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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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SU to quality-assure new international school-leaving qualification

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SU to quality-assure new international school-leaving qualification

Stellenbosch University (SU) is proud to be the quality assurer of the International Secondary Certificate (ISC), a new school-leaving qualification developed...

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New CCA entities to inspire African collaboration

New CCA entities to inspire African collaboration

​At its annual strategic planning towards the end of January, SU International's Centre for Collaboration in Africa (CCA) chose as its motto for the year...

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Time to use Covid knowledge to speed up HIV vaccine development, says SAMRC head

Time to use Covid knowledge to speed up HIV vaccine development, says SAMRC head

​​​​​​​The decades-long research into HIV vaccines laid the groundwork that enabled the rapid development of Covid-19 vaccines. Now we need to speed up work in...

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Stellenbosch University’s Africa Open Institute Shines at the Recent Humanities and Social Sciences Awards

Stellenbosch University’s Africa Open Institute Shines at the Recent Humanities and Social Sciences Awards

On 31 March 2022, the Stellenbosch University-based herri received the Award 2022 for Best Digital Humanities Collection Visualisation / Infographics from the...

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Fourth-year student wins Brightest Young Minds Award

Fourth-year student wins Brightest Young Minds Award

​A fourth-year medical student at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Melt Hugo, has been selected as one of the Top 100...

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Freedom Day: What does freedom really mean in 2022?

Freedom Day: What does freedom really mean in 2022?

​On Wednesday 27 April, South Africans celebrate Freedom Day. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University reflect on the meaning of...

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