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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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African universities should reaffirm their positions as full partners

African universities should reaffirm their positions as full partners

The African collaboration workshop, the precursor for SU International's annual Stellenbosch International Academic Network (SIAN) meeting, this year placed the...

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Dr Mariëtte Botha celebrates her PhD with her life-saving brother

Dr Mariëtte Botha celebrates her PhD with her life-saving brother

​When Dr Mariëtte Botha received her first degree at SU, her father Tiny said, “One day you're going to wear one of those red doctoral gowns." His words were...

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VAT increase, a solution or just a short-term fix to a long-term crisis?

VAT increase, a solution or just a short-term fix to a long-term crisis?

​​Dr Velenkosini Matsebula is a Senior Lecturer in Development Finance at Stellenbosch Business School.

The South African government has once again turned to...

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Beyond silence: It’s the right(s) time to speak up

Beyond silence: It’s the right(s) time to speak up

Human Rights Day is not just a historical marker it is a mirror held up to our present reality as South Africans. It forces us to take a good look at ourselves...

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Volleyball gives PhD graduate Jerome Fredericks his sporting chance

Volleyball gives PhD graduate Jerome Fredericks his sporting chance

​From being told that he should aspire to become an astronaut as he was “good for nothing on earth" to graduating this week from Stellenbosch University (SU)...

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SU celebrates 200th graduate of MSc in Clinical Epidemiology

SU celebrates 200th graduate of MSc in Clinical Epidemiology

The Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics celebrated a significant milestone at the March graduation when Dr Craig Corbett became the 200th graduate of the...

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