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University and Municipality join forces to save water
The collaboration between the Municipality and University has resulted in substantial water savings in Stellenbosch, while these two institutions are also determined to reduce water consumption even further despite the recent rains. This...
Regulating fees will undermine independence of universities
In an opinion article published on the Businesslive website on Wednesday (30 May 2018), Proff Stan du Plessis (Operations and Finance) and Willem Boshoff (Economics) from Stellenbosch University write that government's plans to regulate...
Organisations need robust strategic architecture for success
Organisations need a robust strategic architecture to be competitive and successful in a fast-changing world. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Marius Ungerer of Stellenbosch University Business School in his inaugural lecture on...
Palmiet wetlands drying up fast
Palmiet wetlands provide important ecosystem services to society but are in such a critical state that if we don't act now, they may soon disappear right before our very eyes. “It's been reported that over 65% of South Africa's wetlands and...
Nolene Singh receives award for innovation management
A staff member of Stellenbosch University (SU) received national acclaim on Thursday (31 May 2018) for her contribution to innovation management in Southern Africa. Nolene Singh, Manager of Technology Transfer at SU's technology transfer...
Human rights take centre stage at Africa Day symposium
Africa Day is an opportunity to celebrate our African identity and to rediscover what it means to be African, Dr Leslie van Rooi recently told delegates at an Africa Day symposium at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and...
NASA to send helicopter to Mars
The space agency NASA plans to send a small helicopter to Mars in 2020 in the continued quest for life on the red planet, said Dr Japie van Zyl of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology on Monday (4 June...
SU celebrates World Environment Day
Today (05 June) marks World Environment Day, an initiative started by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) in 1974. Over the years, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach, widely celebrated in over...
Ukwanda offers crucial research platform
“You can do research anywhere. All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind," Prof Nulda Beyers said, quoting the famous physician Martin Fischer in her keynote address at the Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health's research day. In her...
Innovative new SU module promotes diversity among students
“Both in South Africa and at Stellenbosch University, we come from a divided past, which makes it vital for our teaching and curricula to be designed to cater for our students' diverse histories and different experiences of gender, culture...