The first ever strategy for the elimination of viral hepatitis was adopted by World Health Assembly (WHA) in May this year, and as a result the theme for the International Hepatitis Awareness Day 2016 campaign is 'elimination'. Hepatitis is...

Information on student fees, registration 2017 and the implementation of the state-funded DHET 8% gap-funding was sent to students by the Registrar, Dr Ronel Retief, on Thursday 15 December 2016. This was followed up by an email on 5...

A long-standing partnership between Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Shoprite Group has enabled the first cohort of graduates in the Data Science programme to engage with real life business challenges from the retail industry. For their...

​​​​​Cyclist Frankie du Toit, a first-year BA Sport Science student, and hockey player Keenan Horne, a postgraduate student in the Faculty of Law, were named Maties Sport's Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year for 2017 at the annual Maties...

​Prof Lindy Heinecken, one of the leading military sociologists in South Africa from the Sociology and Social Anthropology Department at Stellenbosch University, was recently appointed as the President of the International Sociological...

A new study at Stellenbosch University (SU) has found that a relatively unknown piece of legislation could be a new ace up the sleeves of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) as it tries to catch shareholders who hide behind a company...

​A new study at Stellenbosch University (SU) found that music education in school could equip learners with the skills they will need in the 21st century workplace. “The workplace of the future will be unpredictable, changeable, and will...

Although the COVID-19 pandemic might have “overshadowed Stellenbosch University's Year for Persons with Disability a little bit", SU has been fully committed to broaden the accessibility of physical spaces and make people more aware of the...

​​​The dream of finding a better life in South Africa has turned into a nightmare for Zimbabwean migrants with disabilities living in Cape Town, a new study at Stellenbosch University (SU) found. “The voices of these disabled migrants are...

This article was originally published on The Conversation . Read the full article here . As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, there's been an outpouring of gratitude and support for healthcare professionals. Communities have...