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Targeting type 2 diabetes

Diabetes is now South Africa's third leading cause of death after heart disease and HIV/AIDS. Its causes are complex, and to combat it researchers need to...

SU physiologist elected onto IUPS board

Prof Faadiel Essop from the Department of Physiological Sciences at SU has been invited by the International Union for Physiological Sciences (IUPS) to serve on...

Better management of sports injuries thanks to Advanced Concussion Unit

​​What does the Springbok Captain Eben Etzebeth and his All Black counterpart Beauden Barret, have in common? Both were in the news for suffering from...

Global experts in Cape Town to probe changing HIV/AIDS epidemic

HIV/AIDS experts from five continents across the world will be in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13-15 November 2017 to probe the dynamics of a changing HIV/AIDS...

Fee commission report released

​​​President Jacob Zuma has officially released the report of the Commission into the Feasibility of Fee-Free Higher Education and Training in South Africa. The...

Jason Evezard: At the top of his game (and his studies)

​At the recent annual Maties Sport Awards evening, Maties Water Polo player Jason Evezard was called to the stage twice – once to receive full colours for his...

Mandela Rhodes scholarship awarded to Education student

​Barely a month after receiving two Rector's Awards – one for excellent leadership and one for excellent service delivery – Education student MK Nompumza...

Students win trip to London after virtual success on stock exchange

Two Stellenbosch University students won an all-expenses paid trip to visit the London Stock Exchange and R12500 each after coming out tops in the 2017 JSE...

Insect mass-rearing workshop comes to South Africa

Solutions to end world hunger and the destruction of our planet might lie in an unlikely place, in our tiniest and most overlooked six-legged friends, the...
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