​The Division for Research Development (DRD) in collaboration with the University Museum is hosting a new lecture series, Forward with Research Impact. It will be presented at the University Museum on a weekly basis from 21 August 2019 to...

​​​Stellenbosch University is commemorating its 100th birthday in 2018, making it one of the oldest universities in South Africa. The university was established in 2 April 1918, when the Victoria College that had been in operation since the...

​Athletes participating at the Paralympics can suffer from illness and injury during competition and therefore prevention strategies are needed to help them perform at their best. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Wayne Derman from the...

​ World Hepatitis Day is commemorated annually on 28 July. In an opinion piece for the Daily Maverick, Dr Tongai Maponga & Prof Wolfgang Preiser from the Division of Medical Virology write about the barriers that must be removed if we want...

​The SharkSafe Barrier, an eco-friendly alternative to the traditional shark-control programmes, have withstood two years of testing in Réunion's bay of St Paul. This is part of ongoing efforts by the island's shark security centre Centre...

​For the past 18 years, researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) have studied a selection of nematodes found naturally in South African soils. In the process they have identified quite a few such roundworm species that could be used to...

​Wednesday (27 January) is National Police Day. In an opinion piece for News24, Dr Guy Lamb (Department of Political Science) argues that the police's forceful and militarised approach to the policing of the pandemic will continue to have...

Wednesday (15 September) is the International Day of Democracy. In an opinion piece for Daily Maveric k, Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) focuses on the war in Yemen and how South Africa's arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the...

​Being dwarfed by a 30-metre-high ice shelf, making a braai in sub-zero temperatures, and attempting to sleep when the sun never sets were some of the many matchless experiences enjoyed by three students from Stellenbosch University (SU)...

Prof Billy Boshoff, from the Unit for Construction Materials (UCM), Stellenbosch University, visited the University of Bath for three months in the beginning of 2017 as part of his sabbatical. The title of the collaborative project is:...