​​​Dr Ronel Retief is a trailblazer. At the start of this year, she officially took up the role of Registrar at Stellenbosch University (SU), making her the first female to hold this key position at the institution. Retief boasts an...

The recently crowned SA U23 cross-country champion, Maties Cycling's Frankie du Toit, will leave for Australia on her 20 th birthday – 2 September – to compete in the UCI MTB World Championships in Cairns. This trip became a reality after...

Stellenbosch University (SU) has smashed its own record for the number of finalists from the institution competing at the annual National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/South32 Awards. This year 17 finalists will represent SU at South...

​​The names of the overall winners of the Faculty's 9th top lecturer competition sponsored by Die Burger, were announced at a gala event on Friday evening (18 October) at Beyerskloof Wine Estate. Lize-Marie Sahd and Sophia Brink, both...

​The first cohort of Stellenbosch University graduates, SU faculty and corporate employees successfully completed the first 6-week programme of the newly established SU Techpreneurship Centre in March this year. At the end of the program...

Taste, recommendations from friends and experts, grape variety and brand are just some of the things South Africans consider when buying a bottle of wine. This is according to Prof Marlize Terblanche-Smit from the University of Stellenbosch...

When South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called on citizens to make a difference during the COVID-19 pandemic, three students from Stellenbosch University (SU) heeded the call. Stefan Stofberg and brothers Daneel and Stephan Steinmann...

Stellenbosch University's Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) has successfully launched the first in a series of conversations with national and international leaders, titled the Matie Crest Talks. On Thursday, 23 July more than 1 600...

First-year students at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) were, for the first time in history, welcomed virtually to the Tygerberg Campus, where they will conduct their studies for the next four to six...

The Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University has delivered its very first MSc-graduate in the new field of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Heléne Fouché will receive her degree, cum laude, at a virtual graduation ceremony on...