Leading global health equity experts recently converged at Stellenbosch University's (SU) Biomedical Research Institute for Springer Nature's Inclusive Health Research Awards (IHRA). This was the first time the conference and awards...

As part of an ongoing South Africa-India science and technology research collaboration grant, Dr Christell van der Vyver of the Institute for Plant Biotechnology (IPB), Stellenbosch University, visited the research group of Prof Sanjib...

Mopane worms being overharvested in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. There’s not enough information about their genetic diversity or distribution. Genetic data is crucial for conservation efforts and the species’ long-term...

Infectious disease specialist Prof Jean B Nachega has been appointed full professor of Infectious Diseases and part-time Director of the Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI). Nachega previously served as the founding director of the Faculty...

​Three South African universities are involved in a world-first research project that aims to understand how changes in the ocean influence the recovery of humpback whale populations in the Southern Hemisphere. During the previous century...

​In November, Stellenbosch University (SU) hosted the The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities on the Stellenbosch campus for knowledge exchange and to discuss further collaboration. Representatives from the Universities of...

3rd State of South Africa’s Fathers Report (SOSAF 2024) launched.

​The article, South Africa is paying a heavy price for dysfunctional local government​, by Dirk Brand, Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, was published on 3 September 2018 in The...

The article How to narrow the big divide between black and white farmers in South Africa​ by Wandile Sihlobo and Johann Kirsten, was published by The Conversation on 30 November 2021:​ At the dawn of democracy, few probably thought that...

If you are curious about sub-atomic particles, nuclear weapons and science fiction movies like Star Trek, a career in nuclear physics may just be the thing for you. This is what motivated BSc alumnus Milton van Rooy to study experimental...