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Economy, business and public management
More than perfect marks: CGW Schumann Medal recognises exceptional actuarial student
Economy, business and public management
From computer lab to community asset: EMS donation extends impact beyond campus
Economy, business and public management
Building Futures: Students Inspire Grade 12 Learners at Career Workshop
Opinion and features
World Environment Day highlights importance of sustained climate action
AI and climate change, climate apathy and environmental amnesia, climate change as a health emergency, and environmental protection. These are the issues that...
Media release
Gut health: why food alone won’t fix childhood stunting
Prof. Thulani Makhalanyane, holder of the NRF-SU research chair in African Microbiome Innovation in the Department of Microbiology, and Prof. Ronelle Burger...
Institutional news
Access to finance helps SMEs survive – Prof Ashenafi Fanta
Prof Ashenafi Fanta, of Stellenbosch Business School in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, delivered his inaugural lecture on Thursday, 7 May 2026...
Opinion and features
Key labour issues under the spotlight on Workers’ Day
Workers’ Day was celebrated on 1 May. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University focused on dignity at work, appearance-based...
Opinion and features
Rethinking our freedom in a time of climate crisis
South Africans celebrated Freedom Day on 27 April. In an opinion piece for the Cape Argus, Dr Gibson Ncube from the Department of Modern Foreign Languages draws...
Medicine and health
SU researchers contribute to major stunting study
A new special issue of the journal Development Southern Africa brings together leading South African researchers, policymakers and practitioners to confront one...