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		<title>‘Despairing youth should be given hope of a better future’ – Prof Russel Botman in 2013 Kuyper Prize Lecture, Princeton, USA</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/19/despairing-youth-should-be-given-hope-of-a-better-future-prof-russel-botman-in-2013-kuyper-prize-lecture-princeton-usa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Globalisation could increasingly drive the youth worldwide into the arms of fanatical and extremist groups because of public and economic policy that continue to exclude the poor and other marginalised groups, Prof Russel Botman, recipient of the 2013 Abraham Kuyper Prize, warned in the US last night (18 April). Botman, who is Rector and Vice-Chancellor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa&#8217;s first in vitro conceived Holstein calves born</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/18/south-africas-first-in-vitro-conceived-holstein-calves-born/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The application of in vitro embrio production (IVEP) has recently led to the birth of South Africa&#8217;s first two Holstein calves.What makes this unique is the use of a supportive reproduction technique that is not commonly used in the dairy industry. (Complete English version to follow) Die versies, wat albei blakend gesond is, is op die plaas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vodacom workshop addresses growing demand for Android app developers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/18/vodacom-workshop-addresses-growing-demand-for-android-app-developers/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/18/vodacom-workshop-addresses-growing-demand-for-android-app-developers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why wait until your fourth year in computer science to try your hand at creating an Android app for smartphones? Thanks to a memorandum of understanding with mobile phone giant Vodacom programming enthusiasts (first years to senior students) can attend three free specialist hands-on workshops here on campus this year. The workshops offer a unique [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SU Alumni comes out in full support of telethon for bursaries</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/17/su-alumni-comes-out-in-full-support-of-telethon-for-bursaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alumni of Stellenbosch University (SU) heeded the call to support an initiative to create opportunities for others to study at a world-class institution and raised just over R100 000. This was the result of SU’s annual telethon, the Giving Forward-campaign, where alumni were asked to pledge their support in aid of the SU Bursary Fund. Ms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Start planning early and properly for retirement, says SU professor</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/17/start-planning-early-and-properly-for-retirement-says-su-professor/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/17/start-planning-early-and-properly-for-retirement-says-su-professor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is never too early to start planning for the retirement,” said Prof Niel Krige of the Department of Business Management at Stellenbosch University (SU) in his augural address in the Jannasch Hall of SU’s Conservatoire on Tuesday (16 April). According to Krige, people should as part of their planning try to work a little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investments in sustainable cities crucial for improved resource efficiency and poverty eradication</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/17/investments-in-sustainable-cities-crucial-for-improved-resource-efficiency-and-poverty-eradication/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/17/investments-in-sustainable-cities-crucial-for-improved-resource-efficiency-and-poverty-eradication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investing in sustainable infrastructures and resource efficient technologies in cities offers a golden opportunity to deliver economic growth with lower rates of environmental degradation, reductions in poverty, cuts in greenhouse gases, and improved well-being. This is according to a new report, released by the United Nations in Nairobi in Kenya, today (17 April 2013). Prof [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greening China-Africa relations</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/17/greening-china-africa-relations/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/17/greening-china-africa-relations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the ninth in a series of articles about sustainability and specifically sustainability within the University. What are our staff members contributing in their fields of expertise; in which sustainable projects and initiatives are they involved and what contribution do they make to this important issue in the rest of South Africa? Are you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archbishop Desmond Tutu to perform in Stellenbosch</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/17/archbishop-desmond-tutu-to-perform-in-stellenbosch/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/17/archbishop-desmond-tutu-to-perform-in-stellenbosch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu will make a rare stage appearance at the 10th annual Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival (SICMF) in July 2013. The esteemed Nobel Peace Prize-winner will be the narrator in a work by the South African composer Péter Louis van Dijk. Tutu has retired from public appearances but has made an exception [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting a head-start for this year’s Mathematics olympiads</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/17/getting-a-head-start-for-this-years-mathematics-olympiads/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/17/getting-a-head-start-for-this-years-mathematics-olympiads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learners from several high schools in Stellenbosch, Somerset West and surrounding areas have been selected to receive specialised training through the South African Mathematics Foundation’s Siyanqoba regional olympiad training programme, hosted by Stellenbosch University’s Department of Mathematical Sciences. Funded by the Department of Science and Technology, the aim of the programme is to reach learners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Academy to honour a number of SU academics</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/16/akademie-to-honour-a-number-of-su-academics/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/16/akademie-to-honour-a-number-of-su-academics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Art) will honour a good number of academics from Stellenbosch University (SU). Two award ceremonies will take place – in Pretoria (27 June) and in Stellenbosch (13 September) respectively. Those honoured from SU are Prof Eugene Cloete, Vice-Rector: Learning and Teaching; Prof [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engineering Open Day (20 April)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/15/engineering-open-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have an ideal opportunity to find out more about the interesting work of engineers at the Faculty of Engineering&#8217;s Open Day on Saturday 20 April 2013. There will be lots of exciting exhibits and demonstrations that will show how engineers use science and technology to make the world a better place for all. Pop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kassier Bursary Fund to be launched at Maties AgriSciences alumni function</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/15/kassier-bursary-fund-to-be-launched-at-maties-agrisciences-alumni-function/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/15/kassier-bursary-fund-to-be-launched-at-maties-agrisciences-alumni-function/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Respected agricultural economist Prof Eckart Kassier will be the guest of honour at the launch of a postgraduate scholarship bearing his name on 3 May. The scholarship will be awarded to top achievers in agricultural economics at Stellenbosch University (SU). The function is hosted as joint event between the Faculty of AgriSciences and the Alumni [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SU staff take on 5 km Wellness Fun Walk/Run 2013</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/12/su-staff-take-on-5-km-wellness-fun-walkrun-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/12/su-staff-take-on-5-km-wellness-fun-walkrun-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Stellenbosch University (SU) central campus was a hive of activity on Thursday 11 April when 239 SU staff members took part in the third annual 5km Wellness Fun Walk/Run, which has become a fixed item on the University’s Wellness Calendar. Ms Maureen Kennedy, Manager: Employee Wellness, said apart from the aim of promoting a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Convocation accepts motion in favour of proposed residence placement policy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/12/convocation-accepts-motion-in-favour-of-proposed-residence-placement-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/12/convocation-accepts-motion-in-favour-of-proposed-residence-placement-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Convocation of Stellenbosch University (SU) accepted a motion in support of the new proposed residence placement policy at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday night (11 April 2013). There were 109 votes in favour of the motion and 77 votes against it. An earlier motion, which asked that the proposed policy be rejected, was not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russel Botman to receive prestigious Abraham Kuyper Prize</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/11/russel-botman-to-receive-prestigious-abraham-kuyper-prize/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/11/russel-botman-to-receive-prestigious-abraham-kuyper-prize/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economic globalisation and the current financial crisis are endangering not only the sustainability of the planet but also the moral welfare of humankind and the future of young people. This will be the message of Stellenbosch University Rector and Vice-Chancellor Prof Russel Botman when he receives the Princeton Theological Seminary’s 2013 Abraham Kuyper Prize for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>InnovUS event to showcase ideas to build a better world</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/11/innovus-event-to-showcase-ideas-to-build-a-better-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/11/innovus-event-to-showcase-ideas-to-build-a-better-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innovation Mavericks is an initiative proudly brought to you by InnovUS, the innovation company of Stellenbosch University In celebration of World Creativity and Innovation Week (15–22 April), InnovUS will be focusing on the impact that good ideas can have on the day-to-day lives of everyday people. To this end, a Mavericks event will be held at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First ‘Explosive Mondays’ athletics competition to be held on 15 April</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/11/first-explosive-mondays-athletics-competition-to-be-held-on-15-april/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/11/first-explosive-mondays-athletics-competition-to-be-held-on-15-april/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first in a series of three national student athletics competitions is to be held at the Coetzenburg Athletics Stadium on Monday (15 April). Dubbed “Explosive Mondays”, the competition is a new initiative of Varsity Sports – a partnership between the country’s top universities and Advent Sport Entertainment and Media Pty Ltd (ASEM) with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promotion of African languages contributes to social cohesion and economic development</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/11/promoting-african-languages-contributes-to-social-cohesion-and-economic-development/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/11/promoting-african-languages-contributes-to-social-cohesion-and-economic-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citizens who learn an African language can contribute to the creation of social cohesion and a sense of inclusive citizenship among South Africans. This was one of the viewpoints of Prof Marianna Visser of the Department of African Languages at Stellenbosch University (SU) in her inaugural address in the Jannasch Hall of SU’s Conservatoire on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SU&#8217;s Prof Sampie Terreblanche receives honorary doctorate from University of Pretoria</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/11/sus-prof-sampie-terreblanche-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-university-of-pretoria/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/11/sus-prof-sampie-terreblanche-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-university-of-pretoria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Sampie Terreblanche, former professor of Economics at Stellenbosch University (SU), received an honorary doctorate (DCom, honoris causa) from the University of Pretoria on Wednesday 10 April. Terreblanche was a lecturer and professor in Economics at SU from 1965 until his retirement in 1995. He went on to become an emeritus professor and continued lecturing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student success at SU celebrated at FYA&#8217;s prestige evening</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/10/student-success-at-su-celebrated-at-prestige-evening/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/10/student-success-at-su-celebrated-at-prestige-evening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The special and important relationship between students and lecturers was celebrated on Tuesday at the Rector’s Dinner for Top-Performing