SU Library launches enlightening exhibit reflecting on 30 years of democracy
A priceless exhibition that sheds light on South Africa's turbulent past before and after the dawn of democracy 30 years ago, was opened at the Stellenbosch...
SU exhibits historical photographs of 1994 election
The power of visual storytelling was on full display at the recent opening of an exhibition at Stellenbosch University (SU) that affords the public access to...
Students design concept packaging for Politics of Nature™ board game
A Danish PhD student's project to encapsulate the ideas of the French philosopher Bruno Latour in a board game, have kept the third-year Visual Communication...
Experts ask: Is world democracy under threat?
Is world democracy under threat? This is the question posed by a number of leading researchers across the world, including South Africa, focused on...
SU Museum hosts a conversation on the role of struggle songs
“Nkosi Sikeleli Afrika" (Lord Bless Africa), “Ndodemnyama" (Beware, Verwoerd!) and “Sikakela Izwe Lakithi" (We Protest for Our Land) are but a few iconic...
SU launches first data centre in SA focused on democracy
The first data centre focused on democracy research and the development of Social Sciences in South Africa will be launched by Stellenbosch University's...
International journal allocates entire volume to research by African scholars
An entire volume of the highly regarded internationally - and South African Department of Higher Education and Training-accredited - Taiwan Journal of...
TRU to establish a democracy research node
Over the past few years the state of democracy in South Africa has been increasingly threatened by large scale corruption, mismanagement of state funds and...
TRU to expand its research on democracy in Africa with study of new data sets
The Transformation Research Unit (TRU), a unit focused on research projects dealing with transformations from autocracy to democracy and the reverse...