degree in history. But he found so much more. Shaba is awarded his...

From Madagascar to the world with a PhD in physics

​​​Hailing from a rural village in Madagascar, Dr Dina Miora's academic journey has taken her to South Africa and Germany and today she is employed as a...

AC21 Legacy Symposium paving the way for future learning collaborations on sustainable development goals

​​​AC21 Legacy Symposium paving the way for future learning collaborations on sustainable development goals.​ At its inception, the Academic Consortium21 ( AC21...

New ecoregion recognised in Malawi and Mozambique

​​A freshwater crab specialist from Stellenbosch University, Prof. Savel Daniels, was one of nearly 100 specialists from around the world whose research...

Klass act: Graduating against all odds

​​​The first thing you notice about Aiden Klass is how tall he is. The second thing you notice is his beautiful deep voice and perfect enunciation. What you won...
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