What psychological strengths do adolescents who live under difficult circumstances in low-income communities draw on to help them cope with stress, fear and anxiety? This is one of the questions that Dr Carmen Späth tried to answer in her...

​Matie Community Service (better known by its Afrikaans acronym, MGD) will be taking all its Mandela Day activities online this month, starting with a 67 minute virtual discussion on “Staff Wellness during COVID-19 and Beyond" on 17 July...

A new relationship between humanity and the ocean is required to secure the continuity of the diverse life support roles provided by the sea, according to a paper published in Nature Communications today (17 July 2020). Titled A transition...

Disability Awareness Month: Annually, South Africa commemorates National Disability Rights Awareness Month between 3 November and 3 December. Disability Awareness Month creates an opportunity for people with disabilities to raise awareness...

​​#WomenofSUI​ “It is 27 years since Women's Day was first celebrated in South Africa to commemorate the 1956 march of approximately 20 000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria in protest of the pass law, which required black South...

​​Business Management Master's students Anja Hutton and Laura Putter recently became the first ever recipients of the Prof Johan Matthee Postgraduate Scholarships. The fund was established in 2020 after the late Prof Johan Matthee, a former...

The Stellenbosch University (SU) Language Centre invites postgraduate students registered at SU to apply for positions as part-time writing consultants for 2019 at the Writing Lab. Master's and Doctoral students will get preference. We...

​Socioeconomic inequality, one of the most pressing challenges facing South Africa, was brought into sharp focus recently through the actions of students across the country. As part of our sustained action to realise the vision of the...

Logan Boonzaaier's story does not only prove that dreams do come true and that hard work is rewarded, but also that the structures Stellenbosch University and Maties Sport have put in place to assist prospective and current student-athletes...

​​​​​​Commitment, confidence, perseverance, self-discipline and stepping out of one's comfort zone: these are some of the qualities exhibited by four Stellenbosch University (SU) students who are recipients of the Gradstar Top 100 Graduate...