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How SA went from vaccine desperation to vaccine hesitancy

​Just ten months ago, South Africans were desperate to gain access to Covid-19 vaccinations and there was a sense of hopelessness that the country would not...

Climate change: are fishes migrating to colder waters?

​​Are commercially-important fish species adapting to warmer waters in our oceans, or are they moving to cooler areas, thereby becoming locally extinct? The...

Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke inspires incarcerated

The SU Ubuntu Learning community, in collaboration with the Ex-Cell project, recently hosted an online talk by Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke for...

Major GC Africa research grant for discovery of new antimicrobial agents

​​ Prof Erick Strauss, a specialist in chemical biology in the Department of Biochemistry in the Faculty of Science, have received a grant of R1.4 million over...

Technological advances helping in the fight against emerging infections

The recent progress in diagnostics and vaccine development will remain essential in the fight against current and future emerging infectious diseases. This is...

Focus and be present, says recipient of Rector's Award

​​Alexander O'Riordan can think of nothing more satisfying than to close his chapter at Stellenbosch University (SU) with the 2021 Rector's Award of Excellent...

Food Science student's passion is infectious

​Faculty of AgriSciences student Kim Teresa Mannix's enthusiasm for her chosen field of study is quite infectious and one can see exactly why Stellenbosch...

Rector's Award affirms hard work is paying off

Receiving a Rector's Award feels surreal, says Lwazi Madi, a Maties water polo player and captain of the South Africa water polo team that participated in the...

Open data crucial and sometimes even lifesaving, Library Symposium says

​​The pandemic and lockdown have proven that open data and the sharing of information, especially by governments, save lives and accelerate innovation, research...

Rector's Award recipient serves to help others excel

​Grace Mngadi's passion for leadership was recently recognised when she was awarded a Rector's Award for Excellence. She is one of the 82 recipients of this...
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