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Clio and KD Sass on their graduation day.
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Sass twins honour their activist mom, an SU alumna, on graduation day

In the early 1980’s a young medical student’s dreams came crashing down. As an activist protesting the injustices of apartheid, Patricia Grace Rorich was...
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SU's School for Data Science and Computational Thinking celebrates five pioneering years

SU's School for Data Science and Computational Thinking celebrates five pioneering years

Five pioneering years of artificial intelligence, genome surveillance and machine learning, as well as an Italian knighthood and recognition not once, but twice...

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Informative JICA Lecture sheds light on Japan’s mass media evolution

Informative JICA Lecture sheds light on Japan’s mass media evolution

​A fascinating perspective on the media landscape came to light during a recent lecture by a Japanese media expert at Stellenbosch University (SU). The third...

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Social Impact: Career guidance project changes young lives

Social Impact: Career guidance project changes young lives

With Stellenbosch University's (SU) focus on social impact awareness in July, this series of profiles celebrates remarkable individuals and teams who make a...

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Homeless people’s property is property, regardless of its economic value.

Homeless people’s property is property, regardless of its economic value.

​Cape Town's Unlawful Occupation By-Law, which allows for the confiscation of homeless people's personal belongings, must be reformed to ensure that all...

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Why should we care about insects?

Why should we care about insects?

​World Nature Conservation Day was observed on Sunday 28 July. In an opinion piece for the Mail & Guardian, Prof Michael Samways from the Department of...

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EMS Dean says farewell after six years

EMS Dean says farewell after six years

EMS Dean says farewell after six years

After six years as Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) Prof Ingrid Woolard will be taking up a new position as Executive Dean of the...

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