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Awards and milestones

South Africa’s top learner ‘super excited’ to become a Matie

Abigail Kok can be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed. The week after she was announced as South Africa’s top national achiever in the 2025 National...
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Accounting student conquers impairment to trounce SAICA exam

Accounting student conquers impairment to trounce SAICA exam

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Accounting student conquers impairment to trounce SAICA exam

Adjusting to university life as a first-year accounting student is...

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SU Law Faculty to establish Gys Steyn Chair in Financial Regulation Law

SU Law Faculty to establish Gys Steyn Chair in Financial Regulation Law

Various factors can impact the effective functioning of the financial system and render it vulnerable to instability and manipulation, which could affect...

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Addressing Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Social Protection via Progress on MDGs and the Inception of SDGs

Addressing Poverty, Food Insecurity, and Social Protection via Progress on MDGs and the Inception of SDGs

​​The progress made towards reaching the millennium development goals (MDGs) and the significance of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) were covered in a...

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First Open Repositories Conference at SU a buzz of brilliance

First Open Repositories Conference at SU a buzz of brilliance

​​​​​​​​​In the rapidly evolving digital era, with a plethora of data being generated every second, the management and access to data have become increasingly...

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New York scholar brings extraordinary skills to SU Journalism

New York scholar brings extraordinary skills to SU Journalism

​​A South African media expert based in America has joined Stellenbosch University’s Department of Journalism as an extraordinary professor. Although he has...

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Xeketwana talks about ubuntu and African languages at University of Pardubice

Xeketwana talks about ubuntu and African languages at University of Pardubice

​​​​​​​On 16 June, Dr Simthembile Xeketwana (Department Curriculum Studies) was hosted by the Language Centre of the University of Pardubice in the Czech...

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