​World Humanitarian Day was celebrated on 19 August. In an opinion piece for Mail & Guardian, Dr Callixte Kavuro from the Department of Public Law wrote that South Africa should rethink its definition of a humanitarian refugee and how this...

​Sunday 1 May was Workers' Day. In an opinion piece for Mail & Guardian, Prof Dieter von Fintel (Department of Economics) writes that the post-lockdown 'Great Resignation' trend wasn't so popular among South African workers because they...

World Tuberculosis (TB) Day was observed on 24 March. An expert at SU wrote an opinion piece. Teenagers are often overlooked in the fight against TB.

​Being a student is about more than just studying – it is also about opportunities to move the boundaries of comfort zones and to grow as people and South Africans. Three students in the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciencess shared...

Mrs Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese has won the 2018 Ingrid Jonker Prize for her debut poetry collection, Loud and Yellow Laughter. The prize is given in alternate years to the best debut poetry collection in English or Afrikaans. “Winning the...

21 September 2020 Dear colleagues and students Today marks the start of two new phases – the final term of the academic year, and level 1 of the national lockdown imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Along with the rest of the...

Dr Marieke van der Zalm was recently awarded three international grants collectively valued over R44 million to study various aspects of tuberculosis (TB) and lung health in children. Two of the grants are from the National Institutes of...

​​​11 May 2020 Dear Colleagues We trust that you are all doing well as we enter the second week of our level 4 risk adjusted lockdown. Perhaps many of you have been enjoying an early morning escape though only few of us will enjoy Victoria...

​The journey to a new brand identity for SU started more than three years ago and the success of the phased implementation is due to a remarkable team effort lead by the Corporate Communications and Marketing Division. In partnership with...

Dr Lihle Qulu, a senior lecturer in the Division of Medical Physiology, was recently awarded an Early Investigators Programme grant for 2021/2022 from the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and said she is “over the moon" about...