Skip to main content

Stories

Discover stories of our pursuit of impactful solutions, building learning communities that leverage the latest technologies, 
and our exceptional people.

Prof Quinette Louw (third from left) and Luigia Nicholas (second from right) with other contributors at the launch of the report in Nairobi
Image by: Supplied

Media release

New SU-led report highlights Africa's assistive technology access crisis

Access to assistive technologies – tools, devices and systems that help people with disabilities perform everyday tasks more easily – remains limited and uneven...
Read more
'Philanthropic donations have become essential'

'Philanthropic donations have become essential'

As higher education becomes increasingly unaffordable and university budgets are strained, philanthropic donations have become essential in creating broad...

Read more
The Double-Edged Sword of Societal Femininity

The Double-Edged Sword of Societal Femininity

“Men act, women appear.  (John Berger 1972, 47)" [1]

Grappling with my femininity is something that I never expected to struggle with growing up. I always liked...

Read more
Casual Day 2021

Casual Day 2021

This year we celebrate and participate in the 27th Casual Day on 3 September 2021. While the 'new normal' has required that we isolate ourselves from friends...

Read more
Permission to be

Permission to be

Women's month

like many before,

calls us to remember

all women.

Boldly carrying communities

inherited from their mothers.

Air thick and full of chanting and...

Read more
Innovus celebrates women entrepreneurs

Innovus celebrates women entrepreneurs

​Innovus, Stellenbosch University's university-industry innovation interaction platform for the commercialisation of SU's assets, celebrates our women...

Read more
Hundreds of Cape Fur seals entangled in fishing lines and nets every year

Hundreds of Cape Fur seals entangled in fishing lines and nets every year

Fishing line and nets are having a major impact on Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus), the most common marine mammal observed around the...

Read more