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New executive committee of the Institutional Forum

​The newly elected executive committee of the Institutional Forum (IF) will play a pivotal role in ensuring that Stellenbosch University (SU) is anchored in...

Photo novel about tik abuse now developed even further

Six months after Dr Burt Davis, lecturer at the Africa Centre for HIV/Aids Management at Stellenbosch University (SU), received his doctoral degree by designing...

Better implants key to repair damaged knees

People whose knees have been affected by osteoarthritis, also known as the 'wear and tear' arthritis, often have to get knee implants to repair the damage. But...

Maties reach out to the community

​A group of Matie Community Service (MCS) student volunteers from the Stellenbosch University Primary Health Care Programme hosted a health promotion day at the...

Medical student also triumphs in cross-country races

The more you do, the more you can do. Just ask Annamart Laubscher, final-year medical student and top cross-country athlete. Since 2013, when Annamart started...

SU brings biodiversity and community together

​​​​The Ingcungcu Sunbird Restoration Initiative The Ingcungcu Initiative, named after the Xhosa word for “birds with long beaks", aims to re-open a migration...

SU contributes to science leadership in African cities

Since 2015, the Urban Modelling and Metabolism Assessment (uMAMA) research team at the School of Public Leadership has been undertaking game-changing and...

We must join forces to address economic, ecological challenges

​We can't just leave it to a liberalised market to address the world's economic and ecological challenges. We have to join forces and ask ourselves who we are...

Keeping tabs on genetically modified crops

​Genetic engineering and plant breeding techniques are used in biofortification programmes to improve the nutritional quality of African cereals such as sorghum...

Exceptional honour for SU Botanical Garden

​​Botanic Gardens Conservation International ( BGCI), internationally known for its efforts in securing plant diversity for the well-being of people and the...
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