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Spirits run high as SU prepares to welcome its new Maties
A world-class biomedical research facility in Africa, for Africa
South African Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Mr Buti Manamela, commended Stellenbosch University (SU) on its visionary...
Future Professor: From a mute boy to a master of languages
Until he was six years old, Gibson Ncube didn't utter a word. Today the boy who suffered from mutism, speaks four African and three international languages.
D...
AfCFTA not a silver bullet to increase SA’s agricultural exports in Africa
Does the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) present an opportunity for South Africa (SA) to further expand its agricultural exports into the...
African penguins: climate refugees from a distant past
A new study on the paleo-historical geographic range of the endangered African penguin since the last Ice Age paints a grave picture of a species in steep...
Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng delivers 17th Annual Human Rights Lecture
The 17th Annual Human Rights Lecture, hosted by the HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law, Prof Sandra Liebenberg and the Acting Dean of the Law Faculty...
Feedback - SAHRC Report on Language
At its meeting on Monday 17 April 2023, the Council of Stellenbosch University (SU) noted and agreed that while there are aspects of the South African Human...