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Dr Thembani Dube, a lecturer in the Department of History at SU, capped her sister, Sukoluhle Linda Duba, a junior lecturer at the Department of Economics, on graduation day.
Image by: Henk Oets

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Linda Dube played on through grief to earn her master’s degree

In the early hours of 4 December 2024 in Kimberley, far from home and in the middle of a football tournament where she represented Stellenbosch University (SU)...
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Indigenous, underutilised crops can boost food and nutrition security in Africa

Indigenous, underutilised crops can boost food and nutrition security in Africa

​Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security was celebrated on Monday 30 October. In an opinion piece for the Cape Times, Dr Ethel Phiri from the Sustainable...

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Message from the Rector - assessment wishes and important information about SU support services

Message from the Rector - assessment wishes and important information about SU support services

​​​​​​​Dear students

At the start of the November assessment period at Stellenbosch University (SU), I would like to wish you all the best with your exam...

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Prominent microbiome scientist, Thulani Makhalanyane, joins Stellenbosch University

Prominent microbiome scientist, Thulani Makhalanyane, joins Stellenbosch University

​​Stellenbosch University welcomes internationally renowned microbiome researcher Thulani Makhalanyane, who joins the University today (1 November) to take up...

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Eco-friendly shark barrier technology from South Africa installed in the Bahamas

Eco-friendly shark barrier technology from South Africa installed in the Bahamas

​​​The eco-friendly SharkSafe BarrierTM technology, developed by marine biologists at Stellenbosch University (SU) and their collaborators, and manufactured in...

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SUNLearn 2024 Module Rollover

SUNLearn 2024 Module Rollover

Dear SUNLearn facilitators (1-11-2023)

It is that time of the year again to bring 2023 to completion and to start with the rollover process to activate modules...

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The Sky is not the limit

The Sky is not the limit

She remembers how her mother told her the sky was the limit. Only when she was sitting on the highest peak of the world, did Saray Khumala realise that her...

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