Skip to main content

Stories

Discover stories of our pursuit of impactful solutions, building learning communities that leverage the latest technologies, 
and our exceptional people.

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...
Read more
Prof Juliana Claassens honoured for global impact in gender and biblical studies

Prof Juliana Claassens honoured for global impact in gender and biblical studies

Prof Juliana Claassens, a leading scholar at the Department of Old and New Testament of Stellenbosch University (SU), has been awarded a prestigious Humboldt...

Read more
Stellenbosch University Celebrates International Chinese Language Day with Cultural Showcase

Stellenbosch University Celebrates International Chinese Language Day with Cultural Showcase

​To mark International Chinese Language Day 2025, the Confucius Institute at Stellenbosch University (CISU), hosted a cultural celebration on 25 April...

Read more
Strengthening Science Communication: Stellenbosch Students Participate in VIU Spring School

Strengthening Science Communication: Stellenbosch Students Participate in VIU Spring School

Empowering researchers with communication and engagement skills is essential to transform scientific discoveries into public understanding, trust, and...

Read more
Freedom Day: Experts focus on moral leadership, moral imagination and religion

Freedom Day: Experts focus on moral leadership, moral imagination and religion

​South Africans celebrated Freedom Day on 27 April. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University emphasised the importance of moral...

Read more
New research chair at SU to impact the blue economy

New research chair at SU to impact the blue economy

​​​Prof Annie Bekker from Stellenbosch University’s (SU’s) Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering has been awarded the DSTI/NRF-SAIMI SARChI...

Read more
New 'data science HQ' is a space for collaboration and exploration

New 'data science HQ' is a space for collaboration and exploration

More than five years since it was launched, Stellenbosch University's globally renowned School for Data Science and Computational Thinking has a new home at the...

Read more