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Six honorary doctorates, many qualifications to be awarded at December graduation

​​​​​Next week, Stellenbosch University (SU) will confer 5 779 qualifications across 13 ceremonies during its December graduation week. Graduation, which is a...

Women not safe in their own homes

​The annual 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign ends on Sunday 10 December. In an opinion piece for News24, Prof Juliana...

AMR Industry Alliance awards NeoAMS programme the 2023 AMR Stewardship Prize

NeoAMS, a programme targeting inappropriate use of antibiotics among hospitalised newborns, was awarded the 2023 Stewardship Prize by the Antimicrobial...

CIRCoRe workstream insights: Prof Kopano Ratele

​​​ ​Stellenbosch University (SU) has rolled out the structures that will focus on the recommendations of the Khampepe Commission. Our series of interviews with...

Long journey from BSc ECP student to PhD in Chemistry

It must have been his late mother's incredibly tasty cheese sauce that made him fall in love with chemistry. “I always wanted to know how she made it, with...

CIRCoRe workstream insights: Prof Ronelle Carolissen

​​​​Stellenbosch University (SU) has rolled out the structures that will focus on the recommendations of the Khampepe Commission. Our series of interviews with...

Sugar tax alone not enough to combat obesity & NCDs

​​In April 2018, the South African government, in response to a recommendation of the World Health Organisation, introduced a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages...

‘Accidental’ paediatric cardiologist leaves indelible mark on children with heart disease

He has left an indelible imprint on especially children with heart disease in the Western Cape and although he officially retired at the end of October, Prof...

Prof Waghid's scholarship celebrated

Prof Yusef Waghid's phenomenal scholarship was celebrated in a seminar by the Department Education Policy Studies at the Faculty of Education in November before...

Shining the spotlight on our Matie volunteers

It's International Volunteer Day and with over 600 Matie volunteers making a remarkable impact, we'd like to shine the spotlight on a few volunteers whose...
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