Opportunistic behaviour in business reduces trust, commitment, cooperation, relational ties and knowledge sharing, and also increases conflict and transaction cost. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Gert Human from the Department of...

Students at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Stellenbosch University, were full of praise for the South African National Zakáh Fund (SANZAF) at a recent event where the organisation handed over a cheque to the value of...

A first-year medical student, Keaton Harris, is one of just 21 young people from around the world that were selected to take part in the Young Sustainable Impact (YSI) Innovation Program. The goal of the YSI initiative is to find viable...

​​​Prof Thuli Madonsela, the Law Faculty Trust Chair in Social Justice in the Faculty of Law at Stellenbosch University (SU), has receive yet another accolade for her work in the pursuit of social justice. Prof Madonsela was honoured with...

The reality for many South Africans remains one of poverty and social exclusion. Why are the constitutional rights not a reality in the country? The reasons are in a complex mixture of factors, says Prof Sandy Liebenberg, Distinguished...

​LEARNING & TEACHING ENHANCEMENT SEMINAR, 09 MAY 2019 held in Room 3008, Education Building, from 12h45 – 13h45 Professor Faadiel Essop, a professor based within the Department of Physiological Sciences in the Faculty of Science, was the...

It has been a year since Prof Reggie Nel has become the dean of the Faculty of Theology (FT) at Stellenbosch University. What are the highlights of his first year as dean and what challenges would 2019 hold? “The biggest highlight of 2018...

African mathematicians help drive innovation on the continent, but they don't always get the recognition they deserve. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Oluwole Makinde from the Department of Mathematics in the Faculty of Military...

The field of Data Science is becoming more and more prominent and it was therefore appropriate that a Data Science topic was included in the annual Schroders essay competition, organised by the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science...

​Breastfeeding is the most beneficial feeding option for infants born to HIV-infected women and should be continued until at least 12 months. This 2010 recommendation by the World Health Organisation (WHO), revised in 2013 and again in 2016...