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#MyTygerMaties60 student profile: Breda Reed
Page Content: He’s a proud Namibian that attended Paul Roos Gymnasium. He loves people, hockey, dogs and his mother’s rusks. He believes everything happens for a reason and that people shouldn’t take...
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#MyTygerMaties60 student profile: Menzi Mtshali
Page Content: If you’ve managed to secure seven distinctions at school, it’s probably fair to say that you are no stranger to hard work. That’s why Sibongumenzi (or Menzi as her friends know her)...
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It will take more than $36 billion every year to end AIDS
Page Content: In the past 15 years, the global community has provided US$109.8 billion in development assistance to curb HIV/AIDS. Several international aid organisations created in this period have...
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Companies with female directors are better corporate citizens
Page Content: Listed companies with more female directors are also better corporate citizens, write Prof Suzette Viviers and Dr Nadia Mans-Kemp of the Department of Business Management in an opinion...
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Rector appointed to Advisory Board of leading international Journal
Page Content: Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU), and also a respected researcher in the field of gastroenterology, has been appointed to the Advisory...
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Major project to investigate unexplored Eastern Cape forests
Page Content: The creepy crawlies and other animals which inhabit the misty forests of the Eastern Cape will be the subject of a three-year research project funded by South Africa's Department of...
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SU biochemist honoured for prostate cancer research
Page Content: A biochemist from Stellenbosch University (SU), Dr Karl Storbeck has been awarded the South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's Silver award during its conference...
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Seven Steinhoff Maties in SA U/21 hockey teams
Page Content: Seven players from the Steinhoff Maties Hockey Club have been selected to represent South Africa at the U/21 World Cup in India later this year.Tarryn Glasby, Dani Cairns and Christine...
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The social impact of rural health explored
Page Content: Researchers shared their knowledge and experience in sustainable rural health research with one another at the annual Sustainable Rural Health Research Days hosted at Stellenbosch...
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SUNScholar ranked first in Africa
Page Content: Stellenbosch University's Institutional Repository, SUNScholar, has recently reached the number one position in Africa in the 2016 July edition of the ranking of open access...
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Agricultural economist Prof Nick Vink elected to Reserve Bank Board
Page Content: Agricultural economist Prof Nick Vink of Stellenbosch University (SU) has been elected by the shareholders of the South African Reserve Bank to serve as a non-executive director. Prof...
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Paper about kilometre-based road user charging wins engineering award
Page Content: Two transport economists' recommendation that a kilometre-based road user charge system could be a viable alternative or supplementary source of income to fund the construction and...
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HSMF bursaries a boon to rural health
Page Content: More than half of South Africans live in rural areas. This makes healthcare in these settings an ever-present concern and social challenge.One initiative that addresses this need comes...
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Maties help SA qualify for 2017 Netball World Youth Cup
Page Content: Four Maties netball players travelled to Botswana last week to participate in a qualifying tournament for the U/21 Netball World Youth Cup.South Africa won all its matches and qualified...
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Former Matie's recycling company is a winner
Page Content: From setting up recycling in residences at Stellenbosch University (SU) to being chief executive officer of an award-winning waste recycling company - meet SU alumnus, Matthew Haden, who...
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Sign language-related courses help teachers of Deaf students with new curriculum
Page Content: Last year, the first South African Sign Language (SASL) curriculum was rolled out nationally in South Africa after it had first been piloted as a project at the De la Bat School for the...
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Study shows how Afrikaans music recordings reflect the country’s history
Page Content: "While many researchers who write about South Africa's history view history from a political perspective, my research is an attempt to look at the history from an entirely different...
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Olympic dream a reality for small-town athlete
Page Content: When Matie athlete Justine Palframan (22) walks on to the athletics track at the Olympic Games in Rio, she will fulfil a dream that originated in the rural hamlet of Eshowe in...
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Three Maties coaches off to Rio
Page Content: Three Maties coaches – Karin Hugo, Karin le Roux and Suzanne Ferreira – were selected to join Team South Africa at the Paralympic Games in Rio. They tell as a bit more:Karin Hugo...
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Support, guidance available for Tygermaties
Page Content: "If you're studying on any Medical and Health Sciences campus worldwide, you're likely to need support," says An-Maree Nel, senior clinical psychologist at the Centre for Student...
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