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Love for colleagues results in PhD
A love for the people she works with and a desire to see them making healthy choices to prevent and control chronic diseases, is what motivated Dr Darcelle Schouw to focus her PhD studies on running a workplace health promotion programme at...
SU, Radio KC searching together for energy solutions
True to its commitment to bring about social, cultural, environmental and economic development and change in communities, Stellenbosch University (SU) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Radio KC, a leading community radio...
Disaster risk resilience network Periperi U steps up to help Africa fight COVID-19
Africa's population is the fastest-growing in the world. Over the next two decades, the continent will account for nearly half of global population growth. For this very reason, when disaster strikes on the continent, its effect on human...
Matie brothers work with government to fight COVID-19
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc across the world, bringing nations to a complete standstill and leaving economies in tatters. In South Africa it is no different as fears and uncertainty abound about what to do about the pandemic and how to get...
COVID-19 pandemic also an opportunity to restore vital ecosystems
On Friday (22 May), we celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity. In an opinion piece for Mail & Guardian Prof Michael Samways from the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology writes that the COVID-19 pandemic is...
It's going to cost SARS to put an effective wealth tax in place
The article It's going to cost SARS to put an effective wealth tax in place by Ingrid Woolard, Dennis Davis and Tania Ajam was published by Business Day on 21 May 2020. Read the complete article below or click here for the piece as...
‘Everyone can make a difference’
As a young boy growing up in the Eastern Cape, Sven Weidner always wanted to lend a helping hand to those in need. He believes that no effort is too small to make a change. “It does not always need to be a financial donation; one can also...
Library and Information Service open from 6 July 2020
The Library and Information Service is pleased to announce that some of its branches are open for limited service to clients from 6 July 2020. The branches that are open are: SU Library, Engineering and Forestry Library, Medicine and...
Disinfection tunnels for Covid-19 have negligible benefit and are potentially dangerous
This article was originally published on Daily Maverick . Read the article here . Having communicated with a number of companies who are marketing and selling these in South Africa, we have yet to get a straight answer regarding what basis...
'Six months of COVID-19, and the challenges that still lie ahead'
Dear members of the SU community With the COVID-19 lockdown nearing 100 days in South Africa, we increasingly realise that we find ourselves not only in a health crisis but at a turning point in history. The pandemic has brought inequities...