Fake news and conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic are extremely dangerous because they erode people's trust in traditional medical institutions, scientists and healthcare workers, argues Prof Faadiel Essop from the Centre for...

​This article was originally published on Daily Maverick . Read the article here . Having communicated with a number of companies who are marketing and selling these in South Africa, we have yet to get a straight answer regarding what basis...

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) has ensured that the name of late anti-apartheid student leader, gay rights lobbyist, equal rights proponent and HIV/Aids activist, Simon Nkoli, becomes part of the present and future of the university. This...

Prof Anneke Hesseling keeps a painting by Sir Luke Fildes called The Doctor above her desk. The image of the Victorian-era general practitioner observing the “crisis of illness" in a child in those (pre-antibiotic) days is an enduring one –...

​Community members of Ravensmead, formerly known as Tiervlei, participated in a conversation about Stellenbosch University's (SU) restitution of the Hardekraaltjie cemetery. SU took ownership of the decommissioned cemetery where its Faculty...

Each April, South Africa marks Freedom Day on 27 April, commemorating the country’s first democratic elections in 1994 – a defining moment that continues to shape its constitutional order. Against this backdrop, thought leaders at...

Achievement is the culmination of decades of dedication to research and learning. Raised four children as a single parent. Research wants to help improve lives of people suffering from schizophrenia.

​15 June 2020 Dear Student We are delighted that Stellenbosch University (SU) is able to invite some of our students back to campus. It may however be a prolonged process to have everyone back who would like to return. Under the national...

With Stellenbosch University's (SU) focus on social impact awareness in July, this series of profiles celebrate remarkable individuals and teams who make a meaningful contribution beyond the University's walls. The recent inaugural Social...

When Dr Ronita Mahilall, Chief Executive Officer of St Luke's Combined Hospices in Cape Town, lost her beloved husband and son 14 years ago, she searched for answers to her questions about life, death and what happens after we die. A devout...