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SU interactive campus map a first for its kind
If you find yourself always asking for directions, or struggle to navigate your way around the many buildings at Stellenbosch University (SU), then the new interactive campus map is just the thing you need. A team from Facilities Management...
SU researcher helping to make winery wastewater more sustainable
With the ongoing water shortages in the Western Cape, and the likelihood of droughts becoming a much more common occurrence as global warming increases, more researchers are trying to find new and innovative ways for resource recovery and...
Conservation agriculture can boost maize yields
Maize farmers who aim to practise no-tillage or conservation agriculture on their farms will benefit from considerably higher yields during dry seasons since these farming methods allow them to plant crops considerably closer together. So...
Researcher receives doctorate about cheese-making
Farmers with a few cows and the necessary space available could for around R24 000 start their own artisan cheesemaking business. So says Dr Faith Nyamakwere of the Department of Animal Sciences at Stellenbosch University. She recently...
Maties reflect: Heading home in the time of COVID-19
The Stellenbosch University Transformation Office recently put out a call to members of the university community to write about their experiences during #LockdownSA. Babalwa Gusha is the Programme Coordinator of the university's...
IT ensuring business continuity at SU
As South Africa continues to be affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, universities are working around the clock to ensure that students are supported through virtual study and staff are able to work remotely from home. Since the...
Denis Goldberg “Life is Wonderful” (A tribute)
Denis Goldberg “Life is Wonderful" (11 April 1933 – 29 April 2020) Tribute by the Department of Music / Konservatorium. Denis Goldberg, humanist, freedom fighter, anti-apartheid activist, high command uMkhonto we Sizwe, political prisoner...
FMHS students provide selfless service during taxi strike
Student volunteers from Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) came to the rescue during the recent taxi strike in the Western Cape which left healthcare centres short staffed. In early August, minibus taxi...
Students: Progress after week 2 of online learning and teaching
30 April 2020 Dear StudentOn the eve of the first national risk adjustment since lockdown (from level 5 to level 4) we would like to update our Stellenbosch University (SU) community after our second week of online teaching and learning...
Staff: Information update after week 2 of online learning and teaching
30 April 2020Dear ColleagueWe send this communiqué in the awareness that the uncertainty, unpredictability and concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic in our personal and professional life are impacting on all of us in more ways than we are...