A major new book on the ecology and management of one of the most destructive invasive weeds in Africa, is now available online. The book, titled The Ecology and Management of Invasive Prosopis Trees in Eastern Africa, is the outcome of a...

​​ Efforts to support food safety in South Africa received a significant boost when Stellenbosch University (SU), in conjunction with Tiger Brands, launched the on-campus Centre for Food Safety (CFS) this week. This new centre, the first of...

As one of Stellenbosch University's (SU) teaching fellows for the period 2021 to 2023, Dr Taryn Bernard says she is excited about the opportunities the fellowship will bring to her classroom practice and research goals. “The Teaching...

​ * In celebration of the opportunities and possibilities multilingualism creates, the Division of Learning and Teaching Enhancement is hosting a Language Day conference on 30 September. As part of this celebration of multilingualism, we...

​While statistics are important when dealing with issues relating to campus rape culture, it is often women's own powerful stories and lived experiences that offer the most compelling insight into what it means to experience gender-based...

​​​​​When Nadia Fisher-Smith's two sons Daniel and Matthew heard she was going to receive the title of “doctor" at Stellenbosch University's (SU) December graduation, they were excited that their mom was going to heal people. “I had to...

​​Did a “rainbow nation" interpretation of Ubuntu gloss over South Africa's historic injustices too fast? Pre-empting a premature push toward unity and reconciliation, before issues like poverty, joblessness and inequality were sufficiently...

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) awarded an honorary doctorate to the former director-general of the national Department of Science and Innovation Dr Philemon Mphathi Mjwara on Tuesday (25 March 2025) at its March graduation. Mjwara received...

​​Universities can be quite daunting for learners who have no experience of academic or tertiary institutions. On 10 May the Faculty of Engineering welcomed top learners in Grades 11 and 12 whose parents have not had the opportunity to...

​​Having established close ties with the university’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the fund is now also offering full bursaries to students in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. This year, it is providing a full...