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Cancer, Covid-19 and community resilience
World Cancer Day, spearheaded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), is commemorated on 4 February each year and is a unifying initiative bringing the global community together to elevate the profile of cancer in a positive...
Is the future of science under threat in a post-truth world?
We need “inoculations" against fake news to help safeguard the future of science in a post-truth world, writes Prof Faadiel Essop (Department of Physiological Sciences / Centre for Cardio-metabolic Research in Africa) in an opinion piece...
Social Impact: Preserving Pniël’s rich history is Myburgh’s passion
With Stellenbosch University's (SU) focus on social impact awareness in July, this series of profiles celebrate remarkable individuals and teams who make a meaningful contribution beyond the University's walls. The recent inaugural Social...
Communication from Council (meeting of 13 April 2021)
The Council of Stellenbosch University (SU) held its first of four scheduled meetings for the year on Tuesday 13 April 2021. As in December 2020, we again met in hybrid mode, with some members gathering on campus (observing all COVID-19...
On failure, trust and our common humanity
Prof Elmi Muller, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University delivered this speech at the Colleague of Medicine of South African graduation ceremony. A few weeks ago, a patient came to see me. He had...
The Wonder Years (1961-1963)
It is said, the older one gets the further you walked to school. It's the same when you talk about an incident that happened in the past, writes Prof Justus Potgieter, lecturer in the Department of Sport Science. It is the year 1961. With...
Communication from Council (meeting of 21 June 2021)
The Stellenbosch University (SU) Council held its second meeting of 2021 on Monday 21 June. The meeting took place against the backdrop of a renewed rise in COVID-19 infections nationwide, which has prompted government to return the...
Turn the pursuit of happiness into your career
Matie alumna and businesswoman, Adéle Smith, advised students attending a recent Alumni Relation's Careers Café that if they wanted to make a success of their careers (and subsequently their life too) that they would need to make the...
'Be a good accident waiting to happen'
She may have failed Private Law 1 twice while trying to finish a BA Law degree at Stellenbosch University (SU), but what she does know, said Matie alumnus and Trade Mark Attorney Jenny Pienaar, is that you can turn a dream into reality by...
“No one is safe, unless everyone is safe” – Appeal for vaccine solidarity
“In the first wave you applauded us. In the second wave you sympathised with us. In the third wave you ignored us. In the fourth wave we gave up. We've fought a disease half the world doesn't believe in. We've fought the despair of...