Book by SU scholars plea for the acknowledgement of academic xenophobia
Buhle Bam A copy of Academic Xenophobia: African Scholars in South African Universities. The book started as “a series...
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SU student first to study dehydration of SA reptiles
A Stellenbosch University (SU) student’s research project will be the first study conducted with a focus on the effects...
SU researcher determines presence of 420 tons of ‘invisible gold’
There is an estimated R450 billion worth of ‘invisible gold’ in mine-dump tailings in the Witwatersrand, according to Steve...
SA agricultural sector requires substantial investing
Africa’s domestic savings have been on a decline from 1918 to 2016 and are currently lower than areas like...
SU researchers into long Covid receive multi-million rand project boost
Researchers at Stellenbosch University’s (SU) recently received a donation worth around R11.75 million to assist with research on so-called...
SU research shows women’s shelters in desperate need of government funding
Women’s shelters for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) are crucial to their recovery. However, the shelters’ operation is almost...
Why South Africans need to learn to live with fire
South Africans will need to learn to live with fires, as wildland-urban interference (WUI) fires are taking place more...
Five SU researchers nominated for ‘Science Oscars’
Five researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU) have been selected to represent the university at the annual National Science and...
The credo of SU’s new democracy research centre
Stellenbosch University’s (SU) department of political sciences recently launched a research organisation which will have a greater focus on...
Project aims to raise TB awareness after rise in cases
A division of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) department of biomedical sciences recently partnered with a local artist, tuberculosis (TB) patients...