Stellenbosch University ( af, Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a
public
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research university
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situated in
, a town in the
Western Cape
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province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the
oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa, together with the
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...
- which received full university status on the same day in 1918. Stellenbosch University (abbreviated as SU) designed and manufactured Africa's first microsatellite,
SUNSAT
The Stellenbosch UNiversity SATellite or SUNSAT (COSPAR 1999-008C) was the first miniaturized satellite designed and manufactured in South Africa. It was launched aboard a Delta II rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base on 23 February 1999 to ...
, launched in 1999.
Stellenbosch University was the first African university to sign the
.
The students of Stellenbosch University are nicknamed "Maties". The term probably arises from the Afrikaans word "tamatie" (meaning tomato, and referring to the maroon sports uniforms and blazer colour). An alternative theory is that the term comes from the Afrikaans colloquialism ''maat'' (meaning "buddy" or "mate"), originally used diminutively ("maatjie") by the students of the
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...
's precursor, the
South African College
The South African College was an educational institution in Cape Town, South Africa, which developed into the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the South African College Schools (SACS).
History
The process that would lead to the formation of t ...
.
History
The origin of the university can be traced back to the Stellenbosch
Gymnasium, which was founded in 1864 and opened on 1 March 1866. The first five students
matriculated
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Australia
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in 1870, but capacity did not initially exist for any tertiary education. However, in the 1870s, the Cape Colony's first locally elected government took office and prioritised education. In 1873, four of the five 1870 matriculates became the institution's first graduates by attaining the "Second Class Certificate" through distance learning, and the gymnasium's student numbers rose to over a hundred.
In 1874, a series of government acts provided for colleges and universities, with generous subsidies and staff. A personal intervention by the
Prime Minister
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in the same year ensured that Stellenbosch qualified, after initially being allocated to be purely a secondary school. Later in 1874, the institution acquired its first Professor and, in the coming few years, its capacity and staff grew rapidly. Its first academic senate was constituted at the beginning of 1876, when several new premises were also acquired. The first MA degree (in Stellenbosch and in South Africa) was completed in 1878, and also in that year, the Gymnasium's first four female students were enrolled.
The institution became the Stellenbosch College in 1881, and was located at the current Arts Department. In 1887, this college was renamed
Victoria
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College; when it acquired university status on 2 April 1918 it was renamed once again, to Stellenbosch University. Initially only one university was planned for the Cape but after the government was visited by a delegation from the ''Victoria College'', it was decided to allow the college to be a university if it could raise £100,000.
Jannie Marais
Johannes Henoch Marais (8 September 1851 – 30 May 1915) was a South African mining magnate, politician and philanthropist who co-founded the multibillion-dollar media conglomerate Naspers and the University of Stellenbosch. He was affectionatel ...
, a wealthy Stellenbosch farmer, bequeathed the money required before his death in 1915.
[ There were certain conditions to his gift which included Dutch/Afrikaans having equal status to English and that the lecturers teach at least half their lectures in Dutch/Afrikaans. By 1930, very little, if any, tuition was in English.][
In December 2014, specialists at the university performed the first successful ]penis transplantation
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on a 21-year-old man.
Name
Although the university was originally named the University of Stellenbosch (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Stellenbosch), it nowadays uses two forms: the English version ''Stellenbosch University'' (abbreviated SU) and the Afrikaans version ''Universiteit Stellenbosch'' (abbreviated US). In all its official documents, such as degree certificates, as well as the university coat of arms, both the English "Stellenbosch University" and the Afrikaans
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"Universiteit Stellenbosch" are used.
Rankings
The university is one of only three public universities in the Western Cape and one of about 20 universities in the country.
In the latest edition of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
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, Stellenbosch University was ranked in the 251-275 category in the world and third in Africa. Another reputable ranking system, QS World University Rankings
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recently ranked the university at 390 in the world and also third in Africa.
The Leiden University
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ranked Stellenbosch 395th out of the top 500 universities worldwide on its CWTS Leiden Ranking
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list of 2013. This list also ranked the university second in both South Africa and Africa, behind only the University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...
.
Stellenbosch University consistently ranks in the top 200 worldwide in law
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, politics
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and geography
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.
Stellenbosch University is ranked in the top 100 worldwide in development studies
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, theology
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, agriculture
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and forestry
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.
In 2012, Webometrics
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ranked Stellenbosch's web footprint 2nd largest in Africa, again behind the University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...
.
The University of Stellenbosch Business School
University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) is the business school of the University of Stellenbosch in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa.
History
The University of Stellenbosch Business School was founded in 1964, enrolling 14 MBA s ...
's MBA program was ranked 65th out of 100 MBA programmes of the leading business schools in the world the Aspen Institute's 2011-12 edition of its Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey. The USB is also the only business school in South Africa, as well as the rest of the continent, to be included in the Top 100 list.
The University of Stellenbosch Business School has triple accreditation
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(AMBA
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, EQUIS
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and AACSB
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accreditation) and is ranked second in Africa by Eduniversal Eduniversal is a university ranking business by the French consulting company and rating agency ''SMBG'' specialized in Higher Education. Founded in 1994, one of the main goals of Eduniversal is to provide a tool, for students all around the world, ...
