​​​Disability is very much part of us and our everyday lives. I am sure there's a family member you know, someone in your neighbourhood, a colleague at work, a person at your place of work or attending your clinic, hospital or educational...

Telehealth has come a long way since the days of landline and two-way radio chats between health practitioners who found themselves in different locations. These days patients and caregivers can access advice, consultations, training and...

Dr Marcela Espinaze from Stellenbosch University (SU) knows more than the average person about the ticks and fleas that are naturally part of an African penguin's life. It's because penguin parasites have been part and parcel of the 36-year...

Wood scientists at Stellenbosch University (SU) have done it again: they have helped to craft another violin from indigenous African trees. It is only the second such instrument in the world. The work was completed with the help of a...

​An innovative new clinical training plan has enabled fifth-year medical students at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) to navigate the restrictions placed on the training platform due to the Covid-19...

​Prof Soraya Seedat from the Department of Psychiatry at Stellenbosch University (SU) proves that a clinician scientist can successfully straddle the fields of scientific research and clinical patient treatment. Wearing these two hats, she...

​The following opinion piece Moral leadership is essential for curbing corruption​ by Prof Solosh Pillay & Dr Chris Jones was published in the Mail & Guardian on 7 March 2020: It would not be far-fetched to argue that there is a lack of...

​​​Two Stellenbosch University (SU) academics are the driving forces behind a new book containing a collection of 35 creative essays through which various South African women describe how the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted...

Maties Sport’s Dr Nana Adom-Aboagye was recently awarded for her post-doctoral research in sport as being one of the Top 20 post-doctoral fellows at Stellenbosch University (SU) from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and...

The Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language (Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal, known as the WAT) celebrated its 100th anniversary last week with a glittering gala event in the Endler Hall. The dictionary, which has been housed at SU since...