The university says it had consulted the institution’s student representative council before making the decision.
The former public protector will take up her position in 2018 after a sabbatical.
When several South African universities merged, it was hoped this would improve access and equality. It had the opposite effect.
A new report highlights the need for children to be able to ‘read for meaning’ by grade three so that they do not struggle in matric.
The gap between haves and have-nots is already set in stone for life in primary school, a study says.
The use of a language that bars the majority of black African students – who do not understand Afrikaans – is indefensible.
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Discriminatory cultural and language practices at schools deny black pupils the chance to do as well at university as their white counterparts.
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The high cost of treatment makes mental healthcare inaccessible to those using public health services.
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We should resist the seduction of violence when calling out the brutality of structural racism at our universities, writes Tinyiko Maluleke.
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Stellenbosch University management addressed allegations of racism raised in "Luister" after being hauled before a parliamentary portfolio committee.
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It is specious of this university to hide its black staff quota in stats and nonacademic posts.
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Any change must deliver on the visions of the sidelined majority to be meaningful.
Spaces need scholars to deliberate in community and pursue crossdisciplinary work.
South African doctors announced they had performed the world’s first successful penis transplant, three months after the ground-breaking operation.
EFF leader Julius Malema addressed hundreds of students at Stellenbosch University, he said the suffering was not over and the struggle continues.
Wim de Villiers succeeds Stellenbosch University’s first black vice-chancellor Russel Botman who died of a heart attack this year.
The education minister criticised the domination of Afrikaans in teaching – and called on former Afrikaans universities to enrol more black students.
This doctor returned to his home town to live, love and heal.
Stellenbosch University says critical debate is more valuable than disciplinary action against students involved in a "blackface" incident.
True transformation in campus hostels will come from sharing goals and embracing differences.
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Integrated student housing at Stellenbosch University is key to smoothing over the campus’s charged racial divides.
Low carb, high fat diets don’t work better than traditional balanced diets, according to a Stellenbosch University study.
Professor Russel Botman, rector and vice-chancellor of Stellenbosch University, has been hailed as an inspiration following news of his death.
Stellenbosch is a top institution, but why are architects of racism still being honoured there?
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Widespread tuberculosis awareness campaigns can rein in its increasing transmission rates.
Winner: Professor Soraya Seedat
A badly drafted law easily allows anyone to censor the content of websites hosted in South Africa, writes Leon de Kock
Students from the Dagbreek men’s residence at Stellenbosch University have offered an unusual apology to the country for its involvement in apartheid.
Partnerships in higher education are advancing the fight against maternal deaths in Africa.
The university exceeds financial targets and promotes research.
Despite the gasps at the university since the photo appeared in its student paper, reaction from beyond Stellenbosch has been warmly appreciative.
We need Africans to provide solutions to the continent’s problems.