​South Africa is grappling with a silent mass disaster of missing and unidentified people that requires collaborative interventions and solutions unique to our context, writes Dr Kathryn Smith* from the Department of Visual Arts in an...

​Mentors are senior students who are appointed in residences and Private Student Organisations (PSO's) to assist newcomers with their adjustment and transition to university life. Each new student has access to a mentor who already plays an...

​​​Title of presentation: Implementing multilingualism in South African universities: dilemmas and innovations Title and name of presenter: Prof Mbulungeni Madiba, Dean: Faculty of Education​Short biography of presenter: Prof Mbulungeni...

​Word processing, identifying fake news, plagiarism, how to be a responsible online citizen and digital literacy among the essential knowledge skills first-year students will learn The six-credit module – convened by the Department of...

​At the end of their conversation during the 5 th Annual Social Justice Lecture the two formidable women on the Adam Small Theatre stage received a well-deserved standing ovation. While taking questions from the former Public Protector...

​​Trying to separate Prof Kobus van Schalkwyk from Stellenbosch University (SU) and his beloved School of Accountancy (SoA) is like trying to separate a father from his son. It cannot be done even if there is distance between them. That...

On Saturday, 12 March 2016, the Centre for Student Recruitment and Career Advice hosted the Western Cape principals of the Top-100 feeder schools for a breakfast at STIAS. The event created an opportunity for the University to acknowledge...

​​Sport plays a vital role in building relationships, bridging historical divides, and bringing about social change – and nowhere is this better demonstrated than in the story of rugby in South Africa. The image of Nelson Mandela cheering...

Stellenbosch University (SU) Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel, Prof Nico Koopman, paid tribute to his late “friend, colleague, mentor" at the 10 th annual Russel Botman Memorial Lecture (held on 16 October...

A PhD student at Stellenbosch University (SU) has developed a groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) app that could help address South Africa's unemployment crisis by automating the job application process. Thabo Maibi, who is in the...