​A new study at Stellenbosch University (SU) found that tax administration in many African countries is inefficient, hindering revenue collection. This points to potential gaps that could be addressed through institutional reforms....

​​Substantive equality – not just equal treatment, but deep structural justice – took centre stage at the 19th Annual Human Rights Lecture at Stellenbosch University (SU) on 9 April, hosted by the HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law...

​Two exceptional doctoral students from Stellenbosch University (SU), Pamela Ncube and Welile Nwamba, have been named recipients of the 2024 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Young Talents Sub-Saharan Africa Awards. This prestigious...

In 2019, Stellenbosch University's (SU) Central Analytical Facilities – which provides advanced scientific testing, analytical instrumentation, and research expertise – commissioned a dedicated research Positron Emission Tomography and...

The annual BA Week organised by the BA Student Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences will be hosted again from 24 to 28 April and promises to provide students with a taste of what the social sciences have to offer through a...

“There is a place in the sun for us all to succeed and achieve our goals. We all have our own pace of success, so keep to yours." This is the advice from Johané Nienkemper-Swanepoel to the youth of today. At only 28 years of age, Johané...

This article was originally published on The Conversation . Read the full article here .​ ​In the four years since the decolonisation debate took centre stage at South African universities, much of the focus has been on what decolonisation...

Exposure to the formal colonial education system has led children in a rural indigenous community in the Eastern Cape to be socialised in a manner that alienates them from their indigenous and cultural ways of being, living and doing, a...

​Working in the South African agricultural industry was discussed in great detail and with enthusiasm at the AgriCAREERConnect Day at Stellenbosch University. Students were able to enquire about job opportunities, holiday work, bursaries...

What an experience to walk into the lecture hall of the De Beers Building, just after 08:00 on a Saturday morning (25 May 2019) and see about 120 Grade 11 learners, all dressed in white lab coats, ready for a day of chemistry experiments...