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Velddrif youth means business thanks to SU collaboration

A number of young people from the West Coast community of Noordhoek in Velddrif have started or expanded their own businesses after recently completing an...

Cost-effective monitoring system can help with management of invasive plants

The severe ecological and socio-economic impact of invasive alien plants in South Africa has led to extensive research and mitigation strategies in the field...

FMHS researchers bolstered by SAMRC awards

Three researchers at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) have received substantial awards from the South African...

SU receives global recognition for being an Outstanding Entrepreneurial and Engaged University

Stellenbosch University was celebrated at the University-Industry Innovation Network (UIIN) annual Conference in Amsterdam as runner-up for Outstanding...

What does it take to rescue a threatened habitat or to retrieve a threatened species from the brink of extinct

This is the critical question asked by a collaborative team of researchers and practitioners in their latest round of funding. At its core is a collaborative...

Nelson Mandela Day 2022 - “Do what you can, with what you have, wherever you are”

This year, Stellenbosch University's Student Representative Council collaborates with Matie Community Service (MGD) housed within the Division for Social...

Covid-19 impact could have been less devastating if populations were healthier: study

Aside from vaccination, focussed public health efforts to target obesity could be a safeguard in a potential future novel viral pandemic, according to frontline...

World Population Day: Growing global population brings unique challenges

World Population Day is celebrated on Monday 11 July. In an opinion piece for News24, Prof Mark Tomlinson from the Institute for Life Course Health...

SA’s barefoot children wear ill-fitting school shoes

Many children in South Africa run the risk of developing foot abnormalities such as hammer-, clawed- and retracted toes and heel spurs because they wear school...

DTTC provides leadership in WHO update of TB guidelines for children

When the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently released its new guidelines for the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in children and...