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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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Alcohol ban linked to fewer Cape Town fires – SU study

Alcohol ban linked to fewer Cape Town fires – SU study

​New research from Stellenbosch University (SU) shows that there is a strong correlation between alcohol consumption and residential fire incidents. ​

​The study...

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Meet the 2025 cohort of Matiepreneurs headed for EDHE Intervarsity Regionals

Meet the 2025 cohort of Matiepreneurs headed for EDHE Intervarsity Regionals

​​Seven student entrepreneurs from Stellenbosch University (SU) have advanced to the regional round of the 2025 Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education...

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Women’s Day highlights key challenges

Women’s Day highlights key challenges

​Forced marriages, sexual corruption, and polycystic ovary syndrome. These are some of the issues that experts at Stellenbosch University highlighted in opinion...

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PhD student awarded prestigious scholarship for research on electric minibus taxis

PhD student awarded prestigious scholarship for research on electric minibus taxis

​Mienke Knipe, a doctoral student in transport economics at Stellenbosch University, has recently been awarded the prestigious Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship...

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Driving change in science and society

Driving change in science and society

​Continuing with the FMHS Women's Month Series, we spotlight Maambele Khosa. At just 29 years of age, she exemplifies the power of purposeful leadership across...

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Prof Ruojuan Zheng: Creating Access, Cultivating Confidence

Prof Ruojuan Zheng: Creating Access, Cultivating Confidence

​For Professor Ruojuan Zheng, co-director of the Confucius Institute at Stellenbosch University (CISU), access is not a passive concept. It's something to be...

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