​​ “I always admired Mother Theresa's compassion and commitment to helping people," says Linda Luvuno, who received her PhD in Conservation Ecology during the Faculty of AgriSciences' graduation ceremony on 2 April. “I dreamed of becoming a...

​​The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) has succeeded in increasing the proportion of donations from black South Africans fivefold, from 43 269 in 2005 to 246 686 in 2015, while at the same time significantly enhancing the safety...

In September 2018 Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Student Governance at the Centre for Student Leadership and Structures (CSLS) in the Division Student Affairs (DSAf) hosted the Senior Student Leadership Development Training for the SU...

​​​The public engagement with science and communicating science to the public is important if we want to strengthen our democracy, said Dr Beverly Damonse from South Africa's National Research Foundation on Monday (5 November 2018). She was...

​​The results of a large, international systematic review published in the journal PLOS Medicine show that tuberculosis treatment is successful in children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The study was used to inform the...

​Finding the right biochemical tests to detect diabetes mellitus earlier can reduce the heavy burden of this disease on the healthcare system and local communities. Globally, diabetes is rising at an alarming rate due to the obesity...

Support from industry partners and other patrons of the Faculty of AgriSciences' golf day strengthens the faculty's bursary fund, which directly benefits disadvantaged students. This is according to Prof Danie Brink, dean of the Faculty of...

Lt. Col. André Pretorius believes that being a hands-on teacher and finding innovative solutions in the classroom can offer many more learning opportunities to the students he teaches in the Faculty of Military Science at Stellenbosch...

​​In marking the 10th anniversary of the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression, this research, published by the Bureau for Economic Research (BER), looked back at the performance of the South African economy between 2010 and...

When Paige Schimper's student debt threatened to derail not only her academic career but also her career prospects, she would not have thought that a little-known Stellenbosch University (SU) bursary fund would present her with the clean...