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21st Century Climate-Smart Forestry for Livelihood and Sustainability in South Africa
FOREST21 is a joint project with the goal of strengthening capacity in South African higher education in forestry. The project is coordinated by Häme University of Applied Sciences in Finland, and is implemented in collaboration with five...
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Norwegian/Stellenbosch research programme makes a comeback
The INTPART programme promotes collaboration on higher education, research, and innovation between South Africa and Norway. Five universities, three Norwegian and two South African obtained resource funding for one INTPART project to enable...
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World Water Day: Groundwater is SA’s most vital hidden resource
Tuesday (22 March) is World Water Day with National Water Week being celebrated from 21-27 March. In an opinion piece for Cape Times, Ritshidze Nenweli and Drs Andrew Watson and Reynold Chow (Department of Earth Sciences) write why the...
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Research universities’ role in creating a better future
The following op-ed was originally published by Daily Maverick. Click here for the published piece, or read it below. = = = = = = Higher education is under pressure, but universities have a crucial role to play in helping society 'build...
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SU engages community on ‘lost memories’ of historic Hardekraaltjie cemetery
“The Hardekraaltjie cemetery is our only link to the lost memory of this area." Mr Melvin Arendse's clan name is Korana, which means “brown face" in the language of the Khoikhoi. He grew up in an area formerly known as Tiervlei (now...
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Human Rights Day: We must embody human rights, exercise them responsibly
Human Rights Day was celebrated on Monday 21 March. In opinion pieces for News24 and Cape Times respectively, Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) and Prof Nico Koopman (Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Social Impact, Transformation and...
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Methamphetamine (Tik) addiction negatively impacts rural social workers
Social workers in rural areas do their utmost every day to help adults with a methamphetamine dependency (adults who are addicted to tik) onto the straight and narrow, but many challenges thwart their efforts. “They experience burnout due...
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Prof Benoit Divol explores complex world of wine yeasts to enhance wine flavours
Prof Benoit Divol from the Department of Viticulture and Oenology in the Faculty of AgriSciences at Stellenbosch University delivered his inaugural lecture on Thursday 26 October 2023. The title of his lecture was “Unbottling the flavour of...
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Let’s do OPRA this year
No, I didn't misspell her name as this is no reference to the famous talk show host. This acronym is what I would like to call our Responsibility Centre's house rules for the year ahead. For us, OPRA stands for:Ownership Performance...
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Gooi Mielies! Maties Sport is ready for 2022
The past two years were not the best years for sport, but our team made sure that the MaroonMachine do not lose momentum. Thanks to a great team, we've identified our top priorities for the year ahead, and I would like to share them with...