​Maureen Etuket, a doctoral student in Industrial Engineering at Stellenbosch University (SU), is on a mission to prevent maternal deaths caused by excessive bleeding after birth (postpartum haemorrhage – PPH). Hailing from Kampala in...

​Two decades of eminent research has earned Professor Soraya Seedat Stellenbosch University's coveted Chancellor's Award for Research. Seedat is a distinguished professor in psychiatry and the Executive Head of the Department of Psychiatry...

Mathematicians, applied mathematicians and statisticians from Brazil, Russia, India and China will converge in Stellenbosch in November 2021 for the fifth international BRICS Mathematics and Statistics Conference. Hosted by Stellenbosch...

As one of the top 100 participants in Africa for the Earthshot Prize Youth Programme, Stellenbosch University student Lesedi Monnanyane has had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to discuss climate change challenges with Prince William...

Pioneering research requires financial support and grants by donors such as the Wilhelm Frank Trust, which make an enormous contribution to researchers’ ability to explore and develop research opportunities.This was the case in the...

​​​Monensin, an antimicrobial substance that can be used to kill or prevent the growth of microorganisms, is frequently added to the diet of dairy calves to prevent intestinal infection caused by parasites, and to improve calf growth. The...

Prof Jimmy Volmink, outgoing Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University, sent the Faculty's newly-graduated healthcare workers on their way with a challenge to care for patients not only using the...

Dr Bambesiwe May won a L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award. She develops sustainable frameworks to manage mining waste. Her work reduces environmental risks and makes the industry more sustainable.

Over the last decade disability studies as an academic discipline in Africa, particularly South Africa, has developed extensively, in no small part due to the commitment of Prof Leslie Swartz, a distinguished Professor of Psychology at...

His story is our story, and our story is his story. That was the dominant message from family, friends and acquaintances – among them journalist and political commentator Max du Preez and Judge Albie Sachs – as they gathered at the...