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Lung problems persist in most adolescents even after TB treatment

​Two out of three adolescents diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) experiences lung abnormalities even after successfully completing treatment for this...

Advancing evidence-based health care guidelines

Dr Michael McCaul, a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, is playing an instrumental role in informing evidence-based health care...

What sunscreen is best? A dermatologist offers advice on protecting your skin

This article was originally published on The Conversation . Sunburn is a sign that skin has experienced significant levels of damage. Ultraviolet light can...

In Memoriam: Dr Cyrill Walters

With the tragic passing of Dr Cyrill Walters, a senior lecturer at the Stellenbosch Business School and a Research Fellow in Higher Education, the Stellenbosch...

In Memoriam: Prof Elmarie Costandius  

​​​It is with profound sorrow that Stellenbosch University (SU) mourns the untimely passing of Prof Elmarie Costandius, a visionary academic and a beacon of...

SU disability research highlighted in The Lancet

Experts from Stellenbosch University's (SU) Division of Physiotherapy recently had two articles published in the esteemed medical journal, The Lancet. Both...

After 10 years and 44 distinctions, Dr Keaton Harris has achieved his dream

​You could write a book about the heart wrenching obstacles Keaton Harris had to endure to get where he is today – graduating cum laude as a medical doctor at...

Engineering graduate plans to pay SU skills forward

​​​When Kabelo Tlhabadira moves to the town Kathu in the Northern Cape in January to start his career as a civil engineer-in-training at the Sishen Mine, he...

Mom gets to cap son on graduation day

The ecstatic celebrations of graduation day sometimes obscure the harrowing struggles students and their families endure to make it to the finishing line. For...

Blind Paralympic swimmer makes waves with historic LLD degree

​​The blind South African Paralympic swimmer and medal winner, Hendri Herbst, is the perfect embodiment of the saying “where there is a will, there is a way"...
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