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Winners of the 2025 Absa Stokvel awards
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Awards and milestones

Two SU lecturers combine academic accountability and financial freedom in unique stokvel

A stokvel that funds education, fights procrastination and invests in community upliftment has earned two Stellenbosch University (SU) lecturers top honours at...
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SU’s Prof McGregor appointed as inaugural ACWA Power Chair in CSP

SU’s Prof McGregor appointed as inaugural ACWA Power Chair in CSP

​​​In a major advancement to South Africa’s renewable energy ambitions, Prof Craig McGregor, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic...

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National awards for rising SU female researchers

National awards for rising SU female researchers

​Three promising young female researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) received national recognition when they were honoured with the Department of Science...

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Prof Lungiswa Nkonki drives equity and excellence in health systems education

Prof Lungiswa Nkonki drives equity and excellence in health systems education

This Women's Month, we're celebrating the academic staff at Stellenbosch University (SU) who are shaping minds and inspiring excellence through their teaching...

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International policy dialogue: urgent need for binding global framework on AI and human rights

International policy dialogue: urgent need for binding global framework on AI and human rights

The School for Data Science and Computational Thinking at Stellenbosch University, in collaboration with the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence...

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Wheelchair basketball: what can be learned from a South African athlete’s journey to France

Wheelchair basketball: what can be learned from a South African athlete’s journey to France

This article was first published on The Conversation. Read the original article here.

Wheelchair basketball is one of the fastest-growing Para sports in the...

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Prof Kennedy Dzama appointed as new Dean of the Faculty of AgriSciences

Prof Kennedy Dzama appointed as new Dean of the Faculty of AgriSciences

Prof Kennedy Dzama, an academic pioneer in animal breeding, genetics and sustainable agriculture, has been appointed as the new Dean of the Faculty of...

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