31 May marks World No Tobacco day. The focus of World No Tobacco Day 2019 is on "tobacco and lung health." Lungs were made to breathe clean air, receiving oxygen from incoming air which enters the bloodstream, and allows carbon dioxide (a...

​Conferences on Church and Unity The annual conferences of the Synodical Commission for Doctrine and Current Affairs of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (Cape Synod) and the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology, focus upon...

The following article by Dr Dirk Brand, Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, was published in The Conversation of 26 May 2019: South Africa's new national government and nine new...

​South Africa's first Smoke and Tobacco-free campus will be celebrating its success on World No Tobacco Day 2019, marked on 31 May. On 1 January 2019, Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) became South...

The following is based on an article by Chelsea Geach, which was published in the Weekend Argus of 13 April 2019: Rizqah Hassiem, a first-year student in actuarial science at Stellenbosch University, has been named top in the world for...

The School of Public Leadership at Stellenbosch University (SU) recently signed an important memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Commonwealth Africa Anti-Corruption Centre (CAACC) in Gaborone, Botswana. The CAACC was established...

​​Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) is proud to be part of the #CrazySocks4Docs campaign in South Africa – a drive to raise awareness and give moral support to medical and health professionals battling...

​​The Stellenbosch University (SU) Senate has thrown its weight behind a “focused and concerted long-term institutional response" to the issues brought to the fore by the recent controversial journal article on race and cognition by five SU...

South Africa is celebrating World Heart Rhythm week from 4-10 June 2019. A heart rhythm problem often presents with palpitations. So, what exactly are palpitations? Heart palpitations are the feelings of having a fast beating, fluttering or...

​​Through innovation, ingenuity and collaboration Prof René English intends to tackle some of the challenges facing public health, now and in the future. English, a medically trained doctor with a PhD in Medicine, a specialist qualification...