Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMMEs) continue to play an important role in South Africa but they will not create the number or types of jobs government expects without policy and/or structural change. This was the conclusion of...

​Mr Risenga Maluleke, a graduate of the Centre for Regional and Urban Innovation and Statistical Exploration (CRUISE) which is situated in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been appointed as the...

Just over a decade ago, Prof Soraya Bardien was looking for a challenge. Her expertise in human genetics had already served as something of an academic passport to studying everything from an eye disease at the University of Cape Town, to...

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) is expanding its mission to provide a transformative student experience by formally recognising learning opportunities and university activities which go beyond the classroom. With its new Regulation for Co...

​A book which traces the steps of the first pioneers who laid the foundations for training and research in various disciplines in the natural sciences at Stellenbosch University, will be launched on 1 October 2018. The book, A Particular...

A “fantastic opportunity" and a “career-defining" experience. This was how fourth-year medical student Shadé Breedt described her week-long attendance at the 48 th World Congress of Surgery which was held in Krakow, Poland in August. The...

Social workers offer many valuable services to society, especially to those in need. One such service is helping vulnerable households to manage their finances better, take control of their income and achieve financial wellbeing. This is...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) alumnus Keenan Horne, 29, is the Vice-Captain of the South African men's hockey team at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. During the Olympic Games, Horne will play as a striker and take on an important...

​​​Nigerian born Chioma Amaechi says she first heard of Stellenbosch University (SU) when she was searching for the best universities in Africa after completing high school in 2010. Chioma is a full-time honours student in public and...

​​The Stellenbosch University (SU) Year for Persons with Disability has culminated in the sixth African Network for Evidence-to- Action in Disability (AfriNEAD) conference, a prestigious international network event that is hosted by SU this...