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Tygerberg’s new stroke care firing on all cylinders

​With its unique approach and dedicated team of healthcare workers, the new stroke unit at Tygerberg Hospital is already making great strides in helping to...

Betrayal of the promise: how South Africa is being stolen

​A major, new study on the country's emerging Shadow State By the State Capacity Research Project, an interdisciplinary, interuniversity research partnership...

Oceans are key to our survival

In an article published on The Conversation website on Tuesday (6 June 2017), Prof Sophie von der Heyden, from the Department of Botany and Zoology, writes that...

Has our Constitution reached its expiry date?

​"Through the research conducted for our book we essentially investigated what the Constitution means to various stakeholders in South Africa and found that...

TRU to establish a democracy research node

Over the past few years the state of democracy in South Africa has been increasingly threatened by large scale corruption, mismanagement of state funds and...

A chance at life for immune-deficient babies

Every year a number of babies are born in South Africa with genetic defects that prevent their immune systems from developing, and in the most severe cases...

SA’s youth face many challenges

On Friday (16 June) we celebrate Youth Day. In opinion pieces published in the media, the following staff members and students from Stellenbosch University...

Understanding random acts of violence

Why do some people commit violent crimes seemingly just for fun? Have they had particularly bad childhoods, or are they in some way "pre-programmed" to simply...

TRU to establish a democracy research node

Over the past few years the state of democracy in South Africa has been increasingly threatened by large scale corruption, mismanagement of state funds and...

AgroHub opens at Welgevallen

​A new look, new tenants, a new shared vision and a new name. This is the story of the Winter Cereal Building Block 6 on Stellenbosch University's (SU)...
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