​Award-winning academic, writer and gender activist Prof Pumla Dineo Gqola received an honorary doctorate from Stellenbosch University (SU) at its December graduation. Gqola was awarded the degree Doctor of Literature (DLitt), honoris causa...

An estimated 1.2 million children fell ill with TB in 2023, yet less than half received proper diagnosis and treatment. To address this diagnostic gap, the World Health Organisation (WHO) introduced Treatment Decision Algorithms in 2022. A...

Stellenbosch University’s Department of Chemical Engineering has welcomed three new faculty members. Naomi Harrisankar de Oliveira focuses on green hydrogen and photocatalysis. Marno Basson specializes in applying machine learning to...

In 2011, the South African government launched the Renewable Energy Independent Power Procurement Programme (RE-IPPP) which propelled the development of various solar and renewable energy projects in the private sector.

Meeting Regional Demand: Following regulatory changes preventing the IEB-NSC from being offered outside South Africa, the SU-UIC now quality-assures the new IEB-ISC to provide SADC countries with a high-quality, Africa-centered alternative...

Stellenbosch University (SU) and Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) have formalised a new partnership aimed at developing the next generation of researchers. The collaboration agreement, signed by the two institutions' research...

​​​​​Eleven Knight-Hennessy scholars and five staff members from Stanford University visited the Faculty of Education on 21 August. They were hosted by the Office of Prof Jonathan Jansen, Distinguished Professor of Education, Education...

Many young South Africans continue to be affected by the trauma of oppression and dehumanisation experienced by their parents and grandparents. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela of the Office for Studies in...

​​ SoTL conference 2025: Abstract submission and registration now OPEN! Stellenbosch University’s Division for Learning and Teaching Enhancement will be hosting the 18th annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Conference at the...

Should we tolerate everything people say or do? Does tolerance imply that we have to accept or tolerate things with which we disagree profoundly? Are there limits to the controversies that we are prepared to tolerate? These were some of the...