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Prof Ramjugernath with Marion Edmunds and Tony Grogan at Cape Town Press Club
Image by: Ubaid Abrahams

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First alignment, then acceleration

Speaking to the Cape Town Press Club last week, Prof Deresh Ramjugernath, Stellenbosch University (SU) Rector and Vice-Chancellor, reflected on his first year...
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Dr Luphiwo Mduzana photographed outside the Coetzenburg Centre after he received his PhD.
Image by: Henk Oets
Blessed Muyanga at graduation

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Dignity restored – SU chemistry graduate’s journey to success

Blessed Muyanga came to Stellenbosch University (SU) in 2022 in pursuit of a science degree and a sense of independence. He never imagined he would become the...

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Xichavo Makhubele at his graduation ceremony.

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Xichavo Makhubele opens new doors for his family with SU honours degree

Growing up in the village of Magoro in Limpopo, Xichavo Irvin Makhubele was raised in a home where generations lived side by side, and where the rhythms of...

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A photo of Handré Muller graduating

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SU mentors shaped Handré Muller’s path to mastering science

In 2019, a group of Stellenbosch University (SU) academics walked into a classroom at Lückhoff High School in Stellenbosch to demonstrate life sciences...

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Dr Anneke Erasmus was awarded a PhD in Physics during the March 2026 graduation ceremony

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Curiosity with light leads to PhD in physics

As an undergraduate science student, Dr Anneke Erasmus’ curiosity about lasers made her stay behind after physics classes to ask lecturers about their research...

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Clio and KD Sass on their graduation day.

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Sass twins honour their activist mom, an SU alumna, on graduation day

In the early 1980’s a young medical student’s dreams came crashing down. As an activist protesting the injustices of apartheid, Patricia Grace Rorich was...

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Caitlin Sampson with her degree

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SU graduate turns hardship into hope

Caitlin Leigh Sampson’s academic journey has not only been marked by profound loss, but also by extraordinary endurance. Despite significant physical and...

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