​During the cold winter months, it is nice to light an indoor fireplace for extra warmth or to have the occasional 'braai'. The downside is that you may be inhaling tiny solid or liquid substances that could be harmful to your health. In a...

This Women's Month, we're celebrating the academic staff at Stellenbosch University (SU) who are shaping minds and inspiring excellence through their teaching. These remarkable educators bring passion, innovation and dedication to the...

Anxiety is the most common psychological problem among youth worldwide, with an average of 12% of school-aged children reportedly experiencing significant symptoms of anxiety. This is particularly significant in terms of children with...

Prof Ryno Laubscher from the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering delivered his inaugural lecture on 2 October 2025 He harnesses deep learning to help optimise energy system components His research is relevant to coal-fired...

More than 20% of South African children have symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and urgently need treatment. Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University (SU) are studying new...

Ms Nonkululeko Radebe, an MSc student in polymer science at Stellenbosch University (SU), was awarded the prestigious Borealis Poster Award at an international conference on polymer analysis and characterization ( ISPAC 2017) which took...

The fact that Laura Wolvaardt is currently living out her dream by walking onto the field as an opening bowler of the South African women's cricket team doesn't mean that she has abandoned her other great dream – to qualify as a doctor...

The untold stories of South Africans who were overlooked in the past and bypassed by history are set to see the light thanks to a new project settled within Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. This project, named...

The following article was written by Sibonelo Radebe and published in The Conversation of 21 February 2018: South Africa's 2018 national budget came with a raft of tax increases indicating the country's desperation to address a growing gap...

Dr Anton Ehlers, a Senior Lecturer in the History Department at Stellenbosch University, recently received a Ministerial Award from the Western Cape Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Ms Anroux Marais, at the 18 th Annual Cultural...