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Policy Playbook leverages AI to fast-track the fight against GBV

South Africa faces many critical challenges, but few are as pervasive and devastating as Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF). In a historic move...
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Alex Muthua wants to help improve facial recognition technology

Alex Muthua wants to help improve facial recognition technology

​Facial recognition technology is used in many different areas – from airports, retail stores, healthcare, law enforcement and marketing to banks – to identify...

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German vice chancellor ‘very impressed’ with SU’s research, facilities

German vice chancellor ‘very impressed’ with SU’s research, facilities

​A delegation of high-level German visitors, including the German Vice Chancellor, recently met with top Stellenbosch University (SU) scientists at the new...

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SU cements relationships with leading European universities

SU cements relationships with leading European universities

​In November, Stellenbosch University (SU) hosted the The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities on the Stellenbosch campus for knowledge exchange...

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PhD graduate addresses gender-based violence

PhD graduate addresses gender-based violence

​S’lindile Thabede studied somatology after high school and worked as a therapist in skin and body care for several years. This month, just over a decade after...

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Agricultural pioneer receives honorary degree from SU

Agricultural pioneer receives honorary degree from SU

​​Thomas Dreyer (Tommie) van Zyl, a prominent thought leader and innovator in South Africa’s agriculture sector, was awarded an honorary degree by his alma...

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DRD presents new digital magazine "Research for Impact"

DRD presents new digital magazine "Research for Impact"

​​Welcome to ‘Research for Impact’, the digital research magazine of the Division for Research Development (DRD)  https://www0.sun.ac.za/researchforimpact...

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