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Suicide rates didn’t increase during pandemic

​Many people, including mental health experts, anticipated a dramatic increase in suicide rates following the outbreak of Covid-19. But in fact, this has not...

MA Day for Afrikaans and Dutch students

​​On Monday 13 June, eight MA students in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch showcased their research and their progress over the past six months by giving...

Legislative amendments needed to tackle misconduct, incompetence of educators

​South Africa's education legislation lacks teeth when it comes to regulating the misconduct and incompetence of some of our educators in the public basic...

Prof Anita Cloete helps to emphasise reciprocal relationship between media and religion

​Prof Anita Cloete from the Department of Practical Theology and Missiology at Stellenbosch University recently delivered her inaugural lecture titled Being...

Pioneering study of TB in rhinos aids Kruger Park’s conservation efforts

​​​The largest study ever to be conducted on a free-ranging population of rhinoceros, revealed that about one in every seven rhinos in the Kruger National Park...

Avatar against food waste in the citrus industry

​Researchers at Empa’s Biomimetical Membranes and Textiles laboratory in Switzerland, with the help of horticulturalists from Stellenbosch University in South...

World Oceans Day: Interesting facts about alien species, worms and seagrass

​The annual World Oceans Day was celebrated on 8 June. In opinion pieces* for The Conversation, marine genomics and biology experts in the Department of Botany...

African Christians should “guard against being ‘captured’”

​Why are some African Christian leaders and their followers loyal to seemingly morally corrupt and socially problematic American politicians and their political...

CISU Offers South African Students a taste of the traditional Chinese "Dragon Boat Festival"

​​On 3rd June 2022, Worcester Gymnasium was honored to be part of an activity day celebrating Chinese culture, cuisine, and language. This day of enrichment was...

Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival is back!

The Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival is back and will take place at the Stellenbosch University Konservatorium building from 1 to 10 July...
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