World Cancer Day is marked on 4 February and the theme for this year is "We Can I Can". "This theme recognises that the continued battle against cancer is not a singular effort and a unified response is needed to ensure a path to victory,"...

​The African Union (AU) has bestowed one of its highest scientific honours upon agricultural engineer and postharvest technology expert Prof Umezuruike Linus Opara of Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He received the AU Kwame Nkrumah...

This article appeared in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences' digital publication VIVUS . Visit www.sun.ac.za/FMHSpublications to subscribe. Mothers of new-born babies and children have experienced the joy and benefits of reading...

​​Dr Regan Solomons recently became the first person at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences to qualify for the joint PhD degree between the Vrije University (VU) and Stellenbosch University (SU) after he successfully defended his...

Does mammographic screening for breast cancer work or not? This was the question Prof Justus Apffelstaedt of the Division of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University (SU), tried to answer on...

The Portfolio of Clinical Services and Social Impact supports the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences’ (FMHS) strategic plan of facilitating transformative, life-long learning; creating, sharing and translating knowledge that enhances...

Statement by Mr George Steyn, Chairperson of the Stellenbosch University Council: All faculties at Stellenbosch University (SU) should implement the languages of instruction in accordance with the approved Language Policy and Language Plan...

"Focus on your studies 100% from day one. Grab this opportunity with both hands and never let go of it. It is your key to life, both in terms of broadening options to life and further more enabling you as a citizen of this country to make a...

​Research by Dr Eleanor Ochodo, a senior scientist at the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, looking at new malaria tests has shown that overtreatment of this disease can be reduced by 95%...

Stellenbosch University reached an agreement with service workers and students at the end of 2015, and is working systematically to implement the commitments made in terms of the agreement. Underpinning this agreement is the University's...