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Outpouring of support for SU security guard’s driver’s licence campaign

Masizole Wellington Ngqubungu has been working as a security guard at Stellenbosch University since 2019 and is amazed by the outpour of community support in his BackaBuddy campaign.

A crowdfunding campaign to help a Stellenbosch University (SU) security guard get his driver’s licence raised six times more...

Intellectual property: the hidden value in university sport

rugby players with branding on the photos

University sport in South Africa is producing growing commercial value through sponsorship, broadcasting and digital engagement. As World Intellectual...

‘A storm makes winter’: Stellenbosch scientists explain the rain

Sunlight breaks through stormy clouds over the Rooiplein at Stellenbosch University, near where the university’s library and Neelsie student centre have sustained damage from heavy rainfall. PHOTO: Janco Botes

A “big cold front” caused the recent heavy rainfall in Stellenbosch, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) told SMF...

SU library closed after weekend floods

The main entrance to Stellenbosch University library after flooding damaged it.

The Stellenbosch University (SU) library has been closed after heavy rainfall caused flooding in most of its areas and...

#GivingMaties campaign raises over R140 000 for student hunger

Awareness of GivingMaties was spread through events on the Rooiplein

#GivingMaties, the annual 40-day fundraising campaign from Stellenbosch University (SU) addressing critical needs within the student community, has raised...

Nine residence heads at Stellenbosch University hand over the baton

Nine residence heads changed at SU including Minerva

In a recent handover period, Stellenbosch University (SU) saw a change in residence heads at nine different residences, including...

A mother to many: SU residence cleaner reflects on 21 years of service

Behind the windows of Minerva Ladies’ Residence works Muriel Amos, a residence cleaner at Stellenbosch University for the last...

Human Rights Day: Stellenbosch University students make a difference at the Legacy Centre

As South Africa marks Human Rights Day on 21 March, students from Stellenbosch University (SU) are playing a part...

First SRC plenary meeting in 2 years: were 2 hours enough?

Students attending plenary meeting on 4 March

The Stellenbosch University Student Parliament recently convened for its first plenary sitting of the term. This sitting on 4 March, followed nearly two years without a meeting. Opinions differed on the sitting’s productivity and whether the allocated time was sufficient.

Stellenbosch University responds to SRC board campaign [UPDATE]

The board set up by the Stellenbosch University SRC at the Rooinplein, for the students to write down their complaints and frustrations, two students are passing behind the board.

Stellenbosch University (SU) has responded to a recent SMF News article about an SRC campaign through which students publicly...