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Dr Elana Ryklief graduating
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Dr Elana Ryklief turns lived trans experience into groundbreaking scholarship

Growing up in Steenberg on the Cape Flats, Elana Ryklief learned early that resilience and determination were essential tools for navigating life. Years later...
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Mathematics 'queen' from Helderberg awarded SU's coveted Chancellor's Medal

Mathematics 'queen' from Helderberg awarded SU's coveted Chancellor's Medal

​​Dubbed the “Queen of Mathematics" when at Parel Vallei High School in Somerset West, maths whizz Danielle Kleyn has been named the winner of Stellenbosch...

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From rural roots to radio stardom: Sibulele Ndudula shines on MFM 92.6

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From rural roots to radio stardom: Sibulele Ndudula shines on MFM 92.6

Each step of his daily six kilometre walk from Kayamandi to Stellenbosch University's (SU) Neelsie Student Centre to present MFM 92.6's breakfast show is a...

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SU study finds first-ever safe and effective treatment to prevent MDR-TB in children

SU study finds first-ever safe and effective treatment to prevent MDR-TB in children

A landmark clinical trial reported in the New England Journal of Medicine this week showed that an oral antibiotic, levofloxacin, taken for six months once...

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Miraculous interventions after horror crash lead to a PhD for SU academic

Miraculous interventions after horror crash lead to a PhD for SU academic

​​​​​​​​​​​​Upon graduation, academics sometimes describe the arduous process of having completed a PhD as a “miracle". But when Dr Chris Jurgens, a civil...

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First-ever sighting of rare siphonophore in False Bay, South Africa

First-ever sighting of rare siphonophore in False Bay, South Africa

​Scientists have recorded the first documented appearance of the rare siphonophore Rhizophysa eysenhardtii in False Bay, South Africa. Published in African...

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Invest in the future – student support bursaries and projects

Invest in the future – student support bursaries and projects

​​South Africa faces a youth unemployment crisis, and education remains one of the most powerful tools to combat that. Stellenbosch University graduates are...

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