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Africa needs long-term strategy to beat COVID-19
Africa remains vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic and will need a long-term strategy to beat it, writes Dr Njeri Mwagiru from the Institute for Futures Research in an opinion piece for News24 (13 June). Read the article below or click here...
SU’s diversity development programme continues online
The Siyakhula Diversity Development programme of Stellenbosch University (SU), now called the Siyakhula Live Series, will continue in the second semester with virtual webinar training sessions every Friday. Siyakhula, which means “we grow"...
July data bundles, returning students and academic arrangements
15 June 2020 Dear Student We are delighted that Stellenbosch University (SU) is able to invite some of our students back to campus. It may however be a prolonged process to have everyone back who would like to return. Under the national...
Tribute - Elsa Joubert (19 October 1922 – 14 June 2020)
The author Elsa Joubert passed away on 14 June 2020 at the age of 97. The Department of Afrikaans and Dutch pays tribute to this alumna of Stellenbosch University. During the first half of June, South Africa lost two authors who both...
We’ll have to build a post-COVID-19 world together
We'll have to rebuild a better, more balanced and more compassionate world once the COVID-19 pandemic is over, writes Prof Arnold Smit from the University of Stellenbosch Business School in an opinion piece for Fin 24 (16 June). Read the...
Students write about youth issues
In celebration of Youth Day (16 June) and Youth Month, students Connor Bam (Humanities) and Tian Alberts (Law) write for Mail & Guardian and News24 respectively about some of the challenges young people face today. Click on the links below...
Virtual conference explores role of arts in peace and reconciliation
Stellenbosch University (SU) recently co-hosted an international conference with the theme, Art in Peace and Reconciliation: A Transnational Perspective, in collaboration with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) to explore...
Grant will make 'meaningful contribution' to the care of stroke patients
A R2.2 million research grant from the British National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) will bring Professor Quinette Louw one step closer to achieving universal health coverage for people with strokes. The grant, which will run over...
It takes a village to raise a child.
It takes a village to raise a child. Throughout his life, Elvin Hendricks filled his own village with inhabitants. Together with his own hard work, Elvin credits this group of people to the success that he has achieved. First of all...
African violin sounds
Wood used for musical instrument needs to meet certain physical and acoustical properties and not all wood species are suitable as tonewoods. While guitars are often made from various (indigenous) wood species, violins worldwide are made...