Opinion and features
Beyond administration: time to overhaul NSFAS as we know it
The struggling National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has now been placed under administration for the third time since 2018. The time has come to...
Opinion and features
World Oceans Day: Ocean conservation matters for people and ecosystems
World Oceans Day was celebrated on 8 June. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University focused on ocean conservation, the value of...
Campus life
Ride green, ride easy, ride matie: Celebrating World Bicycle Day with Matie Bike
Stellenbosch University’s (SU’s) Transport Services Department continues to contribute to this global focus through the Matie Bike initiative, which supports...
Institutional news
Four SU finalists in running for SA’s prestigious ‘Science Oscars’
Four finalists from Stellenbosch University (SU) will represent the institution at the 2025/2026 National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/South32 Awards whe...
Impact
Strengthening Rural Sustainability Through Strategic African Partnerships: SU Engages in MASSTER Consortium Meeting in Senegal
From 23–26 February 2026, Henk Stander from the Aquaculture Unit in the Department of Animal Science at Stellenbosch University (SU) participated in a workshop...
Media release
Every Drop Counts: Help To Save Water on Campus
Do you remember 2018, when we all worried about “Day Zero”? Headlines warned that Cape Town might become the first big city to run out of water, and many people...
Engineering and technology
Prof Arnold Rix advances renewable energy technologies for a low-carbon future
Prof Arnold Rix from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University delivered his inaugural...
Media release
Pan-African Parliament adopts continent’s first Model Law on Sustainable Soil Management
Africa has taken a historic step forward for sustainable development, food security and environmental protection when the Pan-African Parliament (PAP)...
Reducing electronic waste at SU
Every year, the world generates around 40 million tons of electronic waste (e-waste) - the equivalent of throwing away 800 laptops every second (according to Th...
Impact
SU is the first South African University with a Net Zero Carbon Building
Stellenbosch University (SU) has achieved a groundbreaking sustainability milestone with the certification of the STIAS Extension Building as the first Net Zero...