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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.
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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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New group of Dell Young Leaders start their journey

New group of Dell Young Leaders start their journey

Not even the rain could dampen the spirit of hope and exuberance among the 213 Stellenbosch University first-year students welcomed into the Dell Young Leaders...

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Prof Jonathan Jansen formally inducted as member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Prof Jonathan Jansen formally inducted as member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

​Rubbing shoulders with leading international scholars was an “experience of a lifetime", says Prof Professor Jonathan Jansen, Distinguished Professor in...

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My Brew Coffee Roastery sponsors student’s field trip to Mongolia

My Brew Coffee Roastery sponsors student’s field trip to Mongolia

Dr Ryan T. Tucker and postgraduate student Jesse van Niekerk recently returned from an eight-week-long field trip to the East Gobi Basin in Mongolia to collect...

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New CIRCoRe workstream head aims to advance categorisation and science at SU

New CIRCoRe workstream head aims to advance categorisation and science at SU

​​Phila Msimang, the incoming Head of the CIRCoRe Workstream “Race, Human Categorisation and Science" (RHCS), recently met with the Stellenbosch University (SU...

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‘Net-positive’ Matie to use Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford to make the world better

‘Net-positive’ Matie to use Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford to make the world better

​​Stellenbosch University (SU) student Humairaa Moosa can now add Rhodes-Scholar elect to her long list of accomplishments and awards. The BCom Honours student...

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Agreement between SU’s Campus Health and Stellenbosch Hospital streamlines services

Agreement between SU’s Campus Health and Stellenbosch Hospital streamlines services

A groundbreaking agreement was recently signed between Stellenbosch University's Campus Health Service and the Stellenbosch Hospital that will have a positive...

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