Today (05 June) marks World Environment Day, an initiative started by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) in 1974. Over the years, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach, widely celebrated in over...

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University hosted a lunchtime seminar during which virology and infectious disease experts briefed the media, staff and students on the novel coronavirus. ​​ The information...

Digital technologies have the potential to promote the mental health of students, expand student counselling services and augment traditional counselling, write Prof Jason Bantjes (South African Medical Research Council / Institute for Life...

​​National Children's Day is celebrated annually on the first Saturday in November. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral Leadership) writes that pit latrines and a lack of access to water in schools prevent...

​​​Stellenbosch University's (SU) efforts to mitigate the risk of day zero has resulted in a 45% reduction of water usage in 2019 when measured against the year 2015. Since the implementation of a new grey water system, the institution is...

​The Confucius Institute at Stellenbosch University (CISU) is exceptionally proud of Stellenbosch University (SU) student Iola Meyer ( pictured alongside), who recently scooped first place in the 21 st Chinese Bridge proficiency competition...

RIRCA is situated in the Biomedical Research Institute on the Tygerberg campus of Stellenbosch University (SU) and was conceived as a hub for hypothesis-driven research and training in immunology thinking and an array of techniques...

The Stellenbosch University (SU) Open Day is the ideal opportunity for learners in Grade 11 and 12 to obtain valuable information on study opportunities at higher education institutions. The Open Day will take place on Saturday, 23 February...

​Prof Thinus Booysen from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University recently delivered his inaugural lecture titled “ Engineering for Africa: Our Internet of Things". Booysen spoke to the Division of...

Dr Anneke Erasmus is one of 6 women scientists to graduate with a PhD in Physics during Stellenbosch University’s March graduation ceremony this week. She had to overcome several setbacks, including loadshedding and a burst water pipe...