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Military Academy welcomes first years
The Military Academy had its Welcoming Parade for the first year learners (MA18) on 28 January 2016 at the Military Academy parade ground. The Welcoming Parade marks the start to the beginning of the year for the Military Academy, and...
Change requires adjustment
Universities must reinvent themselves and adapt to the rapid changes in higher education to avoid stagnation, writes Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University, in an opinion piece in Die Burger on Tuesday...
Only smallholder farmers can embrace wild bees to harvest more, says SA entomologist
Smallholder farmers that go the extra mile to attract more wild bees and other pollinating insects to their land could harvest up to 24% more fruit or crops as a result. They can harness nature's free pollination service by planting...
World Cancer Day 2016 – We Can I Can
World Cancer Day is marked on 4 February and the theme for this year is "We Can I Can". "This theme recognises that the continued battle against cancer is not a singular effort and a unified response is needed to ensure a path to victory,"...
Stellenbosch pomegranate researcher honoured with African Union Science Prize
The African Union (AU) has bestowed one of its highest scientific honours upon agricultural engineer and postharvest technology expert Prof Umezuruike Linus Opara of Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He received the AU Kwame Nkrumah...
Reading project inspires change at Tygerberg Children’s Hospital
This article appeared in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences' digital publication VIVUS . Visit www.sun.ac.za/FMHSpublications to subscribe. Mothers of new-born babies and children have experienced the joy and benefits of reading...
‘MBA motivates you to constantly question the status quo’
During the rollercoaster of the first MBA block I came to the realisation that I know nothing. There is a certain sense of exhilaration when someone opens up a whole world of knowledge that you didn't even know existed a week ago. My...
Programme aims to encourage top achievers to strive for excellence
A programme aimed at supporting the holistic development of top undergraduate academic achievers in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU) was launched on Monday (15 February). The intent of the...
NMMU push Maties to the very end
After two rounds of Varsity Cup action, FNB Maties are the log leaders with ten points, followed by Shimlas (9), UJ (8) and NWU-Pukke (7). A superb kick from Theo Stapelberg clinched the victory against FNB NMMU on Monday evening (15...
Exhibition of artefacts reflecting the early history of Stellenbosch
The field of Historical Archaeology on Stellenbosch started in 1976 where the Drostdy (read Theological Seminary) occupies a very important role. Cultural artefacts, spread across the world from the Far East as well as Western kitchen...