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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
Top computer science students recognised for 2020 achievements
Working on improving the automated image recognition of individual leopards from photographs for her BScHonours project in Computer Sciences at Stellenbosch...
The hunt for coronavirus variants: how the new one was found and what we know so far
The hunt for coronavirus variants: how the new one was found and what we know so farSince early in the COVID pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance...
Dr Chris Jones’s book wins most downloaded book award
The BNC congratulates Chris Jones* and Juri van den Heever on winning the following award:
- Most downloaded book during 2020 in the Humanities & Social Sciences...
Biofilters with indigenous plants more effective in removing pollutants from stormwater
Biofilters with indigenous South African plants such as palmiet, mat sedge, soft rush, cobra lily and vleibiesie are more efficient than unvegetated soils in...
First short course for book clubs a resounding success
If you relish reading and would like to get more out of Afrikaans novels and volumes of poetry, you've just missed an opportunity to learn how to delve deeper...
State-of-the-art biorepository a first in Africa
The brand new, state-of-the-art Biorepository Unit that was recently established at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences makes storage of precious...