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Parents sometimes murder their children to take revenge
It is always tragic when parents murder their own children with the intent to hurt their spouse or partner. Although there may be many reasons for such incomprehensible acts, retribution seems to be a motive when one parent kills a child...
We shouldn’t look away when gender-based violence happens
The annual campaign of 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children takes place from 25 November to 10 December. In an opinion piece for News24, Prof Juliana Claassens (Old and New Testament) writes that we can't afford...
Nursing expands postgraduate programme offering
Five newly developed postgraduate programmes for specialist training in nursing were offered for the first time at Stellenbosch University (SU) this year. An additional three postgraduate programmes will be offered in 2023. A total of 97...
Staff and students shared lived experiences at SU Transformation Indaba 2022
“Restitution beyond rhetoric" was the theme of the 2022 Transformation Indaba that was hosted by the Stellenbosch University (SU) Transformation Office on Thursday 20 October 2022 at Stias on Stellenbosch. SU students and staff from various...
Living with little Monsters officially launched
Stellenbosch University gathered in celebration of the launch of the book, ' Living with little Monsters', a scientific household manual written for the everyday consumer which introduces the reader to a variety of potentially harmful...
SU Language Policy remains unchanged as good governance & management practice - not due to political pressure
Stellenbosch University (SU) recently received the report of the Khampepe independent commission of inquiry into alleged racism at the University from Judge Sisi Virginia Khampepe, a retired judge of the Constitutional Court of South...
Six key takeaways from COP27
Professor Guy Midgley (Acting Director), Kerry-Anne Grey (Coordinator of Scientific Research) and Kay Murray and Yenziwe Mbuysia (Master's students) from Stellenbosch University's School for Climate Studies attended COP27 this year. Here...
FMHS research physician handpicked for select global leadership programme
Dr Elouise Kroon was one of 21 handpicked “Young Physician Leaders" in the world to take part in this year's leadership training programme of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), which was recently held in Berlin, Germany. The IAP Young...
SU Teaching Awards 2022
The annual SU Teaching Awards acknowledge and reward outstanding teaching at the University. The awards are offered in three categories: Leaderly Teaching Scholar, Scholarly Teacher and Teaching Collaboration.* The 2022 Teaching Awards...
Covid-19 hindered South Africa’s HIV targets, but offered innovation opportunities
World Aids Day is observed on 1 December. In an opinion piece for News24, Dr Munya Saruchera from the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management writes that we must capitalise on what we have learned from managing the Covid-19 pandemic and use...