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On failure, trust and our common humanity
Prof Elmi Muller, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University delivered this speech at the Colleague of Medicine of South African graduation ceremony. A few weeks ago, a patient came to see me. He had...
Human Rights Day: Rights of the vulnerable and marginalised also deserve attention
South Africans celebrated Human Rights Day on 21 March. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University write that we should do more to prioritise the rights of the most fragile, vulnerable, and marginalised people in...
South Africa’s judiciary should be more representative
The International Day of Women Judges was observed recently (10 March). In an opinion piece for the Cape Times, Prof Nicola Smit, Dean of Faculty of Law, wrote that we should commit ourselves to develop and implement the necessary...
World Water Day: Are there pesticides in my water?
World Water Day is celebrated annually on 22 March. In an opinion piece for the Cape Times, Master's student Emma Davies and Dr Reynold Chow from the Department of Earth Sciences emphasise the importance of monitoring our rivers for...
Study explores use of invasive Port Jackson trees, plastic bags to build low-cost housing
A new composite material made from invasive Port Jackson trees and recycled low-grade plastic waste could help solve South Africa's social housing crisis, and some of its environmental problems. It was developed by Dr Abubakar Sadiq...
SU improves its position on QS subject rankings
Stellenbosch University (SU) can count itself among the leading higher education institutions globally in the broad subject areas of Life Science and Medicine, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, Engineering & Technology...
17th edition of the International Winelands Conference
Re-imagining Public Servant Leadership in a post-capture, post-pandemic governance landscape. 16 – 18 October 2023 The School of Public Leadership of Stellenbosch University is proud to continue the International Winelands Conference series...
Dear, Mr. Mandela, Dear, Mrs. Parks: Children’s letters, global lessons exhibition returns to SU Museum
It's fitting that the well-loved travelling exhibition, “Dear, Mr Mandela, Dear, Mrs Parks Children's Letters Global Lessons Exhibition", returns to the Stellenbosch University Museum during International Women's Month, as it reminds us...
Disaster risk scholars engage at first Periperi U CARP workshop
The Periperi U secretariat, situated in Stellenbosch University (SU) International's Centre for Collaboration in Africa, hosted its first workshop under the Climate Adaptation Research Programme (CARP) at Ardhi University in Dar es Salaam...
Did you know?
According to Oxford Open Learning, the very earliest libraries are believed to have been built around five thousand years ago, with the first human efforts to organize collections of documents. These took the form of clay tablets in a...