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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]