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A joyful celebration filled with blessings for SU’s 13th Rector and Vice-Chancellor
‘Massive adventure’ awaits Matie student headed to Oxford on Rhodes Scholarship in 2024
Stellenbosch University (SU) student Tessa Malan has been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford next year. The former...
Prof Susana Clusella-Trullas examines cold-blooded animals’ response to climate change
Prof Susana Clusella-Trullas from the Department of Botany and Zoology in the Faculty of Science delivered her inaugural lecture on 19 September 2023. The...
Hidden Years Music Archive: Discover a musical treasure at SU on Heritage Day
Heritage Day, celebrated annually on 24 September, gives South Africans an opportunity to rejoice and reminisce about our country's rich cultural heritage. At...
SU Archive – our University's institutional memory bank
American writer and Nobel Laureate Pearl Buck once said: “If you want to understand today you have to search yesterday.” At Stellenbosch University (SU), an...
Wole Soyinka: Nobel laureate charms SU audience with razor-sharp wit and wisdom
There are a number of things Wole Soyinka dislikes – one of which is social media. And he's also not keen on people trespassing on his secluded forest...
SoA first-years secure first prize in Deloitte competition
From left to right: Matthew Privett, Sansar Maharaj, Anthony Oosthuizen Keegan Kisten Nicola Vermeulen
Photo credit: Lelethu Roto
In an...