​It's estimated that the majority of the expected 73% increase in the global demand for meat by 2050 will come from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Since human and environmental health concerns are likely to become more prominent with this...

​​​​​With its creative programmes in schools and communities, Words Open Worlds (WOW), an initiative of the Toyota SU Woordfees, has been creating 'wow' moments for learners across the country since 2003. WOW programmes are aimed at...

​​​​World Nature Conservation Day is observed annually on 28 July. In an opinion piece for News24, Ancois de Villers, a PhD student in the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, writes that we must promote the sustainability and...

Student-athletes need a solid and healthy support structure to ensure they tick all the boxes on both ends. A sentiment echoed by many top athletes, who, as rising stars coupled their academics while pursuing their first professional...

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...

​​Yasmin Sooka, a South African human rights lawyer who served as a commissioner on the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), delivered Stellenbosch University's (SU's) third annual social justice lecture on Friday 18...

Years of hard work and dedication to individuals, families and communities affected by HIV, were rewarded when Ms Joan Coetzee was elected as international co-vice chair of the Protocol Development and Implementation Subcommittee (PDISC) of...

​​Prof Ben Loos, head of the Department of Physiological Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU), will use the challenge posed by the Comrades Marathon – also called “the ultimate human race" – to raise funds for science students in need...

Lee Baatjes, the newly elected chair of the 2016/2017 Tygerberg Student Council (TSC), sees his leadership role as being an advocate for the TygerMatie students to empower themselves and make their voices heard. According to Baatjes, the...

Stable financial systems are pivotal for economic growth and development and therefore governments and the private sector should work together to manage them. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Meshach Aziakpono of Stellenbosch...