We have to recognise our debt to Nelson Mandela, said philosopher, political scientist and public intellectual Prof Achille Mbembe from the University of the Witwatersrand on Wednesday (18 July 2018). He was one of four experts who...

​​​​The Cape Town chapter of Women in AI (WAI) was launched at Stellenbosch University (SU) in partnership with Women in AI Africa recently. Women in AI, an international non-profit organisation, is working towards increasing female...

American economist and economic historian Prof Deirdre Nansen McCloskey received an honorary doctorate from Stellenbosch University (SU) at its December graduation. She was awarded the degree Doctor of Commerce, honoris causa, on Wednesday...

Hospital-assistant robots showcased at Mediclinic Winelands. Civil Engineering student receives national sustainability award. Celebrating student excellence.

Current and former vice-chancellors of three leading universities in the UK and the USA are among the latest group of recipients of honorary degrees from Stellenbosch University. The world's premier postcolonial literary theorist, the...

Two new lice species and six new chigger mite species, collected by a postgraduate student and a researcher from Stellenbosch University (SU) respectively, have been named and their discovery announced. It just goes to show how rich the...

Over the past few weeks, people from nine communities in and around Cape Town and the Winelands district have gathered to hear about the primary outcome results of the HPTN 071 (PopART) study. It is the largest study into HIV prevention to...

Wednesday (3 March) is World Wildlife Day. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Deborah Vorhies and Francis Vorhies (African Wildlife Economy Institute) focus on why the United Nations promotes the sustainable use of endangered species...

The vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus, is a major pest of South African grapevines. Sooty moulds grow on honeydew excreted by the mealybugs, disfiguring fruit and making them unsuitable for export or sale within the highly selective table...

Samples from more than 3000 litres of sea water, 30 kilograms of frozen ice cores, frazil ice, snow and atmospheric dust. This is the precious cargo that a team of postgraduate students in Earth Sciences brought back after their recent...