​Stellenbosch University (SU) honoured philanthropist and entrepreneur Wendy Ackerman and award-winning novelist and playwright Damon Galgut at its December graduation. Ackerman received the degree Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, and...

Life can be difficult even at the best of times. People with spinal cord injuries (SCI), in particular, can find the going tough as they traverse many personal, social, programme, policy and environmental barriers to live a meaningful and...

“Nkosi Sikeleli Afrika" (Lord Bless Africa), “Ndodemnyama" (Beware, Verwoerd!) and “Sikakela Izwe Lakithi" (We Protest for Our Land) are but a few iconic struggle songs that have been sung during the fight against apartheid in South Africa...

​​The second Anton Lubowski Memorial Lecture which paid tribute to the anti-apartheid activist and advocate under the theme Social Justice, Quo Vadis - Is Social Justice happening? was held online on Saturday, 12 September 2020.​ The event...

When occupational physicians have to make difficult calls related to health and safety in the workplace, they shouldn't be loyal to either workers or employers because it could influence their behaviour or cloud their judgments. “Because...

​​Intensive-care specialists at Tygerberg Hospital have a new infection-resistant 'colleague' helping them do ward rounds on Covid-19 patients. “Quintin" – as 'he' is affectionately called – is a Double Robotic 'robot' that has been...

​​Prof Euan Phimister from the Stellenbosch Business School in Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences recently delivered his inaugural lecture titled “Making economic models useful in an interdisciplinary...

​​The pandemic and lockdown have proven that open data and the sharing of information, especially by governments, save lives and accelerate innovation, research, open science, collaboration and community engagement. So said Prof Kanshukan...

​​Four to six times a day. That's how often Dr Yolandi Swart from Pretoria must inject herself with insulin because her life depends on it. Having been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (when the pancreas produces little or no insulin) when...

The upgrade of the Maties netball outdoor and indoor courts is to the benefit of netball, basketball, and the image Maties Sport as a whole. Six netball outdoor courts, two multi-purpose outdoor courts along with the Coetzenburg Centre and...