​Have you ever shaken a chrysanthemum over your hand and seen tiny dark or straw-coloured lines of no more than 1,5mm squirming? Those are very likely to be thrips. When viewed under a microscope, you will see that they have tiny bladders...

​​When, in July, Njabulo Maphumulo started his position as the new coordinator of the six Tygerberg Campus Cluster residences, he was welcomed with open arms by all the residence heads. "They are excited to have somebody to facilitate the...

Driven by her upbringing in the Eastern Cape, Biomedical Engineering Master’s student Amohetsoe Shale is bridging the gap between clinical practice and innovation by developing an affordable prosthetic knee through her start up, NAVU, a...

Thirty-four mid-career academics from all 26 public universities gathered in Stellenbosch for the Introductory Conference of the DHET Future Professors Programme, Phase 1 for Cohort 4. Distinguished professor Jonathan Jansen challenged...

A study about disinfectant, soap and probiotic cleaning extended probiotic cleaning research to a built environment. Through an eight-month cleaning trial researchers compared the effect of three cleaning products (disinfectant, plain soap...

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) Law Faculty last week hosted a significant conference examining human rights and constitutional accountability in South Africa, marking 30 years of constitutional democracy in the country. Held on 28 and 29...

An exciting new procedure that can drastically improve the lives of leg amputees was recently performed for the first time in South Africa. A Stellenbosch University (SU) professor, collaborating with the Institute for Orthopaedics and...

​Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences recently launched the Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI) Research Bronchoscopy Suite, housed within the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics. “The BMRI...

​​A new study by hundreds of scientists around the world, including Stellenbosch University (SU), found that forests globally have the potential to store approximately 226 gigatonnes of carbon (226 Gt C). That is enough carbon to fill an...

In 1936, the German physician Ernst Jokl joined Stellenbosch University and established the first department of physical education in South Africa. That pioneering journey continued this year with the appointment of Prof Wayne Derman as...