Students, hosted by the First-year Academy (FYA) of Stellenbosch University (SU), during which the 30 top performing first-years of 2012 were honoured. Special recognition was also given to the lecturers who these students felt had made the greatest contribution to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SRC supports motion for proposed residence placement policy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/09/src-supports-motion-for-proposed-residence-placement-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/09/src-supports-motion-for-proposed-residence-placement-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Student Representative Council (SRC) of Stellenbosch University (SU) has informed the management of SU and that of the Convocation that it supports the motion that was tabled in support of the proposed residence placement policy. An extraordinary meeting of the Convocation will take place in the Endler Hall in Victoria Street in Stellenbosch at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability: Centre guides corporate governance</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/09/sustainability-centre-guides-corporate-governance/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/09/sustainability-centre-guides-corporate-governance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the eigth in a series of articles about sustainability and specifically sustainability within the University. What are our staff members contributing in their fields of expertise; in which sustainable projects and initiatives are they involved and what contribution do they make to this important issue in the rest of South Africa? Are you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winemakers believe own experience is most important source of knowledge</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/08/winemakers-believe-own-experience-is-most-important-source-of-knowledge/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/08/winemakers-believe-own-experience-is-most-important-source-of-knowledge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Own experience is the most important way of gaining knowledge, say winemakers. It plays a bigger role than the results received from wine laboratories and is rated even more important than formal training. This is the conclusion of Nelius Boshoff, researcher at the Centre of Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (SREST) at Stellenbosch University. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SU saddened by the passing of Prof Johan Botha</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/08/su-saddened-by-the-passing-of-prof-johan-botha/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/08/su-saddened-by-the-passing-of-prof-johan-botha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>viljoenm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The management of Stellenbosch University (SU) has noted with sadness the death of Professor Johan Botha, husband of a former Chancellor of SU, Prof Elize Botha.  Prof Johan, who died recently, worked at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Pretoria until his retirement. Prof Elize Botha died in 2007 while she was still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SU Rector visits community partners in Kayamandi</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/05/su-rector-visits-community-partners-in-kayamandi/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/05/su-rector-visits-community-partners-in-kayamandi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lack of an up-to-date database of residents in Kayamandi and the role such a database could play in ensuring that the real victims of a disaster receive speedy assistance were some of the issues discussed at a meeting between senior Stellenbosch University staff and the University’s community partners in Kayamandi recently. Prof Russel Botman, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media statement – red meat study</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/05/media-statement-red-meat-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stellenbosch University (SU) received two requests under the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) to make detailed information available about the sources of the test subjects in an independent scientific study done by Stellenbosch University researchers. The aim of the study was to provide a snapshot of the level of compliance nationally with legislation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New SARChI chairs in AgriSciences focus on meat and wine quality</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/04/new-sarchi-chairs-in-agrisciences-focus-on-meat-and-wine-quality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wine and meat are the respective focusses of two research chairs to which scientists of the Faculty of AgriSciences at Stellenbosch University have recently been appointed, as part of the South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI). Prof Florian Bauer of the Institute for Wine Biotechnology has been appointed as the SARChI Chair in Integrated Wine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Land reform must take note of changes in SA the past 100 years – Prof Cherryl Walker</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/02/op-ed-land-reform-must-take-note-of-changes-in-sa-the-past-100-years-prof-cherryl-walker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bitter legacy of the 1913 Natives Land Act continues to reverberate to this day, but if the state is to use the centenary as an opportunity for policy review and not just political hype, it needs to give considered attention to the differences between 1913 and 2013, Stellenbosch University’s Prof Cherryl Walker writes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Land Divided’ Conference hailed a success</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/04/01/land-divided-conference-hailed-a-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recently concluded (24-27 March 2013) “Land Divided” Conference – a joint initiative of Stellenbosch University (SU), the University of Cape Town and the University of the Western Cape – has been hailed a success. “It was good that the three universities could join hands in this way,” one of the main organisers, Prof Cherryl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conference takes vox pop on land issues (Land Divided Conference)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/03/28/conference-takes-vox-pop-on-land-issues-land-divided-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2013/03/28/conference-takes-vox-pop-on-land-issues-land-divided-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public opinion took centre stage at one of the many morning sessions on the last day of Land Divided 2013, a conference hosted by Stellenbosch University (SU), the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) at UCT this week. Charl Swart, a graduate student at Stellenbosch, presented findings from [...]]]></description>
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