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𝗦𝗶𝘅 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗵 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.

Congratulations to six SU academics who received awards at the 2026 South African Women in Science Awards (SAWiSA).

The event, last night, with Minister Blade Ndzimandi, minister of Science, technology and innovation, recognises the contributions done by women to research, innovation and the development of the next generation of scientists and scholars.

Under the 2026 theme, “Placing Women at the Centre of Science, Technology and Innovation,” these achievements reflect the breadth of talent and impact of women’s research at SU. 💙

🏆 Prof Sabrina Kumschick (Centre for Invasion Biology) was named Distinguished Young Woman Researcher in the Natural Sciences.

🏆 Prof Lynn Hendricks (Health Systems and Public Health) was named Distinguished Woman Researcher in Public Engagement with Science.

🏆 Dr Xanthe Hunt was named Distinguished Young Woman Researcher in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

🏆 Dr Yaseera Ismail (Physics) was named 1st Runner-Up in the Distinguished Young Woman Researcher in the Natural Sciences.

🎓 Jos Jansen van Vuuren (AgriSciences Master's student): Recipient of the DSTI-Prof Keolebogile Shirley Motaung Master's Fellowship

🎓 Nasiphi Siguca (Education Master's student): Recipient of the DSTI-Prof Keolebogile Shirley Motaung Master's Fellowship

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Delecia Davids becomes the first South African awarded the prestigious Einstein Fellowship. The Stellenbosch University academic will live and work for six months in the garden cottage of Albert Einstein’s summer house in Germany, researching reparative storytelling, memory and identity.
Read on https://tinyurl.com/48b5kdvd

🎓 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝟏𝟏 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜

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From watching fencing at the Tokyo Olympics to representing South Africa on the Commonwealth stage 🤺🇿🇦

Meet Maties fencer and third-year Data Science student, Luthando Mandonsela, whose journey from trying fencing at Stellenbosch University to making his international debut is one of dedication, determination and taking a chance on something new.

✨ Read Luthando’s story and follow his journey to the 2026 Commonwealth Fencing Championships: https://www.su.ac.za/en/students/campus-life/sport/news/olympic-inspiration-leads-maties-fencer-luthando-mandonsela-commonwealth-championships

𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗨 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀

Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Assessment Administration, Academic Records and Graduation Office (AARGO) requires the services of external invigilators for the end-of-year assessments administered by the central Assessments Office on the Stellenbosch campus. Several temporary, part-time positions are available for senior invigilators and invigilators during the assessment period from 26 October to 5 December 2026.

Please note that these positions are open to external applicants only. Applications by Stellenbosch University staff and students will not be considered, but you are welcome to share the information with interested parties who reside locally and meet the requirements.

Closing date for applications: 4 September 2026

Read more here:https://files.su.ac.za/public/assessments/documents/2026-08/invigilators-advertisement-2026-english_0.pdf



𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗸𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗨𝗦 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗴 𝗲𝗸𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗲𝗿𝘀

Die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) se Assesseringsadministrasie, Akademiese Rekords en Gradekantoor(Assesseringskantoor) benodig die dienste van eksterne toesighouers vir die jaareind-assesserings wat deurdie sentrale Assesseringskantoor op die Stellenbosch-kampus geadministreer word. Daar is verskeie poste vir senior toesighouers en toesighouers gedurende die assesseringstydperk van 26 Oktober – 5 Desember2026.

Let asseblief daarop dat hierdie poste slegs vir eksterne aansoekers beskikbaar is. Aansoeke deur personeelen studente van die US sal nie oorweeg word nie, maar julle is welkom om die inligting te deel met belangstellendes wat plaaslik woon en aan die posvereistes voldoen.

Sluitingsdatum vir aansoeke: 4 September 2026

Lees meer hier:https://files.su.ac.za/public/assessments/documents/2026-08/invigilators-advertisement-2026-afrikaans.pdf

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳 𝗭𝘀𝗮-𝗭𝘀𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗽𝗼𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘄

By the age of 25, Prof Zsa-Zsa Boggenpoel had completed a doctorate in law. Seven years later, she became one of the youngest full professors in SU's history.

But her journey began much more modestly.

Growing up in Mount Pleasant, Hermanus, she watched her mother raise two daughters on a grocery-store worker’s income. She made herself a promise: she would work hard, earn a bursary and use education to build a better future.
Today, she is one of South Africa’s foremost scholars in constitutional property law and the South African Research Chair in Property Law.

Her hope is that her journey shows younger scholars that excellence is achievable, regardless of background.

𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙛 𝙕𝙨𝙖-𝙕𝙨𝙖 𝘽𝙤𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙥𝙤𝙚𝙡’𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮: https://cutt.ly/rydY9Ssv

- 𝗗𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵
𝗗𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵’𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹

While her own medical education was constrained by the restrictions of apartheid, Dr Therese Fish has spent much of her professional life expanding opportunities for future generations of healthcare professionals.

In the 1980s, she received special dispensation to study medicine at a time when the profession remained largely inaccessible to the country's majority populations.

Forty years later, the clinical training platform where she once experienced exclusion has become one of her greatest achievements.

Under her leadership, the Faculty has developed South Africa’s largest and most comprehensive distributed clinical training platform, with more than 120 training sites across the Western Cape and beyond.

For Fish, transformation is about more than changing systems. It is about creating a place where more people can belong and make a difference.

“You have to be present to make a difference.”

𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚: https://cutt.ly/7ydxwbG7