Over the past 15 million years South Africa's common wood sorrel has developed an arsenal of the most unique and extreme germination strategies in the Cape Flora. Yet the same strategies that have allowed these delicate little plants to...

Stellenbosch University (SU) concluded its last graduation week of the year on 13 December 2019 with a Chancellor's Luncheon, held at its Goldfields Residence for the first time. “It is hugely symbolic that this event – a highlight on the...

Successful implementation of active surveillance of Tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa's under-resourced areas hinges on a multifaceted approach that focuses on close cooperation between healthcare authorities and affected communities as...

​For humanity's sake, people need to change their attitudes towards insects. They are essential for our wellbeing. They pollinate a third of our crops and help make a healthy living soil. We must protect them better and learn from ideas...

Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) this week launched a brand new Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa (CARMA) in a bid to help stave off the threat of an overall increased burden of...

A lifetime sport fanatic, Alouise Campher explains her journey through sport and how important it is to follow your dreams. She began playing sport at the young age of nine years old. But when she was introduced to squash, she immediately...

​We still need your support. This was Prof Wim de Villiers’s message to donors at two business breakfast events held earlier this year in Johannesburg and Cape Town respectively, where he urged the private sector to continue its partnership...

​As a post-colonial country, South Africa should cherish its democracy and not abuse it, said Professor Homi Bhabha, regarded as the world's premier post-colonial literary theorist and Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard...

​​​ Launched in 2020, the Africa Centre for Scholarship (ACS) Emerging Scholars Initiative (ESI) is a collaborative project that will see several multidisciplinary joint schools hosted with Stellenbosch University's partners from across the...

Stellenbosch University (SU) has honoured the late Ms Rachel Kachaje, who passed away earlier this year, with an honorary doctorate. The degree Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), posthumous honoris causa, was awarded to her for her creative and...