​​The blind South African Paralympic swimmer and medal winner, Hendri Herbst, is the perfect embodiment of the saying “where there is a will, there is a way". Not only did he excel in sport; he also reached the pinnacle of academic success...

​His innovative work in TB diagnostics earned Dr Novel Chegou the Emerging Research Talent award at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – Merck African Research Summit (UNESCO-MARS) held in Geneva...

Matieland is ready for its inaugural Homecoming Weekend for alumni taking place on the Stellenbosch campus from 4 to 7 March and staff members are encouraged to come and join in the festivities. "We are all part of Matieland afterall," says...

​​For Stellenbosch University's Department of Sport Science alumna Aimee Barrett being selected to be part of the referee panel at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio is a dream come true. South African rugby referees Craig Joubert, Rasta...

​​​Fourth-year Education students in the Mathematics Education module recently gave feedback about the Count-Me-In project, a community interaction project aimed at developing the counting skills and number concept of Grade R to Grade 3...

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) announced Prof Willem Visser from Stellenbosch University as one of a select group of distinguished members for his outstanding contribution to the field of computing and information technology...

​“We are thankful to people who, with generous donations, make it possible for others to get a good education. We thank them because they help to change the lives of students for the better." With these words, Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector...

​​We should use the rights we have under the Constitution to bring about the next wave of change in South Africa, said former judge of the Constitutional Court and anti-apartheid activist Albie Sachs on Thursday (24 August 2017). He...

​Research reporting practices in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) recently received global attention when Ms Anke Rohwer, from Stellenbosch University's Centre for Evidence-based Health Care (CEBHC), not only presented her PhD...

​​"It is very apt to move this monument to our large building complex in the Faculty of Engineering's 75 thyear of existence," says the Dean, Prof Wikus van Niekerk. The tridentate monument, erected in Victoria Street 50 years ago in honour...