​​Through innovation, ingenuity and collaboration Prof René English intends to tackle some of the challenges facing public health, now and in the future. English, a medically trained doctor with a PhD in Medicine, a specialist qualification...

Leadership and mental health came under the spotlight when more than 50 student leaders from all over the world met on the main campus of Stellenbosch University (SU) from 23–26 June 2019 for the International Association of Student Affairs...

No less than 42 graduates whose academic potential had been unlocked thanks to the Extended Degree Programme (EDP) in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU), received their qualifications at the University's...

​An international team of scientists from universities in Europe and South Africa found that “Sacred Forests"* in Togo, West Africa play a vital role in the storage of carbon and could help to mitigate the effects of climate change. It is...

Dr Ryan Tucker from Stellenbosch University's Department of Earth Sciences was part of an international team that discovered a new plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Utah during the mid-Cretaceous, approximately 99 million...

​Kgomotso Madiba is a multifaceted young woman whose identity has been shaped by both her academic and non-academic life. She enjoys the arts, history, literature, languages, and music – with jazz being her favourite genre. But she's also...

​It took the sale of one of her father's two tractors and plenty of hard work for Dr Mosima Mabitsela to graduate this week from Stellenbosch University (SU) with a PhD in Agronomy. But for her beaming father, Mamothatha Mabitsela, who...

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) student Humairaa Moosa can now add Rhodes-Scholar elect to her long list of accomplishments and awards. The BCom Honours student has been named as one of the 2024 cohort of 10 Rhodes Scholars-elect from the...

​​The Maties men's cricket team recently won their first-ever Varsity cricket tournament. We chatted with team captain Lehan Botha about what it means to the team, and the recipe for their success: “Relief … joy … and just pure, pure...

The emerging field of extracellular vesicle (EV) research in biology, physiology and biotechnology was again the focus of attention when South African researchers recently reconvened at Stellenbosch University (SU) for the second time since...