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Guests of honour at the Career Day for Law Students
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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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SU chemist elected first president of African Crystallographic Association

SU chemist elected first president of African Crystallographic Association

Prof Delia Haynes, a chemist at Stellenbosch University's Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, was elected as the first president of the newly...

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Prof Robinson elected as president of SAERA

Prof Robinson elected as president of SAERA

​Stellenbosch University's (SU) Prof Maureen Robinson has been elected president of the South African Education Research Association (SAERA).

Robinson is one of...

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Magnesium: an underrated mineral supplement for improved sleep and mental health

Magnesium: an underrated mineral supplement for improved sleep and mental health

​Adding a magnesium supplement to your daily routine may help to relieve a variety of sleep disorders and improve your quality of life, health, and mental...

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SU bursary a launch pad for successful career in sport physiotherapy

SU bursary a launch pad for successful career in sport physiotherapy

​A physiotherapy graduate from 2012 has been selected as one of the Mail & Guardian newspaper's Top 200 South Africans for 2021, an honour which has led to him...

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Innovative first-year med student launches ‘bot’ to recruit organ donors

Innovative first-year med student launches ‘bot’ to recruit organ donors

​Thousands of people in South Africa are in need of organs to save their lives, and yet a miniscule percentage of the country's population are organ donors. In...

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Collaboration helps develop aspiring and emerging scholars in and for Africa

Collaboration helps develop aspiring and emerging scholars in and for Africa

​Africa Universities' Day was celebrated last week (Friday 12 November). In an opinion piece for Cape Times, Prof Sarah Howie from the Africa Centre for...

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