​​A prestigious national award was presented to Prof Susan van Schalkwyk for the contribution she has made to the field of teaching and learning in higher education. Van Schalkwyk, who is the director of the Centre for Health Professions...

​A man with tardive dystonia, a condition characterised by abnormal movements, improved drastically after undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) at Tygerberg Hospital. The DBS implant was a first for this hospital and it was also the first...

​​“We won't end HIV/Aids in young women and adolescent girls tomorrow but it has to be part of our vision if we are to have an AIDS-free generation and end this disease." Speaking at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health...

During the annual World Press Freedom Day panel discussion of Stellenbosch University's Department of Journalism on 10 May 2021, expert panellists shared their views on the media's reporting on the COVID crisis. The discussion was themed...

​Another remarkable woman who achieved several major milestones is Erika Hoffman. She started working at SU in 2000 at IMSTUS, which in 2013 became part of SUNCEP at the Faculty of Education. She retired at the end of 2022 but is remembered...

If COVID-19 was a war, our health workers would have been in the firing line. They are the ones bravely protecting us as South African citizens against a lethal but invisible enemy. Healthcare professionals, already stretched to the limits...

When Dr Ilna Conradie looked for alternative ways to reduce the waiting time for surgery of breast cancer patients at Tygerberg Hospital (TBH) last year, she came across Project Flamingo – a charity-based programme that facilitates “catch...

A celebration was recently held to honour the achievement of staff members within the learning, teaching and assessment (LTA) space at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS). This inaugural event was hosted...

An outreach by Stellenbosch University's (SU) Division of Cardiology has brought hope and a life-saving procedure to patients in Zambia who suffer from rheumatic heart disease. According to Dr Helmuth Weich, cardiologist of the Division...

Stellenbosch University's (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) is collaborating with non-profit organisation, Greenpop, to establish a fynbos garden at the 83-year old Helderberg Hospital in Somerset West and residents of the...