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This article by USB lecturer Lee-Ann Steenkamp was originally published in The Conversation of 6 March 2017 ( http://theconversation.com/so…). The Conversation is...

​Genetic engineering and plant breeding techniques are used in biofortification programmes to improve the nutritional quality of African cereals such as sorghum and pearl millet. Apart from being important food sources for many poor people...

​​​They may be few in number, but South Africa's family physicians make a significant contribution to health care in the country. They help to strengthen the country's district health system and improve the health and well-being of millions...

​Zimbaweans living with HIV also suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), often because of stigma, and are in desperate need of dedicated mental health services to help them cope. This is one of the findings of a new study at...

​Thanks to the hard work and dedication of a group of staff and postgraduate students at the General Linguistics Department at Stellenbosch University (SU), the first South African Sign Language (SASL) book and DVD set that can be enjoyed...

In the past two decades we have witnessed waves of xenophobic violence through which the distinction between South African citizens and non-citizens is brutally maintained, reinforced and patrolled, a boundary that separates those who have...

Every year, one in ten people die of a stroke globally making it the second-leading cause of death. Survivors suffer impaired mobility and struggle to execute daily tasks that most of us take for granted. Since they need lifelong support...

​​Using quantum dots as a tool to trace the pollen of the long-tubed iris, Lapeirousia anceps, evolutionary ecologists from Stellenbosch University have succeeded in capturing a snapshot of a plant in the process of speciation. Professor...

An ambitious digitisation project that will not only improve the care of seriously ill COVID-19 patients, but also reduce the risk of infection to hospital staff, is being launched at Cape Town's Tygerberg Hospital. The digitisation of the...