Best Sportsman and Best Sportswoman of the Season, Best Junior Sportsman of the Season, Most Promising Junior Athlete and Best Coach of the Season. These were all awards scooped by Matie athletes at the Boland Sports Council Awards Awards held in Stellenbosch recently.
At the event, in which sporting achievements during the 2009 season of more [...]

Stellenbosch University (SU) is the first university in South Africa and Africa to become a member of the global Academic Consortium for the 21st Century (AC21) organisation.
The organisation was established in 2002 under the leadership of Nagoya University in Japan as an international network comprised of educational, research and industrial organisations. AC21’s aim is among [...]

After only a few minutes on stage, Emo Adams already had his audience in the Neelsie laughing, clapping, singing and dancing, and the energy barely waned throughout his performance.
Adams was one of the artists that entertained the crowds at Stellenbosch University’s first ever BoschFest.
Adams sang one hit song after the other, with the every popular [...]

Prof Russel Botman, the Rector of Stellenbosch University (SU), gave an overview of 2009 and detailed the road ahead for the University in a letter sent to alumni and friends of the University.
He also discussed the issue of the teaching language as well as the University’s plans for the future.
For the Rector’s complete letter to [...]

Scientific relations between South Africa and Slovakia have been strengthened with the visit of a leading Slovak researcher to Stellenbosch to collaborate in the activities of biofuels researchers in the Department of Microbiology.
This follows the signing of a cultural and scientific collaboration treaty three years ago between South Africa and Slovakia, a small country in [...]

Position: Stellenbosch University supports a system for postdoctoral research fellowships in line with its ideal for developing a stimulating research environment where new knowledge and skills can be developed, shared and applied to the benefit of the South African community. Two postdoctoral positions are currently available for a period of one year each in the [...]

The University can save a significant amount of electricity over the festive period by following a few simple rules.
According to Mr Dolf Krige, Manager: Utility Services, staff are kindly requested to make sure that electrical appliances are switched off at the wall plugs as most appliances still use electricity even when switched off.
Some other important [...]

Heerden Herman, the 18-year old Matie swimmer, was in devastating form at the recent SASKO WP Swimming Championships.
The current junior world champion in the 800m freestyle led from the gun to smash Ryk Neethling’s SA record for 18-year olds by more than 10 seconds. Ryk’s record has stood for thirteen years after it was established at [...]