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Pokkel. SU's mascot, welcomes new students to SU
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Spirits run high as SU prepares to welcome its new Maties

Thousands of newcomer students will arrive on Stellenbosch University’s (SU) campuses from Monday 26 January to take part in the official Welcoming Programme...
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Multi-skilling yourself as an accounting professional of the future

Multi-skilling yourself as an accounting professional of the future

The accounting profession is going through a period of significant change. A couple of years ago many argued that mandatory audit firm rotation was the most...

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Felix helps FMHS departments reach their fundraising goals

Felix helps FMHS departments reach their fundraising goals

“People don't give money to strangers; they give it to friends. Therefore, I regard myself as a friend- as well as a fundraiser."

This is the philosophy of...

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Weevil researcher helps build "genetic library" of South African species

Weevil researcher helps build "genetic library" of South African species

​As a child, a book about weevils borrowed from the Benoni Library gave Dr Steffan Hansen his first glimpse into the world of these beetles. Over the years his...

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SU students and alumni off to Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physiology and Medicine

SU students and alumni off to Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physiology and Medicine

Four young scientists and alumni from Stellenbosch University (SU) will be part of the group of nine young South African scientists who have been selected to...

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World Environment Day: Civil disobedience and the climate activist movement

World Environment Day: Civil disobedience and the climate activist movement

​​​World Environment Day is observed annually on 5 June. In an opinion piece for News24, Prof Oilver Ruppel from the Department of Mercantile Law writes that...

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Outcome of motions - Extraordinary meeting of the SU Convocation

Outcome of motions - Extraordinary meeting of the SU Convocation

The Management of Stellenbosch University (SU) notes the outcome of the extraordinary meeting of the Convocation held on the evening of Thursday, 1 June 2023...

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