​​Final year Music Education student Lauren Ramsay says although the world can get crazy, and at times seems too much for one person to handle, there is always a reason to keep pushing forward. During Youth Month, we put the spotlight on...

​Prof Henry Mbaya from the Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology in the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University delivered his inaugural lecture on Tuesday 26 September 2023. The title of his lecture was “Place, power...

​​​​​​​​ ​​Prof Zweli Ndevu, Director of the School of Public Leadership, together with our staff and students are deeply saddened to learn of the untimely and tragic passing of our former postgraduate student, Mr Jabulani Mathe. Mr Mathe...

Stellenbosch University International's (SU International) long involvement with the African Higher Education sector is expanding further with the official launch of the Africa Centre for Scholarship (ACS) next week. On 24 November, SU will...

The vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus, is a major pest of South African grapevines. Sooty moulds grow on honeydew excreted by the mealybugs, disfiguring fruit and making them unsuitable for export or sale within the highly selective table...

Four TygerMaties recently made the news when they rushed to the aid of a woman who sustained serious injuries from a 13m fall on a popular hiking route on Lion’s Head. The third-year medical students were part of a group of Kerkenberg House...

The Corona virus has been all over the media in recent weeks and for good reason. The virus is relatively new and therefore, guidelines change daily as we learn more and more about it. To date, this is what we know; however, next week, this...

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University hosted a lunchtime seminar during which virology and infectious disease experts briefed the media, staff and students on the novel coronavirus. ​​ The information...

With an estimated 40% of all insects threatened with extinction, 73 scientists from around the world, including Stellenbosch University (SU), decided that something needed to be done urgently to protect insect species. Led by Prof Jeff...

​​Nearly 60 years after the “Rock with the tortoise tracks" was removed from a farm in the Sandveld region to be exhibited in the foyer of the Chamber of Mines building at Stellenbosch University (SU), family of the original owners had the...