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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.
Image by: Henk Oets

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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Ensuring integrity, authenticity of student learning in AI era

Ensuring integrity, authenticity of student learning in AI era

​​In an article for University World News titled “AI, pedagogy, assessment: Shifting to a design-based pedagogy" Prof Aslam Fataar, Professor in Higher...

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A day in the life… Yeki Mosomothane

A day in the life… Yeki Mosomothane

Published in May to commemorate Workers' Day, our annual #dayinthelife series spotlights our staff at Stellenbosch University (SU). This year, we highlight...

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Comrades 2025: Help our Maties go the distance

Comrades 2025: Help our Maties go the distance

​Stellenbosch University (SU) is calling on all Maties and friends of Maties running the 2025 Comrades Marathon to join the #Move4Maties community and raise...

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Prof Joel Modiri delivers SU's 7th Africa Day Lecture

Prof Joel Modiri delivers SU's 7th Africa Day Lecture

​​A powerful and sobering lecture by legal scholar and public intellectual Prof Joel Modiri headlined Stellenbosch University's 7th Annual Africa Day Lecture on...

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Carrying forward a pioneering medical tradition

Carrying forward a pioneering medical tradition

Within the buzzing halls of Tygerberg Hospital's neonatal unit, Dr Gugu Kali carries forward a medical legacy nearly a century in the making. As she guides her...

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Young Entrepreneurship Programme empowers learners for the future

Young Entrepreneurship Programme empowers learners for the future

The Young Entrepreneurship Programme (YEP) at Stellenbosch University (SU) is helping high school learners from disadvantaged communities around Stellenbosch...

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