State intervention needed to protect children against ‘junk food’
The government must step in and take action when the health of children is jeopardised by negative lifestyle influences, Lize Mills, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Private Law at Stellenbosch...
View ArticleSKA will help reverse African brain drain, Rector says in Australia
“The fact that the bulk of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be built in Africa, will help us reverse the brain drain from the continent,” Stellenbosch University Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof...
View ArticleVisual Arts student receives Skye Foundation Scholarship
Abri de Swardt, who last year received the Rector’s Award for Excellent Achievement in The Arts and Social Sciences, has just heard that he has also received the Skye Foundation Scholarship. This...
View ArticleGenes hold key to cure
Professor Jonathan Carr, Head of the Division of Neurology at Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University, writes in the Mail & Guardian that the cure for Parkinson’s disease is going to be a...
View ArticleUniversities should assist first-generation students
Dr Ludolph Botha, Senior Director: Student and Academic Support at Stellenbosch University, writes in the Sunday Independent that first-generation students are now overtaking the number of...
View ArticleLimpopo whizz kid among top Stellenbosch students
Most people tend to think that students on the Extended Degree Programme are part of a lower performing group. Enos Lekala wants to prove that students on this programme can excel. The Social Dynamics...
View ArticleBuya Schools Theatre Festival spotlights hidden theatre
Hidden Theatre. This is what Johan Esterhuizen of the Department of Drama at Stellenbosch University (SU) calls most of what is happening across the country in terms of theatre productions at school...
View ArticleFour researchers at SU scoop sought-after fellowships
Four researchers of Stellenbosch University (SU) were winners of a recent fellowship competition by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) based in Brooklyn, New York. Only nine fellowships were...
View ArticleMaties from near and far come to celebrate 75th anniversary of SU Choir
Nearly a hundred years of beautiful singing voices, excellence and dedication was celebrated this weekend with two special reunion concerts commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Stellenbosch...
View ArticleWomen must stand together to obtain success – message at Alumni Relations...
In order for women to break through the glass ceiling a lot sooner, they need to cultivate a deeper sense of self-confidence and start looking out for themselves. This was one of the messages that came...
View ArticleSU’s SPL helps municipalities manage their finances
More than 500 municipal employees in the Western Cape involved in financial management have since September 2010 been enrolled for municipal minimum competency training by Stellenbosch University’s...
View ArticleFeast of choir music in celebration of an icon
Hercules Pieter van der Westhuizen, or “Oom Pieter” to many, celebrated his 80th birthday on January 18, 2011. To celebrate this special milestone with this well-known and beloved organist and...
View ArticleEquip students with moral responsibility, says SU dean
To care for other people means you have a moral responsibility toward them, said Professor Yusef Waghid, Dean of the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University (SU) on Wednesday (20 April). He...
View ArticleSU Polymer science student receives award in Nepal
If you are interested in how to combine wood and plastics successfully, Tiaan Basson, a doctoral research student in polymer science at Stellenbosch University can be a valuable source of information....
View ArticleHard work pays off for top SPL student
Dumisani Sondlo decided on the first day that he started studying towards his honours degree at the School of Public Leadership (SPL) at Stellenbosch University that he wanted to be the top student...
View ArticleBiomining expert to receive SA award for research excellence
A world leader on the use of microorganisms in biomining activities, Stellenbosch University (SU) microbiologist Prof Doug Rawlings, is to receive the 2011 Havenga Prize for Life Sciences from the...
View ArticleMathematical ecologist’s potential as researcher recognised
When he started his studies in China in the 1990s, Dr Cang Hui was quite set on becoming an applied mathematician. However, an academic mentor in his third year, who happened to be a biomathematician,...
View ArticleMaties crowned as campus winners in ATKV debate competition
Maties again showed that they have the gift of the gab when they were crowned campus winners at the annual ATKV debate competition last week. On 8 April it was once again time for the ATKV Universities...
View ArticleThe Pied Piper of Hamelin comes to the HB Thom
A brand new Afrikaans version of the popular tale, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, will be playing in the HB Thom Theatre from tomorrow onwards. The production is presented by the Drama Department and can...
View ArticleExcellence in Management Training at Stellenbosch University’s SPL
The School of Public Leadership (SPL) at Stellenbosch University (SU) has reason to be proud – its Honours Programme in Public and Development Management achieved its best ever success rate the past...
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