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DTTC-led project finds pioneering treatment to prevent multidrug-resistant TB in children and adults

​​​A landmark clinical trial reported last week at the Union Conference on Lung Health in Paris meeting showed that an oral antibiotic taken for six months once...

Strengthening Africa’s presence in global research arena — Prof Wim de Villiers

​​Africa Universities' Day was celebrated recently (12 November). In an opinion piece for the Cape Times, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University...

Top Chinese language students win big in Naspers Awards

​​Top students in Chinese at Stellenbosch University (SU) were recently celebrated at a colourful awards ceremony where they received big prizes – and a trip to...

Multilingualism in education discussed

​​​​​Prof David Lasagabaster, Professor Extraordinaire in the Department Curriculum Studies, delivered a public lecture on 6 November on a topic that is...

CISU 2023 school education delegation gets inspiration in China

​The 2023 Chinese Bridge school education delegation to China, jointly organised by the Confucius Institute at Stellenbosch University (CISU) and Xiamen...

SU researchers excel at first African Biotrade Festival

Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers made their mark at the recent inaugural African Biotrade Festival in Johannesburg. Dr Rhoda Malgas and Kyle le Roux...

Prof Herman Engelbrecht helps build systems for virtual worlds

Prof Herman Engelbrecht from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University delivered his...

SU scholar wins prestigious fellowship at Oxford

​A top academic at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Department of Modern Foreign Languages, Dr Gibson Ncube, has just heard he has been selected for a prestigious...

AI in Africa is about people, language and contextual innovation – and higher education can help

​African artificial intelligence (AI) is about people. As the Stellenbosch University (SU) representative in AHEEN, I was struck by the story of a data science...

Major impetus for strengthening climate resilient agriculture in the Western Cape

​​​Research on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and communities in the Western Cape were high on the agenda during the signing of a Memorandum of...
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