​​“In the first wave you applauded us. In the second wave you sympathised with us. In the third wave you ignored us. In the fourth wave we gave up. We've fought a disease half the world doesn't believe in. We've fought the despair of...

​​​In celebration of Women's Month, Stellenbosch University is shining a spotlight on the exceptional women of our institution. As we celebrate the remarkable achievements of female academics with this series of profiles, we also illuminate...

​The presence of Stellenbosch University's (SU) world-class Biomedical Research Institute (BMRI) and Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at SU's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), was one of the main reasons why...

Our annual Maties Homecoming weekend for alumni will be taking place from Thursday 8 September to Saturday 10 September 2022 on the Stellenbosch and Tygerberg campuses. And after two years of lockdown, this year's event promises to be one...

Coastal nations in Africa increasingly have to deal with numerous threats at sea such as piracy, illegal fishing practices and the pollution of marine life. And they don't always have the capacity and ability to detect these dangers early...

​For Hannah Simba, a PhD candidate in Public Health at Stellenbosch University (SU), the promotion and inclusion of women scientists is critical in cultivating overall scientific excellence. This recipient of the L'Oreal Sub-Saharan Africa...

Women's ethic of caring for others and the environment has interested Dr Khayaat Fakier's since her student days and is today also her research topic in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Stellenbosch University. As part...

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." So said Nathan Geffen, editor of GroundUp, about the reporting approach his news agency followed when they started investigating the prison escape of the infamous Thabo Bester. Geffen...

“People don't give money to strangers; they give it to friends. Therefore, I regard myself as a friend- as well as a fundraiser." This is the philosophy of Felix Spies, Manager: Fundraising and Partnerships of the Faculty of Medicine and...

While millions of South Africans are going hungry, tonnes of food are wasted annually. The country needs to move beyond the notion of “charity", to the constitutionally enshrined right to food when dealing with people facing hunger and...