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Spirits run high as SU prepares to welcome its new Maties
SU improves its position on QS subject rankings
Stellenbosch University (SU) can count itself among the leading higher education institutions globally in the broad subject areas of Life Science and...
Study explores use of invasive Port Jackson trees, plastic bags to build low-cost housing
A new composite material made from invasive Port Jackson trees and recycled low-grade plastic waste could help solve South Africa's social housing crisis, and...
World Water Day: Are there pesticides in my water?
World Water Day is celebrated annually on 22 March. In an opinion piece for the Cape Times, Master's student Emma Davies and Dr Reynold Chow from the...
South Africa’s judiciary should be more representative
The International Day of Women Judges was observed recently (10 March). In an opinion piece for the Cape Times, Prof Nicola Smit, Dean of Faculty of Law, wrote...
Human Rights Day: Rights of the vulnerable and marginalised also deserve attention
South Africans celebrated Human Rights Day on 21 March. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University write that we should do more to...
On failure, trust and our common humanity
Prof Elmi Muller, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University delivered this speech at the Colleague of Medicine of South...