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Media release

SU Policy Innovation Lab helps equip Parliament for AI

The growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) across society is creating opportunities and new responsibilities for lawmakers. Recognising the need for...
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A high-level delegation led by Markus Söder, Minister-President of Bavaria in Germany, joined senior South African academic leaders for the formal signing of a series of landmark agreements between Bavarian universities and Western Cape institutions.

Media release

‘A perfect match’: SU hosts Bavarian delegation to power innovation

If you were in Stellenbosch earlier this week and noticed a motorcade with flashing blue lights sweeping down Ryneveld Street, you were witnessing history in...

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At the Chancellor’s Lecture, South African-born Prof JM Coetzee and Tanzanian novelist Prof Abdulrazak Gurnah were in dialogue about how creative writing illuminates our shared humanity.

Arts, languages and social sciences

Literary giants probe writing, power and belonging in Chancellor’s Lecture

What, truly, is the meaning of the Nobel Prize for Literature? Who – writer, nation, language or market – does it finally serve? Might it be time, as JM Coetzee...

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Innovation and entrepreneurship

Local, lekker and affordable – SU students develop innovative food delivery app

Two Stellenbosch University (SU) students have found a way to tackle food insecurity, support local food vendors, and improve access to affordable meals — all...

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Illustration of boys and girls of different ages looking in different directions.

Media release

Urgent action needed to support children with intellectual and developmental disabilities

In South Africa, thousands of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities are being left behind because they are not identified early enough to...

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Stellenbosch University’s (SU) brightest minds gathered this week at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) for the 2025 Research and Innovation Excellence Awards

Awards and milestones

SU honours top academics at Research and Innovation Excellence Awards

Stellenbosch University’s (SU) brightest minds gathered this week at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) for the 2025 Research and Innovation...

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Participants in the training workshop co-hosted by SU with the Cape Peninsula University of Technology under the University-Industry Co-Creation project.

Education

SU helps facilitate entrepreneurial innovation with high impact workshop

At a gathering of higher education leaders from across the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Stellenbosch University (SU) reaffirmed its commitment...

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