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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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PREDAC 2025 Contact Session | 9 April @ STIAS

PREDAC 2025 Contact Session | 9 April @ STIAS

What is this? The PREDAC short course is a free annual offering for newly appointed lecturers at Stellenbosch University (SU). It provides a space for...

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Multiple perspectives on digitalisation, AI, sustainability, and soil protection

Multiple perspectives on digitalisation, AI, sustainability, and soil protection

​The Stellenbosch University's (SU) Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP), in collaboration with the School for Climate Studies and the Stellenbosch...

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FMHS PhD candidate selected for global female science programme

FMHS PhD candidate selected for global female science programme

When Carene Ndong Sima, a PhD candidate in the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, was selected for the Female Science Talents Intensive Track...

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Meet Beatriz Villacañas, SU’s new Spanish lecturer

Meet Beatriz Villacañas, SU’s new Spanish lecturer

​Beatriz Villacañas didn't imagine her academic journey would one day lead her to the oak-lined avenues of Stellenbosch. Yet when she walks across campus...

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"Dinkbeeld: Smeltkroes" sculpture unveiled in front of the Endler

"Dinkbeeld: Smeltkroes" sculpture unveiled in front of the Endler

​A new sculpture titled Dinkbeeld: Smeltkroes (in English Crucible) was recently unveiled in front of the Endler Hall on Victoria Street at Stellenbosch...
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SU lecturer’s WOOP25 campaign close to R100 000 fundraising target

SU lecturer’s WOOP25 campaign close to R100 000 fundraising target

With their 600 km cycle challenge completed, Stellenbosch University (SU) lecturer Dr Marietjie Lutz and her team of cyclists have their eyes trained on the...

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