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Prof Bonang Mohale during question time after delivering the 14th annual honorary Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert (FVZS) lecture on 18 March 2026.
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Events

Mohale challenges South Africans: What kind of leaders are we choosing?

As South Africa heads towards elections within the next year, citizens should be asking a simple but urgent question: What kind of leaders are we choosing? This...
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Siphumeze Tshongweni: Young sangoma offers a voice for others

Siphumeze Tshongweni: Young sangoma offers a voice for others

YOUTH MONTH

This Youth Month, we're celebrating students who are driving positive change on campus, in their communities and beyond. Through their leadership...

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Stellenbosch University medical students launch SA's first transplant support unit at Tygerberg Hospital

Medicine and health

Stellenbosch University medical students launch SA's first transplant support unit at Tygerberg Hospital

A dedicated specialised support unit for organ donors – dubbed the “Life Pod" – will officially launch at Tygerberg Hospital on Wednesday, 4 June 2025. The...

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Prof Elmi Muller receives honorary doctorate from Lund University

Prof Elmi Muller receives honorary doctorate from Lund University

Professor Elmi Muller, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of...

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Abigail Larsen: Social entrepreneur plans to change the world for good

Abigail Larsen: Social entrepreneur plans to change the world for good

​​YOUTH MONTH

This Youth Month, we're celebrating students who are driving positive change on campus, in their communities and beyond. Through their leadership...

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Future Professors Programme: More than just a capacity-building initiative

Future Professors Programme: More than just a capacity-building initiative

Dr Sanjeev Rambharose, a senior lecturer in the Department of Physiological Sciences, was selected to participate in the Future Professors Programme's (FPP)...

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The role of ecotones in a changing world

The role of ecotones in a changing world

​​​In the plight of global environmental change, the study of ecotones is gaining traction in the scientific community.

Ecotones are spatially complex...

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