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How emergency procurement fuels corruption – and how to prevent it
PhD study could help reduce pomegranate industry’s plastic footprint and fruit waste
An idea that could eventually help shrink the pomegranate industry's plastics footprint and can curb food losses along its value chain. That's what a newly...
Commitment and resilience enables Deaf teacher to realise his dream
Ten years after matriculating, Imran Bodalaji's relentless pursuit of his dream to become a teacher was realised when he crossed the graduation stage to...
SU honorary degree for Ghanaian higher education giant
Stellenbosch University (SU) bestowed an honorary doctorate on one of Africa's giants in higher education, Prof Ernest Aryeetey, at its December graduation...
Mathematical Statistics graduate honoured with coveted Chancellor's Medal
Jean Durand, a Mathematical Statistics graduate with focal area Data Science, is the recipient of Stellenbosch University's (SU) coveted Chancellor's Medal...
Extraordinary student on top of the world
When Patricia Zweig (better known as Trish) started studying, at the age of 36, while simultaneously working at various jobs, she never dreamt that she would...
PhD graduate focuses on mental health care in children
When Dr Anusha Lachman, head of the Clinical Unit Child Psychiatry at Tygerberg Hospital, graduated with her PhD in Psychiatry on 6 December, she felt more...