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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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Minister Mbombo welcomes first cohort of Bachelor of Nursing graduates to healthcare system

Minister Mbombo welcomes first cohort of Bachelor of Nursing graduates to healthcare system

The nursing profession requires you to use not only your hands and head, but also your heart, in the service of patients. This was the message Western Cape...

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SU Law Clinic attorney's doctorate helps to protect vulnerable people

SU Law Clinic attorney's doctorate helps to protect vulnerable people

Stellenbosch University Law Clinic senior attorney and lecturer Stephan van der Merwe graduated with a LLD this month after successfully defending his...

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Building capacity to monitor for pesticide pollution in Western Cape rivers

Building capacity to monitor for pesticide pollution in Western Cape rivers

Geoenvironmental scientists at Stellenbosch University (SU) are working with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Research (Eawag) in Switzerland to develop...

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Prof Ilse Feinauer receives Chancellor's Award for research

Prof Ilse Feinauer receives Chancellor's Award for research

​Prof Ilse Feinauer of the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch received a Chancellor's Award for sustained excellence in research on Monday 5 December 2022. A...

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Portraits from the Pandemic – “We are all doing our best"

Portraits from the Pandemic – “We are all doing our best"

​F​​rom old souls who collect teas from across the world, to a burnt-out lawyer and a writer who has lost her sparkle. For those of us dealing with intense...

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PhD graduate crosses graduation stage on his 30th birthday

PhD graduate crosses graduation stage on his 30th birthday

​​Monday 5 December 2022 was a big day for Dr Hillary Chibaya. Not only did he cross the graduation stage to receive his doctoral degree from Stellenbosch...

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