Sunelle Hanekom, a long-serving staff member at Stellenbosch Business School, graduated with an MPhil in Science and Technology Studies. After starting her career as a typist and a PA, she returned to formal study later in life and...

Growing up in Kimberley, Casey-Lee Anthony dreamed of one day becoming a magazine editor in New York. She first applied for an honours degree in journalism at SU in 2021 but failed to make the cut. The determined aspiring journalist...

Obtained doctorate in Afrikaans and Dutch. Had to overcome several challenges on her way to success. Wants to help give communities like Atlantis a voice.

As part of the SIAN 2026 programme, the workshop explored the tension between scientific empiricism and diplomatic storytelling. While science speaks through data, diplomacy is driven by how issues are framed, raising the critical question...

Prof Abdulrazak Gurnah received the degree Doctor of Literature (DLitt) honoris causa. Honoured for enriching world literature with stories that connect cultures and reveal our shared humanity. He emphasised how humanities help us navigate...

Water saving initiatives from Stellenbosch University

Delayed but never deterred, Caitlin Leigh Sampson has overcome adversity to graduate cum laude. She graduates just three weeks after giving birth. Sampson hopes to inspire her two sons to rise above obstacles in pursuit of their dreams.

Twin sisters Clio and KD Sass graduated on the same day from Stellenbosch University, decades after their mother’s studies were disrupted by apartheid. Their mother, who died of cancer when they were young, was detained for anti-apartheid...

Dr Anneke Erasmus is one of 6 women scientists to graduate with a PhD in Physics during Stellenbosch University’s March graduation ceremony this week. She had to overcome several setbacks, including loadshedding and a burst water pipe...

A final-year mechatronic engineering project at Stellenbosch University explored how speech technology and toy design can work together in early numeracy assessment. The result was an interactive toy car that asks simple math questions...