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Ubuntu: Sharing a planet, living well together
At a missionary boarding school around rural Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 13-year-old Otrude Moyo was punished for speaking her mother tongue of isiNdebele. An example of such shaming was having to remove ubhima (a creeping thorn) from grounds on...
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Department of Forest and Wood Science host the FarmImpact project researchers (Sep. 2022) to support the integ
The FarmImpact project (supported as part of the CLIENT II Programme by the German BMBF) combines a larger group of experts of different scientific backgrounds and introduces modern technology such as numerical modelling of near-ground wind...
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Celebrating multilingualism at SU
“We are who we are through language." This was one of the key sentiments expressed during the Stellenbosch University (SU) Language Day 2018, held at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) on Friday, 28 September. Seventy...
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Faculty of Science boasts with two Havenga-prize winners in 2018
Two scientists from the Faculty of Science were awarded the prestigious Havenga-prize for Life Sciences and Physical Sciences respectively from the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns. The Havenga prize is an annual award for...
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Arrival of Covid-19 in Africa only a matter of time, warns epidemiologist
We can expect to know within the next month whether the novel corona virus has found its way to Africa. In the meantime, all efforts to halt or slow the spread of the virus are still our best line of defense. So says Prof Juliet Pulliam, an...
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Inauguration marks new era of transformation and excellence at SU
Prof Deresh Ramjugernath formally installed as 13th Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University Inaugural address sets bold vision for holistic transformation and African-centred academic excellence Ceremony blends solemn...
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Research leadership and science communication go hand-in-hand, says rector at inaugural media awards
The question is actually not whether you can afford to spend time on public science communication. It's whether you can afford not to! This was the message of Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU...
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Religious traditions, government and civil society can help promote social justice
World Day of Social Justice is marked annually on 20 February. In opinion pieces for the media, Prof Nico Koopman (Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel) and Yeukai Chideya (Institute for Life Course Health...
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African universities can make a real impact on the continent — Prof Wim de Villiers
African universities have all the capabilities and skills needed to make a real impact on the continent, writes Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University, in an opinion piece published online by the...
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Madonsela to lead courageous discussions on ‘breaking the back of poverty and inequality’
Prof Thuli Madonsela, the Law Trust Chair of Social Justice in the Faculty of Law at Stellenbosch University (SU), will lead discussions at the first Social Justice M-Plan Expert Roundtable to take place on 27 October 2018 in Stellenbosch...