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“Water crisis” caused by multiple factors, says water expert
If all Capetonians stood together and saved water, the water in our dams could last double the current predicted time-period. So says Dr Willem de Clercq, a water researcher from the Stellenbosch University Water Institute (SUWI). He says...
Statement by the Election Convenor: SU SRC Outcome of Election
Statement by the Election Convenor: Stellenbosch University Student Representative Council (SRC) Outcome of the SRC Chairperson election On the evening of 22 February 2017, during the SRC chairperson election, a situation arose in which I...
Fast, friendly service nominated for exceptional performance
"If you do what you love, you never work a day in your life," the popular saying goes. And that, says Mrs Sonja van Staden, is exactly how she feels about her job. Van Staden is the personal assistant to Prof Nico Gey van Pittius, Vice...
Popular Street Mile to crown new champion
Stellenbosch's popular Street Mile Festival, which is being held for the seventh time this year, will see a new champion being crowned tomorrow. The defending champion and Olympic athlete, Johan Cronjé, will not be able to defend his title...
South Africa needs to be creative to avoid falling off the retirement cliff
This article by USB lecturer Lee-Ann Steenkamp was originally published in The Conversation of 6 March 2017 ( http://theconversation.com/so…). The Conversation is...
Tips to save water
While Stellenbosch University has many measures in place to save water as part of the water savings initiatives in the Western Cape, every one of us can also contribute to saving water when we are not at the office. According to the...
Women still getting bad end of the stick
On Wednesday (8 March) we celebrate International Women's Day. In opinion pieces in the media Dr Nadia Mans-Kemp and Prof Suzette Viviers (Business Management) and Dr Michelle Sikes (Sociology and Social Anthropology) focus on areas where...
Undergraduate research essay excels at congress
An alumnus of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) achieved major success with the undergraduate research essay he wrote in his final year at Stellenbosch University. As an undergraduate, Dr Iain Walker, a former MB,ChB...
Research Fellow to SIGLA: Dr Math Noortmann
Math Noortmann joined the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) of Coventry University (CU) in November 2014 as their professor in Transnational Law and Non-State Actors.At CTPSR, he leads the Research Group on Transnational...
Conservation efforts must also include small animals
Small animals play a much bigger role in our lives than we think and we also need to include them in our conservations efforts, writes Prof Michael Samways of the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology in an article published on...