An estimated 7 000 - but likely closer to 10 000 - unidentified bodies in South Africa's medico-legal laboratories are waiting to be identified each year, says Dr Kathryn Smith, an interdisciplinary visual and forensic artist and Chair of the Department of Visual Arts...

Prof Herman Wasserman, Chair of the Department of Journalism at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been invited to join a new international authoritative panel of experts who will address threats to the global information environment. The International Panel on the...

The story that won Hana Gammon (20) the first prize in the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the Africa region is dedicated to a very special person: her “Oupa” Prof Christo Viljoen, former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University (SU) and...

Ms Mmanape Hlungwane, a PhD student in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, has recently been awarded the coveted Mitacs Globalink Research Award. This award supports research collaboration between Canada and selected partner organisations in other countries. The...

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." So said Nathan Geffen, editor of GroundUp, about the reporting approach his news agency followed when they started investigating the prison escape of the infamous Thabo Bester. Geffen was the keynote speaker at...

Until he was six years old, Gibson Ncube didn't utter a word. Today the boy who suffered from mutism, speaks four African and three international languages. Dr Ncube now works as a lecturer at Stellenbosch University's (SU)...

Division of Learning and Teaching Enhancement: Teaching-Learning-Assessment Seminar Speaker:  Prof. Ashraf Kagee (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) (TAU Fellow, 2021-2022) Topic:  Infusing research-mindedness in a Psychology Honours...

Prof Tina Steiner and Prof Louise Green (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) are pleased to have been invited to the upcoming Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) Humanities Book Award ceremony, where their outstanding achievements will be recognised. Although...

Afrikaans may be Asambese Mkumatela's third language, but that did not deter her from completing a master's degree in translation in this language. She was awarded her degree cum laude on Monday 27 March 2023 at one of Stellenbosch University's (SU) March graduation...

One of South Africa's top musicians was awarded a PhD at Stellenbosch University (SU) this week during the March graduation ceremonies. Pianist, composer, producer, educator and researcher Nduduzo Makhathini is a leading figure in the South African jazz scene with...

Unmanageable workloads, poor recognition, inadequate supervision and too much stress are just some of the things that make social workers in South Africa quit their jobs. Unsurprisingly, the turnover rate remains high despite the implementation of the Recruitment and...

In celebration of World Poetry Day, we applaud Dr Uhuru Phalafala for her recent achievements in African poetry. Dr Phalafala is an exceptional South African poet and academic at Stellenbosch University. Dr Phalafala has recently published her latest booklength poem,...