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Opinion and features

The invisible middle: Teens falling through the cracks of TB care

World Tuberculosis (TB) Day was observed on 24 March. In an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, Dr Susan Purchase from the Desmond Tutu TB Centre writes that...
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Campus life

Health and wellbeing workshop charts a humanising path forward for SU

Stellenbosch University (SU) has taken a decisive step towards strengthening a more human-centred institutional culture with a two-day Health & Wellbeing...

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Events

Prof Lis Lange remembered for her integrity, intellect and indomitable spirit

A profound sense of sadness and gratitude suffused the Old Main Building of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Faculty of Law on 5 November, as colleagues, friends...

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Stellenbosch University’s (SU) brightest minds gathered this week at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) for the 2025 Research and Innovation Excellence Awards

Awards and milestones

SU honours top academics at Research and Innovation Excellence Awards

Stellenbosch University’s (SU) brightest minds gathered this week at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) for the 2025 Research and Innovation...

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Awards and milestones

SU’s Media Manager receives prestigious community honour

Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Media Manager, Martin Viljoen, usually works behind the scenes to promote the institution and his beloved hometown, but earlier...

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Prof Nico Koopman, Dr Zethu Mkhize, poet Diana Ferrus, Prof Christi van der Westhuizen and Dr Leslie van Rooi at the recent Transformation Indaba.

Events

Transformation Indaba confronts the past, reimagines the future

Stellenbosch University’s (SU) annual Transformation Indaba opened with a call for deep reflection, honesty and collective responsibility as academics, students...

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