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#SUyouthday: 'Enjoy the little things in life, but dream the impossible dreams'

Third year BSc student, Stehan Malherbe, believes that the youth should come into their own in South Africa, and that their thoughts, actions and dreams form...

#SUyouthday: 'Collaborate, don't compete'

​​​​Final year BCom Mathematical Sciences student Tré Delange feels strongly that the youth should collaborate more and not compete with each other. “The choir...

MATIE PROF is chrysanthemum champion for 2021

Since the first show was held in 1916, the Wellington Chrysanthemum show in the first week of May has been an important event on the town's cultural calendar...

Many women still not benefitting from HIV prevention programmes

Readily available HIV testing and treatment has not yet shaped the sexual relationships of women in South Africa, writes Dr Lario Viljoen from the Desmond Tutu...

'Let me update you' – Prof Wim de Villiers

8 June 2021 Dear member of the SU community I want to provide you with a personal update on our recent appearance before the South African Human Rights...

WhatsApp Chat Bot helps diabetes patients during pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has put enormous pressure on the health services to find ways to provide ongoing care for patients with chronic conditions, such as...

Grey whale sets new distance record

In May 2013 marine biologists were stunned by the news of the first ever sighting of a grey whale south of the equator, just off the coast of Namibia in Walvis...

World Oceans Day: We need to treasure our oceans

​Tuesday 8 June was World Oceans Day. In an opinion piece for News24, Prof Sophie von der Heyden (Department of Botany and Zoology) writes that we should...

'SciMathUS, paving the way to my MBA'

What a pleasant journey it has been! I was born and bred in Paarl. I grew up in a family of five and I am the youngest of three children. In my Grade 10 year I...

Education needs to be 'context-resonant and future-fit' to transform

​​Academics and researchers from around the globe mused on the challenges and opportunities facing education and social justice during a virtual conference held...
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