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 Minister Dr Nomusa Dube-Ncube
Image by: Henk Oets

Media release

Seven days of gambling could wipe out a year of national student funding

At the current rate at which South Africans gamble, it would take just seven days to spend the equivalent of the country’s entire national student funding...
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Ministerial delegation from Energy visits SU

Media release

Universities key to SA’s energy transition, Ramokgopa tells SU

Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa’s energy ambitions will depend on rapidly expanding the country’s engineering and...

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A photo Maretha Joyce

Impact

Maretha Joyce the steady hand behind the scenes

As Executive Assistant to the Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Maretha Joyce is the steady hand behind one of the University’s most dynamic offices, bringing...

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WAT 100 Gala performance by Lize Beekman

Arts, languages and social sciences

Dazzling gala commemorates Afrikaans dictionary’s centenary and ties with SU

A century of work to document the Afrikaans vocabulary in all its rich diversity was recently celebrated on the campus of Stellenbosch University (SU)...

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Prof. Resia Pretorius

Media release

CODA supports international collaboration to advance microvascular research in complex chronic disorders

The Complex Disorders Alliance (CODA) today announced its support of an international research collaboration focused on advancing understanding of microvascular...

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A group of male and female healthcare workers photographed sitting in a modern hospital

Opinion and features

Nurses need greater support and professional empowerment

International Nurses Day is celebrated annually on 12 May. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University focused on the psychological...

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From left, Dr Astrid Treffry-Goatley, Dr Chanelle Mulopo and Anel Schoonees at a Public Square session on transdisciplinary research.

Institutional news

Public Squares bring spaces between academic disciplines to life

Stellenbosch University (SU) has set itself an ambitious goal: to be “Africa’s leading research-intensive university, globally recognised as excellent...

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