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Arts, languages and social sciences

Building community through multilingualism at SU Teaching-Learning-Assessment Day

Multilingualism should be seen not merely as a policy requirement, but as a powerful tool for learning, participation and belonging in higher education. This...
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Sampling downriver from a Waste Water Treatment Plant in a large South African city.

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Wastewater harbours high-risk antimicrobial resistance genes

In South Africa, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and connected river systems could serve as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance, raising fresh concerns...

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Dr Luphiwo Mduzana photographed outside the Coetzenburg Centre after he received his PhD.

Awards and milestones

A doctorate driven by purpose and perseverance

“Coming from a rural background should never limit one’s aspirations. What matters most is not where you come from, but where you want to go and what you are...

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Dr Retha Smit photographed outside the Coetzenburg Centre after she received her PhD.

Awards and milestones

Retha Smit’s lifetime of determination leads to PhD at 67

At 67, Dr Retha Smit is living proof that you’re never too old to learn. A lifelong learner, Smit received her PhD in psychiatry from Stellenbosch University...

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Dr Daniella Moore on graduation day.

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Completing the equation: Dr Daniella Moore honours her father’s legacy

For Dr Daniella Moore, the final stretch of her PhD in Mathematics at Stellenbosch University (SU) became something she could not have anticipated – a test not...

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Dr Thembani Dube, a lecturer in the Department of History at SU, capped her sister, Sukoluhle Linda Duba, a junior lecturer at the Department of Economics, on graduation day.

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Linda Dube played on through grief to earn her master’s degree

In the early hours of 4 December 2024 in Kimberley, far from home and in the middle of a football tournament where she represented Stellenbosch University (SU)...

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Dr Tjaart van der Walt photographed at the Coetzenburg Centre where he received his honorary doctorate.

Awards and milestones

SU bestows honorary doctorate on pioneer of digital banking in Africa

Dr Tjaart Johannes van der Walt, regarded as a pioneer of digital banking on the African continent, was awarded an honorary doctorate by his alma mater...

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