“Failure is what you interpret it to be in your life. You can look at failure as a stepping-stone to the success that awaits you." This was the message from Nokwanda Siyengo, SciMathUS (Science and Mathematics at Stellenbosch University)...

​"Let's keep moving for Maties!" This is the message from Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU), as he once again prepares to take on the Cape Town Cycle Tour (CTCT) to raise money for the student...

The following article titled CEO's exit underscores how few South African women hold top jobs by Dr Nadia Mans-Kemp, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Business Management at Stellenbosch University, was published in The Conversation on...

Matia Mukama, a doctoral student in Food Science at Stellenbosch University (SU), won the SU heat of the 2019 FameLab science communication and public speaking competition on Friday (1 February). Carla Snyman, a doctoral student at the...

​The following article by Francois Williams was published on 2 May 2019 in Die Burger (p 13): A national property tax as a form of wealth tax has been recommended in a new academic article published by the Human Sciences Research Council...

​Prof Wesaal Khan from the Department of Microbiology in the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University (SU) recently delivered her inaugural lecture, titled “Safe water is a human right: Overcoming the last hurdle towards water security...

When Jody Lee Bell was a young learner at the Carel du Toit Centre for children with hearing impairments, her mother, Dr Diane Bell, went to listen to a talk by an alumnus of the school which is on the grounds of Tygerberg Hospital. “This...

​This year, Stellenbosch University (SU) will again celebrate Africa Day on 25 May following a week filled with various activities across its campuses from 20 to 24 May. “We encourage staff, students and stakeholders in and around...

​What was the impact of apartheid on the lives of South Africans? How are people living with painful memories in their day-to-day lives? How do we conduct research in a manner that respects the dignity and of research participants? These...

​​Stellenbosch University strongly supports the retraction of the article Age- and education-related effects on cognitive functioning in Coloured South African women by an international journal. The editors and publishers of Aging...