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Prof Cristina Trois, Director of Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies, presents research on unlocking value from vine waste at the Southern African Sustainable Energy Conference 2026. With her are co-authors Dr Yared Abera (left) and Martina Mariani. Picture: Desmond Thompson
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Taking sustainable energy research from the lab to the market

South African researchers should measure success not only by publications and patents, but by the tangible technologies, businesses and jobs their work creates...
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Lecture on artificial intelligence: From academic breakthroughs to mainstream utilisation

Lecture on artificial intelligence: From academic breakthroughs to mainstream utilisation

​​Prof Euro Beinat of the University of Salzburg recently delivered a public lecture at Stellenbosch University that gives more weight and direction to the...

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Collaboration further strengthens Telematic Schools Project

Collaboration further strengthens Telematic Schools Project

​​​Ohlange High School is a secondary school in Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded by John Langalibalele Dube, who was also the founder and...

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A day in the life of: Khairoonisa Foflonker

A day in the life of: Khairoonisa Foflonker

Having joined Stellenbosch University (SU) in 2017, Khairoonisa Foflonker, manager of the Student Affairs Division on our Tygerberg campus, spends her days...

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A study of calcium concentrations in apple cultivars shows the dynamics of nutrient allocation

Researchers at Stellenbosch University studied the calcium content in dormant reproductive apple buds of four apple cultivars. The 'Royal Gala', 'Cripps Pink'...

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Titan of activism, jurisprudence, and academia returns to Stellenbosch

Titan of activism, jurisprudence, and academia returns to Stellenbosch

​​​Justice Edwin Cameron will be installed as Stellenbosch University’s 15th Chancellor on 18 May 2022. Click here to view the event, which will be live...

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SU FMHS strongly condemns racist incident

SU FMHS strongly condemns racist incident

Dear Colleague and Student

Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) strongly condemns the malicious, hurtful and racist...

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