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A joyful celebration filled with blessings for SU’s 13th Rector and Vice-Chancellor

The informal celebration of the inauguration of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) new Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Deresh Ramjugernath, started on a festive...
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In Memoriam: Prof Elmarie Costandius  

In Memoriam: Prof Elmarie Costandius  

​​​It is with profound sorrow that Stellenbosch University (SU) mourns the untimely passing of Prof Elmarie Costandius, a visionary academic and a beacon of...

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SU disability research highlighted in The Lancet

SU disability research highlighted in The Lancet

Experts from Stellenbosch University's (SU) Division of Physiotherapy recently had two articles published in the esteemed medical journal, The Lancet.

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After 10 years and 44 distinctions, Dr Keaton Harris has achieved his dream

After 10 years and 44 distinctions, Dr Keaton Harris has achieved his dream

​You could write a book about the heart wrenching obstacles Keaton Harris had to endure to get where he is today – graduating cum laude as a medical doctor at...

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Engineering graduate plans to pay SU skills forward

Engineering graduate plans to pay SU skills forward

​​​When Kabelo Tlhabadira moves to the town Kathu in the Northern Cape in January to start his career as a civil engineer-in-training at the Sishen Mine, he...

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Mom gets to cap son on graduation day

Mom gets to cap son on graduation day

The ecstatic celebrations of graduation day sometimes obscure the harrowing struggles students and their families endure to make it to the finishing line. For...

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Blind Paralympic swimmer makes waves with historic LLD degree

Blind Paralympic swimmer makes waves with historic LLD degree

​​The blind South African Paralympic swimmer and medal winner, Hendri Herbst, is the perfect embodiment of the saying “where there is a will, there is a way"...

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