​Scientists working in the Faculty of AgriSciences are helping to pave the way for genetic research and its future applications, both locally and globally. This is the view of Willem Botes who recently delivered a memorial lecture titled...

​​​​​As we kicked off May commemorating Workers’ Day, we dedicate this series of articles to our staff and their important contribution to the University. In the interview below, Mantombi Makhubele tells us more about her work. As senior...

New approaches must be found in the fight against multi-drug-resistant pathogens. Workshop focuses on nanosolutions for antimicrobial surfaces in public spaces and hospital's Intensive Care Units.

​Dr Juliette Koning is Reader in Organization Studies at Oxford Brookes Business School (UK). She holds a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her research explores entrepreneurship, identity work...

​​Jerome Fredericks – a lecturer in the division of Occupational Therapy – will never forget the day a friend asked him if he wanted to play volleyball. It was a day that effectively turned his life around. “I was standing on a street...

The Maties netball first team were recently crowned champions at the annual University Sport South Africa (USSA) tournament by beating Nelson Mandela University (NMU) 44-20 in the final last weekend. The Maroon Machine started their week...

You are invited to attend the fourth TLA (Teaching-Learning-Assessment) Auxin seminar of 2024, offered by the Centre for Teaching and Learning: Topic: Challenges of Transforming Curricula: Reflections by an interdisciplinary community of...

Luna Chencinski and Jess Steyn, both students at Stellenbosch University (SU), were recently awarded two of five scholarships worth US$1000 each to further their studies by the Mensa Education & Research Foundation, based in the USA. "What...

Six eminent researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) were honoured by the National Research Foundation (NRF) on Thursday (1 September 2016). Proff Willem Visser (Computer Science), Paul van Helden (Biomedical Sciences), Mark Cotton,...

Imagine walking alone down a long, dark corridor of an old building, late at night. Every creak of a floorboard sets your nerves on edge and every shadow looks threatening. Now imagine experiencing that anxiety and paranoia all day, every...