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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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Every day a new adventure as a campus tour guide

Every day a new adventure as a campus tour guide

*Lianke Potgieter is a second-year MBChB student and also one of the eager student tour guides that regularly take guests to our campus on enriching tours of...

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Social Justice Conference and Summit inspire collaboration and solutions for pressing problems

Social Justice Conference and Summit inspire collaboration and solutions for pressing problems

​Business and civil society have a role and responsibility regarding advancing social justice, though such role is less onerous than that of governments. This...

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University of Bath visits SU Division for Learning and Teaching Enhancement (DLTE)

University of Bath visits SU Division for Learning and Teaching Enhancement (DLTE)

From October 18 to 20, a delegation from the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Bath visited Stellenbosch University. Their visit kicked off...

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Times Higher Education Subject ranking confirms SU’s world-class academic offering

Times Higher Education Subject ranking confirms SU’s world-class academic offering

​Stellenbosch University (SU) can hold its own among the best universities in the world in the subject areas of Law, Clinical and Health, Education, Arts and...

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Listen, Live and Learn discussion during Woordfees explores the complexities of Coloured culture

Listen, Live and Learn discussion during Woordfees explores the complexities of Coloured culture

​Since​​ the Toyota SU Woordfees (Wordfest), an annual arts festival held in Stellenbosch, concluded, the productions, live television and radio broadcasts...

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Huis Visser uses ping pong to spread awareness of breast cancer

Huis Visser uses ping pong to spread awareness of breast cancer

​Huis Visser recently organised an event on the Rooiplein to raise awareness about Breast Cancer and used a fun version of ping pong to spread the word about...

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