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...

A study, recently published by the top-tier journal, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), has found strong evidence that country-level gender inequality (essentially women's status in society relative to men) is...

Every year South Africa loses billions of rand due to corruption in public procurement. And since current safeguards aren't really effective, we should perhaps start to look at blockchain technology as a possible solution. This was one of...

You’d be forgiven if the terms B-BBEE and B-BBEE scorecards, verification documents and processes make you break out in a cold sweat. Luckily, Candice Egan, a development officer within the Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) Division...

​​​​​“There is an urgent need for new diagnostic tests for tuberculosis (TB). Particularly point-of-care tests (POCT) for all types of TB, that work in both adults and children," Dr Novel Chegou said in his state-of-the-art lecture at the...

Earlier this week (14 & 15 June 2021), the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) heard further submissions on the alleged ban on Afrikaans in residences during the welcoming period at the beginning of the academic year at...

​If cricket was a kingdom, Dr Ali Bacher would be considered royalty in that land in both South Africa and the rest of the global sporting world. Recently students from the sports environment and others were given the opportunity to engage...

“Afrikaans is as alive as never before, it grows, it surges and it growls, it struggles, but it grows all the time, literally every day." This is according to the former Director of the Stellenbosch University (SU) Language Centre, Prof...

Innovative solutions are needed for the continuation of preventative and other primary care services during a pandemic. Simultaneously, infection prevention and control and pandemic preparedness need to be emphasised in undergraduate and...