​​Knowing how many lions there are in a specific area is important for conservation efforts to ensure the survival of this iconic species. One way to obtain this information is to get into a jeep, drive around and count every lion you see...

​​In April 2018, the South African government, in response to a recommendation of the World Health Organisation, introduced a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) known as the Health Promotion Levy (HPL) in an attempt to reduce citizens'...

A casing for a robot, a lightweight attachment to a drone, a wearable waterfall-like piece of clothing, a tailor-made motor engine part, a prototype for a water filter, the relief of Table Mountain and even a wedding ring and a Star Wars...

Dr Ryan T. Tucker and postgraduate student Jesse van Niekerk recently returned from an eight-week-long field trip to the East Gobi Basin in Mongolia to collect data on the worldwide impact of global warming during the Cretaceous, 125 to 83...

Picture this: A child goes missing and a frantic search ensues. After some years and no success, the official search dies down, but the hopeful family never stops looking. One of their biggest allies in the continued search? Presumptive...

​​The Stellenbosch University (SU) Museum, housed in a building that was originally built in 1907 as a girl's school for children to receive a learning experience, is still a place of transformative learning experiences today. Nowadays the...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has made quite an impact in athletics during its relatively short lifespan. Since its formation in September 1989, it has developed the biennial Paralympic Games into one of the premier sports...

As we look back on Women's Month in South Africa, Dr Beryl Botman, has just completed a number of Women's Month engagements in August in which she shared information about her first non-fiction book, With (-Out) You. It tells the deeply...

How can the use of Africa's rich wildlife resources contribute to conservation and effectively support livelihoods and economic development? From the 4th to 6 th of November 2024, a diverse group of researchers, experts, government...

A lecturer in education at Stellenbosch University (SU) with an innate curiosity and interest in innovative learning has challenged her student teachers to explore the world of gamification to bring educational material alive in their...