. The University of Stellenbosch Business School is ranked in the top 100 worldwide in executive education by Financial Times
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.
Location
is located about 50 kilometres from Cape Town and is situated on the banks of the ''Eersterivier'' ("First River") in the famous wine-growing region and is encircled by picturesque mountains. Teaching at Stellenbosch University is divided between the main campus in Stellenbosch, the Tygerberg campus (where the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is situated), the Bellville Park campus (where the University of Stellenbosch Business School
University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) is the business school of the University of Stellenbosch in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa.
History
The University of Stellenbosch Business School was founded in 1964, enrolling 14 MBA s ...
(USB) is situated), and the Saldanha Saldanha may refer to:
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* Saldanha, Western Cape, a town on the bay
* Saldanha Bay Local Municipality, the unit of government that administers the Saldanha Bay region
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campus (housing the Faculty of Military Science at the Military Academy of the South African National Defence Force).
Language
Stellenbosch University used to be a predominantly Afrikaans
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-medium university. However, as the student body became more diversified, pressure mounted for more classes in English.
Today, the university's language policy promotes multilingualism as a means to increase equitable access for all students and staff. Afrikaans, English and Xhosa are used in academic, administrative, professional and social contexts, and classes are offered in Afrikaans and English.
Students are allowed to write their assignments, tests and examinations in English or Afrikaans. The language of tuition also varies depending on the faculty. The Faculty of Arts for example, is 40% English, so courses are lectured bilingually and the language of most handouts or prescribed material is determined by the student.
At postgraduate level the language of tuition is determined by the composition of the class. Most advanced postgraduate courses are conducted in English. According to the 2016 language profile of the university, 40.7% of its students stated Afrikaans as their home language, 46.1% stated English, 0.9% stated English and Afrikaans, and 3.1% of students stated isiXhosa
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as their home language.
The language policy is still an ongoing issue for the university, since it is one of the very few tertiary institutions left in South Africa still offering tuition in Afrikaans. It is situated in the Western Cape province, where 67% of the population have Afrikaans as home language, and the only one of four universities in the province to offer degree courses in Afrikaans. Due to this, it is held in high regard by the Afrikaner community.
The university annually hosts the SU ''Woordfees'', a predominantly Afrikaans-language festival of the written and spoken word.
Student profile
Stellenbosch University's student racial profile is as follows:
Faculties and schools
Stellenbosch University consists of about 150 departments divided amongst 10 faculties. It also has more than 40 research (and other) institutions.
The faculties that are situated on the main campus are:
* Arts
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and Social Sciences
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* Science
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* Education
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* AgriSciences
* Law
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* Theology
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* Economic and Management Sciences
* Engineering
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The faculties and schools that are not situated on the main campus are:
* Military Science
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— situated in Saldanha Bay
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* Medicine and Health Sciences
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— situated in Tygerberg
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* University of Stellenbosch Business School
University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) is the business school of the University of Stellenbosch in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa.
History
The University of Stellenbosch Business School was founded in 1964, enrolling 14 MBA s ...
— situated in Bellville
The Southern African node of the Pan-African University
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is based in South Africa and will concentrate on space science
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s.
This decision was connected with South Africa's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array
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of radio telescopes. In September 2009 Jean-Pierre Ezin, African Union commissioner for science, said the node at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa was hoped to open in February 2010. According to ''University World News'', however, ''The PAU project continues in other regions although Southern Africa has been lagging behind''.
Facilities and services
The Stellenbosch University Library has collections scattered around the campus outside of the main facility, and all of which are catalogued on a computerised database, using the university's original mainframe, a UNIVAC
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. There are several other satellite libraries servicing the different faculties, including the Theology
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Library, Law Library and Tygerberg
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Medical Library.
Stellenbosch University also has a Conservatory, with two concert halls. The Conservatory is the home of the internationally acclaimed Stellenbosch University Choir
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, who, along with being the oldest South African choir have received numerous awards overseas.
The university also has a 430-seat theatre, known as the HB Thom Theatre and an open-air amphitheatre. Accompanying these facilities is the university's own Drama Department, under the guidance of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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. The department regularly puts on plays, dramas, productions, cabarets and musicals.
The Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden
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is the oldest university botanical garden in South Africa.
The Langenhoven Students' Centre (''Neelsie'') houses the Student Representative Council
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, a food court, a cinema, a post office, a shopping centre, an advice office and all the student societies' offices. Student bands and various entertainment and activity promotions usually appear in the main food court during lunch hour.
The university has its own radio station known as MFM (Matie FM), situated in the Neelsie. It broadcasts a mix of music, news, entertainment and campus news over the entire Stellenbosch area at 92.6 FM.
The university also distributes regular publications, '' Die Matie'' (appearing every fortnight) for its students and ''Kampusnuus'' (appearing monthly) for its staff. An official yearbook, ''Stellenbosch Student'', is published annually and presented to all graduating students. ''Matieland'' is the name of the official alumni magazine. It is published twice a year and distributed to some 100 000 alumni and friends of the university.
