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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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Stellenbosch University leads groundbreaking research project in paediatric Tuberculous meningitis

Stellenbosch University leads groundbreaking research project in paediatric Tuberculous meningitis

In a groundbreaking endeavour, an ambitious new research project (iThemba) was recently launched at Tygerberg Children's Hospital in collaboration with the...

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ChatGPT offers opportunities to renew traditional methods of assessment

ChatGPT offers opportunities to renew traditional methods of assessment

​​​In a recent article for the Daily Maverick, Prof Michael le Cordeur, Vice-Dean: Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Education, wrote that artificial...

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SU student receives Kambule Award for best doctoral dissertation in computational sciences

SU student receives Kambule Award for best doctoral dissertation in computational sciences

The prestigious Thamsanqa W. Kambule Award for the best doctoral dissertation in the computational and statistical sciences at an African university was...

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Two young SU scientists win prestigious national awards

Two young SU scientists win prestigious national awards

​Two talented postgraduate students at Stellenbosch University, Nyeleti Mabaso and Leanne Nortjé, won prestigious South Africa Women in Science Awards (SAWiSA)...

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SU geology student earns top presentation award at international conference

SU geology student earns top presentation award at international conference

​​​Research on the origin of gold deposits in the Kibali region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has earned a geology student at Stellenbosch...

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#IdeasForChange Food Security Challenge: Elevating Stellenbosch's Future

#IdeasForChange Food Security Challenge: Elevating Stellenbosch's Future

Stellenbosch Network's fifth edition of its #IdeasForChange Challenge will focus on revolutionizing the way we think about food security to inspire innovative...

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