Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers have discovered that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) directly impacts the brain in the early stages of the...

A total of 211 scientists in South Africa – less than 1% of the country's scientific workforce – have been identified as being 'publicly visible' in a new study...

At the Faculty of Science's first research showcase on Friday 17 November 2017 researchers and postgraduate students presented nearly 50 posters to an audience...

Stellenbosch University and Tennis South Africa (TSA) have announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement, with the aim of developing a new world...

In 2018 Tevarus Naicker will be a fifth year medical student at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS). He will also be...

​Stellenbosch University's fourth ordinary Council meeting of the year took place on Monday 27 November 2017. Council was briefed on developments in higher...

​​The “antidote" to quackery and pseudoscience is evidence-based healthcare based on sound scientific research, and proper science communication to make...

Teaching is a privilege and an immense responsibility – one that Prof Nuraan Davids, chair of the Department of Education Policy Studies in the Faculty of...

It might come as a surprise to many but girls do outshine boys at school and at university, a recent study at Stelllenbosch University (SU) found. “On average...

The vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus, is a major pest of South African grapevines. Sooty moulds grow on honeydew excreted by the mealybugs, disfiguring fruit...