In South Africa, the invasive harlequin ladybird may ultimately not be able to adapt to climate change, despite the fact that it has successfully invaded four continents over the last two decades. This is the finding from a unique breeding...

In January 2021, Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) launched a new postgraduate diploma in Medical Toxicology. This diploma is the first postgraduate training programme in medical toxicology in Africa...

​One of South Africa's least known but most endangered dolphin species, the humpback dolphin, is the focus of a short documentary film that was released online by Homebrew Films on World Wildlife Day (3 March 2021). The film “ The Sound of...

“In the times that we are going through currently, it is very easy to become despondent and lose hope, but we are a resilient nation. If you want to make a difference for social justice, play a part in ending poverty and inequality through...

Many African countries struggle with the provision of safe and effective radiopharmaceuticals to diagnose or treat diseases. Self-audits and the implementation of simple, affordable interventions in their radiopharmacies, which prepare and...

​One of the Cape Floral Kingdom's most threatened plant genera, Polhilia, has now been comprehensively revised and populations of these endangered species documented, thereby aiding efforts to ensure its conservation. This is thanks to the...

​​​Stellenbosch University (SU) will confer honorary doctorates on six remarkable individuals in recognition of their extraordinary efforts to change the world for the better in their respective fields, namely the performing arts, economics...

The Stellenbosch University (SU) Museum along with the Simon Nkoli Collective (SNC) and the Centre for Student Counselling and Development's Equality Unit are hosting a five-month exhibition in honour of the late apartheid struggle icon...

​​​​Stellenbosch University’s (SU) second staff assembly of the year took place on Monday 2 August 2021. It was again held online due to COVID-19 restrictions.The meeting highlighted some of the outstanding accomplishments achieved at SU...

​​A large proportion of learners drop out before matric, a major source of inefficiency in the system, and the majority of learners do not acquire the knowledge and skills required to progress through the system on time. These are some of...