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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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​  Apherese: effective treatment for Long-COVID?

​ Apherese: effective treatment for Long-COVID?

A team of researchers from Stellenbosch University's (SU) Department of Physiological Sciences are on their way to Mülheim in Germany to collaborate with and...

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Economics lecturer Le Roux Burrows says good-bye after 37 years

Economics lecturer Le Roux Burrows says good-bye after 37 years

Come 2022, economics lecturer Mr Le Roux Burrows will no longer take on that daily drive from his home in Kleinmond to Stellenbosch University. Instead, he...

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National Children’s Day: Children deserve an education in a safe, healthy environment

National Children’s Day: Children deserve an education in a safe, healthy environment

​​National Children's Day is celebrated annually on the first Saturday in November. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Dr Chris Jones (Unit for Moral...

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Top SU researchers receive NRF awards

Top SU researchers receive NRF awards

Seven prominent researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) were honoured by the National Research Foundation (NRF) at the recent annual NRF Awards. The awards...

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French knighthood in agriculture for SU wine researcher

French knighthood in agriculture for SU wine researcher

​The French government has bestowed a ceremonial knighthood, the Chevalier dans l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole (Knight in the Order of Agricultural Merit), upon...

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How to encourage poor young men to open up about vulnerabilities

How to encourage poor young men to open up about vulnerabilities

​How does one encourage poor marginalised young men in informal settlements to speak with candour about their insecurities and challenges?

This is one of the...

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