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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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African solutions needed to help identify SA’s unknown dead — Kathryn Smith

African solutions needed to help identify SA’s unknown dead — Kathryn Smith

​South Africa is grappling with a silent mass disaster of missing and unidentified people that requires collaborative interventions and solutions unique to our...

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Enter our June-July photo competition celebrating World Environment Day 2023

Enter our June-July photo competition celebrating World Environment Day 2023

​​This year the theme for World Environment Day 2023 reminds us that our actions on plastic pollution matters. Stellenbosch University's Environmental...

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Frontier ‘Eco2Wine’ EU Horizon Europe Doctoral Training Network project set to boost innovation

Frontier ‘Eco2Wine’ EU Horizon Europe Doctoral Training Network project set to boost innovation

​​Stellenbosch University is part of a consortium of eight academic institutions from around the world that are involved in the science of winemaking and have...

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Business English Course Programme at SU for Student Cohort from Côte D’Ivoire

Business English Course Programme at SU for Student Cohort from Côte D’Ivoire

From 9 May to 12 June 2023, a group of 23 Business Studies Masters' students from the National Institute of Polytechnics Félix Houphouët Boigny (INP-HB) in...

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Contextualising China’s Role in Global Governance

Contextualising China’s Role in Global Governance

​Harmony, China's most cherished social value, excellently mirrors the social impact of rationale, propriety, and compatibility; three characteristics that can...

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