​Africa Day (25 May) celebrates the day when the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the precursor to the African Union (AU), was formed in 1963. It acknowledges the progress that we, as Africans, have made, while reflecting upon the...

Ilhaam Groenewald was present when, at a historic meeting held at the University of Port Elizabeth on 16 April 1994, the major role players in tertiary sport unanimously agreed to join forces and establish a united non-racial national...

Stellenbosch University (SU) will be represented by eight finalists at the 2016/2017 National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/South32 Awards – a new record for SU. Three of the eight finalists will be competing in more than one category...

​Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is far more than just a catchy slogan at Stellenbosch University (SU). The three Rs inform our entire waste management system and have been the impetus for a number of innovative campus projects. A few examples are...

​Approximately 50% of all pregnancies in South Africa are unplanned. According to the Guttmacher Institute, an American research and policy organisation committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights, 81% of unintended...

The transformative potential of technology in South African schools was the topic of the Faculty of Education's talk during Stellenbosch University's recent Homecoming weekend. Dr Sonja Strydom, Senior Advisor at the Centre for Learning...

Seeking out proactive collaboration and designing approaches to shared institutional fundraising challenges were some of the issues discussed at the first Higher Education Fundraising Forum held at Stellenbosch University (SU) recently...

Dr Michael Schmeisser of the Department of Horticultural Science is the second lecturer in the Faculty of AgriSciences in as many years to be awarded a Teaching Fellowship from Stellenbosch University. The Fellowship will for the next three...

Studies in Historical Trauma and Transformation is hosting a series of open conversations on race. These public conversations will be led by coloured, black and white women who have maintained sustained conversations about race and racism...

Are humans and other mammals really smarter than birds? Well not really according to Prof Onur Güntürkün Professor for Biopsychology at the Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany and also a fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced...