Nature's response to the significant drop in human activity because of Covid-19 related lockdown regulations have prompted experts globally to underline the severe pressure our environment is under. They advocate for a “new normal" of pro...

To many Maties, attending a semester exchange abroad is the stuff of dreams. It offers an exciting opportunity to meet new people, explore different parts of the world, immerse oneself in the local culture, and experience new ways of...

This article was originally published on Daily Maverick . Read the original article here . The response to the Covid-19 pandemic by the South African government has been excellent thus far – role modelling strong, rational, evidence...

South Africans with disabilities should also have equal access to life-sustaining healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the plea of Prof Leslie Swartz (Department of Psychology) and Drs Vic McKinney (University of Cape Town) and...

Dear Colleagues​, Students and Alumni We continue to adjust to the new realities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and its multi-faceted challenges. I would like express my appreciation to everyone who has continued to diligently...

The internationalisation of higher education has become a formidable force for change in the past decade. Having long outgrown its baby shoes of mere development cooperation, cross-border education today involves high-impact partnerships...

​When schools across the country closed earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most parents were in a panic about the impact on their children's academic year. Luckily, Adrian Marnewick, an alumnus of the Stellenbosch University...

The Department of Afrikaans and Dutch presented copies of the new book Fritz Ponelis en die Afrikaanse taalwetenskap to Prof Fritz Ponelis's widow, Issie, and the Dean: Arts and Social Sciences, Prof Tony Leysens, on Thursday 17 August 2023...

With the Western Cape now being in the lead with confirmed positive COVID-19 cases, the peaking community transmissions are concentrated in the poor and overcrowded townships in the Cape Town metropole. Mrs Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola, Director...

​​​Stellenbosch University mourns the passing of Prof Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel today (19 May 2020) following complications after surgery. Prof Plaatjies-Van Huffel was Professor in Ecclesiology in the Faculty of Theology. Prof Reggie...