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Don't leave people with disabilities behind
“You can judge a nation by the way it treats its most vulnerable citizens." This quote has been credited to a variety of prominent historic figures such as Aristotle and Mahatma Ghandi. It has also evolved with time and been applied in...
SA lacks strategy to prevent suicides
With approximately one completed suicide every hour in South Africa, it is hard to believe that the country does not have a clear and comprehensive national suicide prevention strategy in place. “Although suicide is a serious public health...
Interventions in adolescence can boost gains from early childhood
Top-up interventions during adolescence can enhance the long-term benefits of interventions delivered in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, writes Prof Mark Tomlinson from the Department of Psychology in an article published...
Former Die Matie news editor's thesis to be published as a book
Former Die Matie news editor Adriaan Steyn's Master's thesis, which focuses on the massive expansion of Afrikaans cinema in the last 10 years and the social implications of this, will be turned into a book that will be published by Leiden...
SAMRC lauds FMHS scientists for excellence in health research
Two stalwart scientists of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Stellenbosch University, were awarded prestigious accolades for the profound impact that their research have had on the health of South African people. The FMHS...
Africa needs fundamental research in machine learning
Fundamental research in Artificial Intelligence and machine learning is essential if Africa wants to have control over some of the really big ideas in the world. This is the message from Dr Nando de Freitas, one of the world's leading...
Maties Hockey men win sixth consecutive league title
The Maties Hockey men’s team ended a roller-coaster season in style with a sixth consecutive Western Province Grand Challenge title. Maties started the year with a place in the final of the Varsity Sport hockey tournament and followed that...
Education research in the spotlight at conference
Three international guests and approximately 120 participants, including education researchers, policy-makers and PhD students, attended the fourth annual conference on Quantitative Education Research in Stellenbosch on 6 and 7 September...
Constitutional property law and land reform experts make Constitutional Review Committee submission
A team of four constitutional property law and land reform experts from Stellenbosch University made a submission to the constitutional review committee recently. Professors Bradley Slade, Juanita Pienaar, Zsa-Zsa Boggenpoel and Ms...
Africa’s mid-level health workers need better training
Africa's mid-level health workers need improved training to help them reduce maternal and child mortality, infectious diseases, trauma and violence, HIV/AIDS and emerging chronic diseases in their communities. This is one of the major...