With spinach shoots pushing through the ground and paper butterflies decorating the walkways of Makupula Secondary School in Stellenbosch, the Kayamandi Vegetable Store Garden was launched on 24 November. The Kayamandi Vegetable Store...

​​​​​​​​​Stellenbosch University (SU) has just introduced a limited series Pinotage as part of the commemoration of its centenary. Only some 2200 bottles of “Eeufees Pinotage" – the official centenary wine - were bottled by SU's Welgevallen...

​​It was a case of smiles all round earlier this year, when the division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, supported by the German NGO, Big Shoe, performed 11 reconstructive procedures during the Tygerberg Academic Hospital Smile Week...

​​A bursary is the equivalent of a key – instrumental in unlocking students’ potential and enabling them to achieve the goals they have set themselves. This is especially true for Kelly Turner from Strandfontein and Thembalethu Seyisi from...

Apple farmers and apple exporters suffer significant losses due to core rot, a major post-harvest disease of apples caused by certain fungal species. The symptoms of core rot include a mouldy core, dry core rot and wet core rot on the...

​Earlier this year, Stellenbosch University (SU) Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Wim de Villiers completed the Cape Town Cycle Tour to raise money for student bursaries. Now he intends running the Cape Town Marathon on 23 September 2018 to...

​"Women are changing Engineering … for the better!" says Prof Deborah Blaine, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering. She was one of the speakers at the annual Women in Engineering afternoon hosted...

Transdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships were strong themes at Stellenbosch University’s recent annual Social Impact Symposium held at the Devonvale Golf Estate.“It is exciting for Stellenbosch University to focus on...

The role of women in the Bible and theological teaching has been an ongoing topic of discussion and debate among theologians and society for a long time. At the bi-annual Dawid W. de Villiers Memorial Lecture, Prof Allan Boesak gave some...

Hard work is rewarded. This is what Linda Kallis, an honours student in Financial Management, experienced this year when she was selected – based on her excellent undergraduate marks – as one of nine Maties to attend a two-week long summer...