[Stellenbosch] "We must always realise that HIV is not only a public health crisis but also a developmental challenge and a human rights matter. Our approaches must be comprehensive, targeted and inclusive," said SA deputy president Paul...

Stellenbosch Business School marked its 60th anniversary with a week of memorable celebrations in October. The celebration week included a Leader’s Angle speaker event with Sim Tshabalala, CEO of Standard Bank and honorary professor at...

By Nicolette van den Eijkel, Chief Director Facilities Management Today, 13 November, is World Kindness Day.  I self-righteously ponder what 2024 would have been like if we had all been kind and focused on collective well-being.    Then I...

By Anita Nel, Chief Director Innovation and Commercialisation Looking back at 2024, it has been a good year for the Innovation and Commercialisation Division. The Innovus Technology Transfer Office and the SUNCOM office continue to receive...

​​​As Dr Bongani Tendai Percy Mashange donned his doctoral gown on Monday to receive a PhD, he became the first visual arts student at Stellenbosch University (SU) to have his master's dissertation upgraded to a PhD. Excelling academically...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) honoured philanthropist and entrepreneur Wendy Ackerman and award-winning novelist and playwright Damon Galgut at its December graduation. Ackerman received the degree Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, and...

Because of his on-field commitments, it has taken Stormers hooker, JJ (Jean-Jacques) Kotze, six years to complete his BSc Physiotherapy degree at Stellenbosch University (SU). But this year he will receive his degree, albeit in absentia as...

​A new study at Stellenbosch University (SU) shows that a safer, more effective, and reversible contraceptive for men is within reach. Kyla Raoult, who obtained her master's degree in Polymer Science at SU's December graduation on Tuesday...

​​Dubbed the “Queen of Mathematics" when at Parel Vallei High School in Somerset West, maths whizz Danielle Kleyn has been named the winner of Stellenbosch University's prestigious Chancellor's Medal for 2024. Kleyn received the medal...

​​​​​​​​​​​​Upon graduation, academics sometimes describe the arduous process of having completed a PhD as a “miracle". But when Dr Chris Jurgens, a civil engineering lecturer at Stellenbosch University (SU), received his PhD this week, he...