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Career Day inspires future lawyers to carry Mandela’s legacy forward
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Mandela Day: Madiba’s life a reminder that liberation, journey to freedom continue
SU economics student Tiaan de Swardt aces budget speech competition
Economics students Tiaan de Swardt and Ryan Young continued the tradition of excellence at Stellenbosch University (SU) when they were awarded top prizes in...
Students celebrate the joy of texts
VER[r]AS, the student society of the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, launched the 2021 edition of Penseel on Wednesday 2 March. Twenty eight poets and short...
MIT honour for SU’s Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation
The Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University (SU) recently received international acclaim when its work on identifying...
World Wildlife Day: UN promotes the sustainable use of endangered species
Wednesday (3 March) is World Wildlife Day. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Deborah Vorhies and Francis Vorhies (African Wildlife Economy Institute)...
Elephants: ambassadors in the quest to save Africa’s ancient wildlife corridors
To elephant expert Dr Katharina von Dürckheim, being in the bush is her “true north". She has pursued this passion as a wildlife scientist, wildlife editor...
Wolfgang Preiser—co-discoverer of SARS-CoV-2 variants
Professor Wolfgang Preiser, head of the Division of Medical Virology at Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), was recently...