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We shouldn’t take our democracy for granted

​As a post-colonial country, South Africa should cherish its democracy and not abuse it, said Professor Homi Bhabha, regarded as the world's premier post...

Postgrad students dissect transformation issues thanks to Mellon funding

​Twenty one postgraduate students from the Sociology and Social Anthropology Department in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences came together recently to...

International journal allocates entire volume to research by African scholars

An entire volume of the highly regarded internationally - and South African Department of Higher Education and Training-accredited - Taiwan Journal of Democracy...

#WomenofSU: A champion for evidence-based healthcare

​Medical students who are trained in evidence-based healthcare (EBHC), are better equipped to provide quality care to patients. “Evidence-based healthcare...

Corruption is everybody’s business

We must all do our bit to combat corruption because it is a serious impediment to the country's economic and social development. This was one of the viewpoints...

Call for applications: Full-time PhD scholarships in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

​​The Graduate School for Arts and Social Sciences is a HOPE Project initiative in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University to...

NRF renews Chair in the Economics of Social Policy for a second time

​After excellent outputs over the past 10 years – especially with regard to the number of doctoral students it produced – the Chair in the Economics of Social...

Research publication highlights SU’s contribution to global sustainable development goals

The rapid detection of honey fraud; the role of women in the military; the link between heart disease and mental health; career development for township youth...

Teaching Mathematics for the future

Researchers from across the world recently gathered in Cape Town to share knowledge about and discuss “sense-making" in mathematics teaching and learning...

#WomenofSU – Focus on Prof Nox Makunga

​After obtaining her doctorate in 2004, Prof Nox Makunga of the Department of Botany and Zoology joined Stellenbosch University (SU) in 2005 and quickly...
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