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South Africa’s Tiny Duo with Big Agricultural Promise

Hidden beneath the soils of South Africa’s grain fields, scientists from the Agricultural Research Council uncovered a remarkable insect-parasitic nematode that...

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From left at the launch of the Unity Movement Collection at the Stellenbosch University Library on 22 May 2026 are Basil Brown, Leslie van Rooi,  Ellen Tise, Pakama Ncume,  Shaun Viljoen, Allan Zinn, Mickey Titus, Felicity Titus, Nico Koopman, Lungisile Ntsebeza,  Mimi Seyffert-Wirth, Lincoln Jacobs and Denise Zinn.

Events

New archive at SU sheds light on overlooked liberation history

A major archive documenting one of South Africa’s most influential – yet often overlooked – liberation traditions has found a home at Stellenbosch University...

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Dr Panashe Chigumadzi, a historian and writer, was the speaker at Stellenbosch University’s  8th Annual Africa Day Lecture.

Events

‘A crime does not rot’: Africa Day lecture calls for radical slavery reparations

 

The enslavement of black Africans was a “world-breaking crime” that continues to shape global inequality, sovereignty and power today – and now is the time to...

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Learning from !Khwa ttu: Reimagining the wildlife economy through indigenous knowledge

On Saturday 11 April 2026, a group of African Wildlife Economy Institute (AWEI) team members visited !Khwa ttu, often described as the ‘embassy’ of the San of...

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PANGeA Early Career Fellowship Programme 2026

The Partnership for Africa’s Next Generation of Academics (PANGeA) invites applications for the 2026 Early Career Fellowship Programme to be hosted at the...

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Institutional news

Microsoft OneDrive storage at SU

Microsoft 365 (M365) is Stellenbosch University’s cloud-based productivity platform that supports the University’s day-to-day academic, administrative and...

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Events

SIAN 2026: In Africa, With Africa, For Africa

“Internationalisation is not about numbers, money or time spent. What matters is reciprocity — a genuine exchange where both partners learn from each other.”

Wit...

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Sport

Learning leadership from horses at SU

Leadership lessons at Stellenbosch University (SU) sometimes happen beyond lecture halls and meeting rooms.

Instead, they unfold in the university’s paddocks...

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Education

New cohort of Future Professors receive a warm welcome at introductory conference

At a time when universities worldwide are grappling with rapid technological change, evolving knowledge economies and shifting public expectations, a group of...

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