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Noku Katom
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Theology graduate is proof that education has no expiry date

When teenage pregnancy and early parenting felt like a double-edged sword, Noku Katom made a life-changing decision: She would “go and fetch herself”. This week...
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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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Connected to Africa: Prof Haynes’ passion for crystals unlocks potential

Connected to Africa: Prof Haynes’ passion for crystals unlocks potential

​​​The institutional theme at Stellenbosch University (SU) for May this year is “Connected to Africa” and on 25 May we celebrated Africa Day with the rest of...

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Anatomy from another perspective

Anatomy from another perspective

Modelling clay is not an item regularly found on requisition forms of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS). Yet anatomy lecturer Janine Correia...

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More cybersecurity awareness needed in SANDF

More cybersecurity awareness needed in SANDF

​​The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is just as vulnerable to cyberattacks as any other entity or organisation. To prevent or mitigate...

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