​The following op-ed was published in Die Burger and Beeld on 29 April 2020. Click here for the online version (subscribers only), or read the translation below (time references adjusted). * * * The dawn of a new era Online teaching and...

​The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak continues to ravage populations around the world. Global sex-disaggregated data indicate that more men than women are dying from COVID-19, contributed to in part by...

People in informal settlements are often forced to use the bucket brigade technique (passing buckets of water from one person to another) to suppress a shack fire. Fires develop so fast that even a fire truck ready-and-waiting at a station...

​​“Good governance is the foundation upon which a successful nation is built. It's not merely a buzzword, it is a commitment to transparency, accountability and responsible leadership." This was the key message of Tsakani Maluleke, South...

​​​SU's Rector and Vice-chancellor, Prof Wim de Villiers announced late last year that 2020 will be the university's Year for Persons with Disability. It will culminate in the sixth African Network for Evidence-to- Action in Disability...

​​​​​Dr Corneile Minnaar, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Botany and Zoology at Stellenbosch University (SU), was awarded the Robert May early career researcher award for the best paper published in the journal Methods in Ecology...

​"During the lockdown, it's difficult to imagine a time after the pandemic, but we will get through it; just take each day as it comes." These are the words from Luigia Nicholas, a postgraduate student at Stellenbosch University (SU), to...

Due to the current COVID-19 situation, the application process for invigilators for the June 2020 sit-down examinations is cancelled for semester 1. All assessments will be online and therefore no application forms for invigilation duties...

​​The last three volumes of the first five-volume lexicography dictionary to be produced in the world was recently released thanks to a team of lexicographers from across the globe, including Prof Rufus Gouws, a Professor in Afrikaans...

World Move for Health day is celebrated annually on 10 May. In this time of COVID-19, we have become aware of what the term pandemic means. But are you aware that “ inactivity" has also been described as a world-wide pandemic with wide...