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COVID-19: Appeal for volunteers

Dear Colleagues​, Students and Alumni We continue to adjust to the new realities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and its multi-faceted challenges. I...

Deciding whose lives really matter in a pandemic

South Africans with disabilities should also have equal access to life-sustaining healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the plea of Prof Leslie...

Behavioural science and its potential to guide our response to Covid-19

This article was originally published on Daily Maverick . Read the original article here . The response to the Covid-19 pandemic by the South African government...

Coping with COVID-19 on student exchanges abroad

To many Maties, attending a semester exchange abroad is the stuff of dreams. It offers an exciting opportunity to meet new people, explore different parts of...

Opinion: Insect farming could help give the earth a break

Nature's response to the significant drop in human activity because of Covid-19 related lockdown regulations have prompted experts globally to underline the...

SU student funding initiatives level playing field

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) has added #Action4Inclusion to their growing list of student funding initiatives aimed at ensuring academic inclusion and the...

SU student support during COVID-19 pandemic

​As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions have had to come up with innovative ways to ensure that students...

Hypertension: the silent killer

Do not wait for symptoms to appear, high blood pressure is real…! Hypertension (high or raised blood pressure) is a condition in which the blood vessels have...

'Too little, too late' – COVID-19 op-ed by Profs Wim de Villiers and Eugene Cloete

This opinion piece appeared in Daily Maverick on 14 May 2020. Click here for the published version online, or read the full text below. * * * President...

Unprecedented tax collapse endangers post-Covid recovery

The article Unprecedented tax collapse endangers post-Covid recovery by Tania Ajam and Dennis Davis was published by the Daily Maverick on 14 May 2020. Read the...
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