With the increasing urbanisation of African cities, there is also an increasing demand for energy sufficiency. Energy is also central to the global move into the Fourth Industrial Revolution. However, without energy sufficiency, Africa's...

Over the past few years the state of democracy in South Africa has been increasingly threatened by large scale corruption, mismanagement of state funds and improper governance practices under President Jacob Zuma's leadership. This is...

Over the past few years the state of democracy in South Africa has been increasingly threatened by large scale corruption, mismanagement of state funds and improper governance practices under President Jacob Zuma's leadership. This is...

​​​​Stellenbosch University's purposeful intention to join networks of world-leading research-focused universities, has just received a significant boost. The Assembly of Venice International University – a consortium of 19 universities...

With a PhD in physics in his pocket, Dr Amos Kiyumbi plans to invest his research experience in Germany and South Africa into the establishment of a photonics initiative in Tanzania. For his PhD research, Kiyumbi developed a proof-of...

​​Are commercially-important fish species adapting to warmer waters in our oceans, or are they moving to cooler areas, thereby becoming locally extinct? The answer to this important question can have major impacts for the sustainability of...

​​In today’s well-informed society people are more aware of what they consume and would like to be sure that the contents of a product correspond to its label. The food industry, like most industries suffers from the odd criminal mind that...

Discussing and developing practical tools and approaches to solve this "equitable equation" for ensuring that both US and its partnering sponsors receive fair value.

​​During 2020, and despite the lockdown period, Stellenbosch University's (SU) technology transfer team, Innovus, established and welcomed five new spinout companies. The team also raised a total investment of R26 million for Stellenbosch...

Stellenbosch University MSc graduate Carla de Beer is on a mission to change perspectives about pigeon peas, one of the world's many so-called “orphan crops". She is doing it, quite literally, one falafel at a time, and has even written an...