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LaunchLab: Demystifying entrepreneurism

Founded in 2015, Stellenbosch University LaunchLab is Africa's leading university-backed incubator. Its mission is to transform seemingly impossible ideas into...

‘SA should remain committed to advancement of human rights’ – Judge Pillay

​Although South Africa has often played an important role in a number of pressing human rights issues, its engagement with international human rights law is a...

SU students help learners improve their reading skills

​​​The “I CAN read" literacy project, the brainchild of Stellenbosch University's Dr Zelda Barends, not only aims to improve the literacy levels of foundation...

Towards the regeneration of the university and public policy in Africa (Part One & Two)

In this two-part Op-Ed, published in Daily Maverick (17 & 18 May 2021), Prof Firoz Khan, specializing in development studies at the School of Public Leadership...

Greywater re-use: Why irrigating your garden with laundry greywater is a bad idea

​For the sake of the soil in which your plants must grow and thrive, think twice before deciding to re-use laundry greywater in your garden. If you really want...

SU to implement a wastewater surveillance platform to detect COVID-19 outbreaks on campus

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) plans to implement a wastewater-based surveillance platform to detect institutional SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks on two of its campuses....

New Afrikaans thesaurus result of more than 20 years’ work

“Afrikaans is as alive as never before, it grows, it surges and it growls, it struggles, but it grows all the time, literally every day." This is according to...

A day in the life: Adwoa Opoku-Nyarko

​Adwoa Opoku-Nyarko believes in the transformative power of education and is grateful to be able to work for an educational institution. She manages the...

Solar-generation workshop for learners sparks interest

​Teachers and learners from schools in Cloetesville and Kayamandi recently benefitted from a solar-generation workshop presented by Stellenbosch University's...

Mashigo wants to create awareness of the important role of blood services

​​​When Dr Nomusa Mashigo from the Division of Haematological Pathology was appointed as an independent member of the Clinical Governance Committee of the South...
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