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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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Impact

Jacquin Flandorp helps students find their way

In the Department of Logistics, administrative officer Jacquin Flandorp works at the heart of postgraduate life, ensuring complex academic processes run...

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Stellenbosch University (SU) continues to advance its ambitious Vision 2040 strategy.

Institutional news

Catalysts for growth – SU’s Pro-Vice-Chancellors to drive innovation, partnerships and excellence

As Stellenbosch University (SU) continues to advance its ambitious Vision 2040 strategy, it is strengthening its leadership capacity through the introduction of...

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Renee Goretsky in her office

Impact

Dr Renée Goretsky supports researchers with funding opportunities

As Specialist: Research Grant Proposal Developer and Writer in SU’s Division for Research Development (DRD), Dr Renée Goretsky helps researchers turn ideas and...

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Prof Ashenafi Fanta photographed at his inaugural lecture at the Bellville Park campus

Institutional news

Access to finance helps SMEs survive – Prof Ashenafi Fanta

Prof Ashenafi Fanta, of Stellenbosch Business School in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, delivered his inaugural lecture on Thursday, 7 May 2026...

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Impact

Maggie Walters helps design spaces that shape academic life at SU

At the intersection of strategy, design and daily campus life, Maggie Walters helps shape the spaces where learning and research unfold. From navigating complex...

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Participants at the launch of the Africa Regional Collaborative for Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH-ARC) at the University of Ghana in Accra on 30 April 2026

Agriculture and food sciences

SU key partner in new platform to strengthen food systems in Africa

Africa is not short of research on food systems, but translating that knowledge into effective interventions to improve diets, health and livelihoods across the...

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