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Institutional news

Yanga’s path shaped by growth and purpose

Stellenbosch University (SU) alumnus Yanga Keva’s story has been shaped by a pursuit of knowledge, a willingness to learn from mistakes, and the courage to...
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Opinion and features

South Africa’s organ shortage: Time to act

World Kidney Day is marked each year on 12 March. In an opinion piece for the Weekend Argus, Prof Yazied Chothia from the Division of Nephrology writes that a...

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New species of magic mushroom is indigenous to Southern Africa

Media release

New African species confirms evolutionary origin of magic mushrooms

A long-standing debate about the evolutionary origin of the world’s most widely cultivated “magic mushroom” – Psilocybe cubensis – may now have been settled by...

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G20 and TUM

Media release

SU part of global team delivering landmark G20 digital agenda analysis

Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Policy Innovation Lab is part of an international partnership that has formally handed over a landmark policy report tracing the...

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e-waste at Stellenbosch University

Media release

Support Global Recycling Day in March: Bring your e-waste and drop it in the yellow bins at the various sites on our campuses

To create awareness about Global Recycling Day on 18 March 2026,and the importance of proper disposal of e-waste, Stellenbosch University's (SU) Campus...

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Medicine and health

SU-Oxford study shows promise in mindfulness training for medical students

Medical students in South Africa face numerous challenges during their years of tough study, often risking burnout from the strain. The practise of “mindfulness...

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Media release

New study questions value of grade repetition before matric

Now that the dust has settled on the matric results celebrations and the school year is in full swing, we need to take a harder look at whether high repetition...

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