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Dr Alfred Schaffer awarded prize for strengthening literary ties between South Africa and the Netherlands
Dr Alfred Schaffer, a senior lecturer in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been awarded the prestigious Van Ewijk...
Institutional news
SU features among leading higher education institutions globally in several subject areas
As the new academic year approaches, it’s welcome news that Stellenbosch University (SU) continues to feature among the leading higher education institutions...
Awards and milestones
Keesha Petersen’s resilience rewrites her future
Keesha Petersen remembers exactly how she felt in 2021, staring at her matric results. The numbers on the page told a story she couldn’t and wouldn’t accept.
As...
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SU’s Handlab and Book Dash open new worlds for Deaf children
A quiet revolution underway in early childhood literacy didn’t begin in a classroom, but in a studio where Deaf storytellers rehearse, sign and retell African...
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‘Skut gat and dala’ – pioneering Master’s research captures the lived reality of Winelands womxn
“Coloured* identity needs a bietjie room to breathe.” This line from Chérise Adams’ Master’s thesis stays with the reader and only crystallises once you grasp...
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Dr Florence de Vries’ PhD shaped by loss, purpose and care
Dr Florence de Vries has spent her career thinking carefully about the power of storytelling – who wields it, who benefits from it and who can be harmed by the...
Awards and milestones
Amogelang Moagi does not allow hip of steel, loss to steal her graduation joy
“A hip of steel and a heart of steel.” That’s how Amogelang Moagi’s lecturer Dr Susan de Klerk describes her. These words are particularly apt, given the...
Awards and milestones
From forensics to farms: Dr Tiya’s mission to protect communities against pesticides
Moving from DNA analysis in forensics to studying the impact of pesticides on farm workers may seem unusual – but for Dr Luthando Tiya, it was a natural next...
Awards and milestones
A quiet childhood dream propelled Dr Kevin Naude to success
For as long as he can remember, Dr Kevin Naude fostered an unspoken dream: the idea that he might one day become a doctor. Now, nearly a decade after first...
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Triple success as Pietersen triplets graduate
Stellenbosch University (SU) celebrates a notable moment during graduation week when two members of a set of triplets follow in the footsteps of the other...