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SA faces particular structural barriers to behavioural change amidst pandemic
As the COVID-19 infection rate accelerates at an alarming pace in South Africa, an article authored by two academics at Stellenbosch University (SU) warns that adherence to lockdown rules in conditions where citizens live without secure...
SU will not oppose Leon Schreiber and DA’s PAIA court application
Stellenbosch University will not oppose the court application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) relating to the independent investigation by retired Judge Burton Fourie. The court application followed an earlier...
A gift for the next generation of Maties
Last year Nick Smit, a graduate of Stellenbosch University, and his husband Francois Conradie decided it was time to reinvest some of their privileges into a positive bank balance for deserving students. They are both employed at a global...
Appreciate and conserve nature in lockdown
On Tuesday (28 July), we celebrate World Nature Conservation Day. In an opinion piece for News24, Drs Tony Rebelo (South African National Biodiversity Institute) and Alanna Rebelo (Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology) write that...
SA could face mass hunger
South Africa could face mass hunger if efforts to offset the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are eased, write Dr Gabrielle Wills, Prof Servaas van der Berg (both from the Department of Economics) and Prof Leila Patel...
'Welcome back, and all the best with the second semester'
Dear colleagues and students Welcome back from recess, and all the best with the second semester! Most of us are still working and studying online from home. Nevertheless, our Stellenbosch University (SU) campuses are slowly but surely...
Vital to protect newborns and their mothers against COVID-19
Since newborn babies, as well as their mothers and the hospital staff looking after them, are very vulnerable to COVID-19, we need policies and systems that can help to protect them, write Profs Angela Dramowski and Adrie Bekker from the...
Keep growing your teaching @ SU
Keep growing your teaching @ SU Teaching Fellowships The SU Teaching Fellowships provide excellent teachers and scholars of teaching and learning with the opportunity to spend more consistent periods of time, with various forms of...
Maties computer science students ace Investec hackathon
A team of computer science students from Stellenbosch University walked away with the first place in Investec's Programmable Banking hackathon, which took place from 23 to 24 July. The team of BScHons students, consisting of Jaco Swart...
Children should be at centre of government policies and plans
What would happen if South Africa were to place the interests of children and adolescents front and centre of all policy and responses? This is the question Prof Mark Tomlinson from the Institute for Life Course Health Research tried to...