​​Two young-and-upcoming scientists in Stellenbosch University's Department of Physiological Sciences, Dr Bali Sishi and Dr Shireen Mentor, are amongst the first group of 20 African scientists to participate in the International Union of...

​The up-ticking interest from architects and home building professionals in designing and building with timber spurred The Wood App team to organise a one-day timber frame design and construction workshop in Stellenbosch, Pretoria and...

The culmination of the 2024 academic year and graduation of the 4-year BSc Forest and Natural Resource Science students was extra special in that two students earned the famous Sir Wilhelm Schlich medals. Ms Anneke Joubert (picture below...

Prevented from speaking at last year's 12th annual Frederik Van Zyl-Slabbert (FVZS) Honorary Lecture because she was detained at the airport in Zimbabwe, democracy activist Namatai Kwekweza was last week able to share her reflections on 30...

Stellenbosch University (SU) is once again rallying staff, students, alumni, and friends of the University to come together for SU's annual #GivingMaties campaign, running from 6 March to 16 April 2025. The campaign aims to raise funds for...

Stellenbosch University (SU) is a frontrunner in research and a place of thought leadership. Our staff and students write academic articles for accredited journals and also perform very well when it comes to sharing their insights with the...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) is once again rallying staff, students, alumni, and friends of the University to come together for SU's annual #GivingMaties campaign, running from 6 March to 16 April 2025. The campaign aims to raise funds for...

A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 and 2018 has been described in the journal Zootaxa. Nothobranchius sylvaticus, from the Latin meaning “pertaining to the forest", is also the...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) started 2025 on a high note. In January, it was ranked as one of the world's leading higher education institutions in the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings (WUR) by Subject. Most...

​This workshop aims to equip lecturers with the necessary presentation skills to become confident public speakers. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of successful public speaking and presenting. The session is...