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A joyful celebration filled with blessings for SU’s 13th Rector and Vice-Chancellor
Leka overcomes life-threatening illness to earn Master’s degree
Early one Sunday morning in 2024, 26-year-old Leka Mhlophe, a Master's student at Stellenbosch University (SU), woke up to do her laundry, as she usually does...
A bright future awaits multi-talented Dhania Schultz
Not many students spend their time at Stellenbosch University (SU) in the same building where their parents first met. Dhania Schultz, who received her honours...
SU honorary doctorate for music icon Jonathan Butler
The internationally acclaimed South African composer and songwriter Jonathan Butler was awarded an honorary doctorate by Stellenbosch University (SU) at...
Awards and milestones
Proud graduation for twins with six SU degrees between them
If the Van der Merwe twins were competitive, it might have mattered that Dan received her Master's degree three months before Jess did at Stellenbosch...
Tietie and Nanna’s star-maker cooks up a journalism degree
At Stellenbosch University's (SU) graduation ceremony on Monday, two “families" were cheering loudly for a very special young man. As Ubaid Abrahams...
New director for Stellenbosch University Water Institute
Prof. Wesaal Khan has been appointed as the new director of the Stellenbosch University Water Institute (SUWI) from January 2025.
Prof. Khan is an established...