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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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Universities at the fault line: Student protest and the burden of leadership

Universities at the fault line: Student protest and the burden of leadership

​​​In an opinion piece published by University World News, Karen Bruns, Senior Director of Development and Alumni Relations, highlights the ongoing tensions...

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Get to know your lecturer: A/Prof Mesias Alfeus

Get to know your lecturer: A/Prof Mesias Alfeus

​Tell us why you chose to become a lecturer/academic?

I love both teaching and research. Always a pleasure having intellectual dialogues with my students.

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New report shows opportunities for work, study after matric remain limited

New report shows opportunities for work, study after matric remain limited

Youth born just after the turn of democracy in 1994 have the highest years of completed education of any cohort in South African history and this may rise...

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Collaborative Learning and Reshaping Assessment: Talking Transformative Assessment with Professor Geo Quinot

​​The eighth episode of the Talking Transformative Assessment season two, a podcast hosted by Dalene Joubert and Hanelie Adendorff, features an insightful...

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Business-driven approach can boost wildlife conservation

Business-driven approach can boost wildlife conservation

​​World Wildlife Day was celebrated on 3 March. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at the African Wildlife Economy Institute at Stellenbosch University...

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Recognising World Engineering Day 2025: Advancing green hydrogen research for a sustainable future

Engineering and technology

Recognising World Engineering Day 2025: Advancing green hydrogen research for a sustainable future

World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development (WED) is celebrated annually on 4 March as an official UNESCO International Day, proclaimed in 2019 following...

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