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Career Day inspires future lawyers to carry Mandela’s legacy forward

Three decades after South Africa adopted one of the world’s most progressive constitutions, more than 150 aspiring lawyers gathered at Stellenbosch University...
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Reimagining student life and success on campus

Reimagining student life and success on campus

​​​Advancing student life and success is at the heart of meeting one of Stellenbosch University's goals to provide a transformative student experience. This...

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Periperi U/UNDP course boosts disaster risk capacity in Sahel

Periperi U/UNDP course boosts disaster risk capacity in Sahel

​Periperi U, an African universities partnership aimed at building local disaster risk management capacity, recently hosted a four-week online course on...

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Drones and elephants: this is the way to go

Drones and elephants: this is the way to go

​Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers have been involved in the first ever paper to be published containing practical guidelines and a suggested ethical...

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Dr Daniels makes history in SA viticultural circles

Dr Daniels makes history in SA viticultural circles

When Andries Daniels receives his doctorate in the Faculty of AgriSciences at Stellenbosch University (SU) in mid-December, he will become the first black...

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Postdoctoral fellow puzzled by genetics of invasive beetle

Postdoctoral fellow puzzled by genetics of invasive beetle

​Geneticist Dr Anandi Bierman, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology at Stellenbosch University (SU) is one of many...

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A journey in winemaking: from harvest hand to PhD in hand

A journey in winemaking: from harvest hand to PhD in hand

​Thirty years ago, Dr Anton Nel started off his career in the wine world as a laboratory assistant and a harvest hand. Now, at the age of 52, he has obtained a...

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