In 2016 the institution implemented a new language policy that elevated the status of English in an effort to avoid making students, who are not fluent in Afrikaans, feel marginalised and excluded.
Chairperson of the organisation Danie van Wyk said more needed to be done to ensure Afrikaans remained one of the teaching languages at Stellenbosch University.
SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux has been ordered to repay R37 million to Stellenbosch University after an arbitrator found that he misappropriated funds during his time at the institution.
An education activist said the suicide rate among schoolgoers was alarming. Two learners from a Paarl high school allegedly committed suicide within 48 hours of each other.
That is one of the findings of a local population cohort study probing risk factors for COVID-19 deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Over 300 students have already applied to the fund for relief.
The attack, which occurred on Friday evening at a Tygerberg residence, has sparked an outcry among the university’s student body.
This comes after a Stellenbosch University medical student was arrested for the physical and sexual assault of a fellow student.
A UWC scientist collaborated with Stellenbosch University in May on a project that saw cell cultures inoculated with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) samples and grown in a strictly controlled laboratory.
Before doctors could start cancer treatment on the child, they needed to ensure that he was clear of the coronavirus.
Experts from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Stellenbosch University have collaborated to grow a pure culture of the virus.
Experts from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Stellenbosch University (SU) have obtained samples from COVID-19 patients at Tygerberg Hospital.
The University of the Western Cape's Gasant Abarder said that their second term started under lockdown conditions and they've had to respond appropriately.
The University of the Western Cape has implemented a flexible working and learning approach, which includes online platforms.
All students in university accommodation must vacate their residences and are to return home during this period, while those unable to do so will be accommodated in university residences.
Both Stellenbosch University and the University of Cape Town said graduands would receive their qualifications in absentia.
The campaign - named #Action4Inclusion - will be piloted at Stellenbosch University, where Thuli Madonsela serves as the Law Trust Chair in Social Justice.
This as students in KwaZulu-Natal and the North West this week launched protests focusing on several grievances, including fees and student debt.