Sport
Sports facilities for the more than 30 competitive and recreational sports that are supported by the university include Danie Craven Stadium
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, two large swimming pools (one under roof), the Coetzenburg Centre, a multi-purpose center for ceremonies and indoor sports, playing fields, including two artificial hockey fields, a gymnasium, and a new football complex.
The university offers several sports to its students. Some of them are athletics
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, bouldering
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, badminton
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, basketball
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, canoeing
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, cricket
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, cross country running
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, cycling
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, fencing
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, golf
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, gymnastics
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, field hockey
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, judo
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, kendo
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, netball
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, rowing
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, rugby union
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, soccer
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, squash
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, surfing
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, swimming
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, taekwondo
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, tennis
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, underwater hockey
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, volleyball
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, water polo
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, and yachting
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.
Stellenbosch has served as a test site in 2006 for a set of proposed modifications to the rules of rugby union, commonly referred to as the Stellenbosch Laws.
Student housing
Stellenbosch has 34 residence halls
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in configurations for women only, men only and mixed gender. Each residence is supervised by a resident head assisted by a House Committee of senior students. The House Committee assists students with security, maintenance, and social programs.} Each first year student on campus gets access to a be-well mentor who assist them with their social-emotional transition from school to university. Each residence for undergrads incorporates a laundry room, a common living room and a dining hall where meals are provided for which students book beforehand on their student account.
The number of available rooms in university residences is limited, which requires some students to find private boarding. Students in private lodgings are assigned to one of 6 Private Student Organisations (PSO), also known as Private Wards. These PSOs give private students exposure to the same campus experience as students residing in residences. The oldest residence is Wilgenhof men's residence, established in 1903.
The PSO wards are grouped into six clusters with nearby residences to form student communities (a seventh cluster is on the Tygerberg campus). For each of these clusters, a hub facility is being built, of which two have already been completed, namely amaMaties and Wimbledon. In this way, day students can enjoy the same benefits as residence students, such as mentor support, meals and a well-appointed place to go to between classes.
Controversies
There have been several incidences of racism at the university since 1994, with the latest being of a white student urinating into study material of a black student.
Leaders
Notable alumni
* James L Barnard
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Barna ...
, civil engineer and pioneer of biological nutrient removal in wastewater treatment
* Johannes Christiaan de Wet
Johannes Christiaan de Wet (1912–1990) was South Africa's most influential jurist and teacher of law.Zimmermann, p. 168.
Biography
Born as a farmer's son in the Orange Free State, he studied law at Stellenbosch, attaining doctorates there a ...
, legal scholar, professor, recognized as South Africa's most influential jurist
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.
* Friedel Sellschop, physicist and pioneer in the field of Nuclear physics
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Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies the ...
.
* Baron Steyn
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, British Law Lord
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, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
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.
* John Dugard
Christopher John Robert Dugard (born 23 August 1936 in Fort Beaufort), known as John Dugard, is a South African professor of international law. His main academic specializations are in Roman-Dutch law, public international law, jurisprudence, hum ...
, professor of international law at Leiden University
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former member of the International Law Commission
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ad hoc judge of the International Court of Justice
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.
* Lourens Ackermann
Lourens Wepener Hugo "Laurie" Ackermann (b 14 January 1934) is a former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, where he served from 1994 to 2004.
Ackermann was born in Pretoria, South Africa and he matriculated from Pretoria Boys Hig ...
, former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
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The Court was fi ...
.
* Edwin Cameron
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, Rhodes scholar
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Established in 1902, it is the oldest graduate scholarship in the world. It is considered among the world' ...
and justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
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The Court was fi ...
.
* Johan Froneman
Johan Coenraad Froneman, SC (born 10 February 1953) is a South African former judge who served as a Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
Early life
Froneman grew up in Cathcart and was educated at Grey College, Bloemfontein, ...
, lawyer and justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
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The Court was fi ...
.
* Koos Bekker
Jacobus Petrus "Koos" Bekker (born 14 December 1952) is a South African billionaire businessman, and the chairman of media group Naspers. The company operates in 130 countries and is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Johannesburg Stock Exc ...
, businessman, billionaire chairman of Naspers
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.
* James Leonard Brierley Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long e ...
, ichthyologist
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...
, organic chemist and university professor. First to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth
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, at the time thought long extinct.
* Jacob de Villiers, judge, Chief Justice of South Africa
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from 1929 to 1932.
* Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet
Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, PC, QC (11 September 1873 – 16 March 1960) was a South African politician, lawyer, and judge who was Chief Justice of South Africa and acting Governor-General from 1943 to 1945.
Early life
De Wet was born and went t ...
, politician, lawyer, and judge. Chief Justice of South Africa
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and acting Governor-General
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from 1943 to 1945.
* Henry Allan Fagan
Henry Allan Fagan, KC (4 April 1889 – 6 December 1963) was the Chief Justice of South Africa from 1957 to 1959 and previously a Member of Parliament and the Minister of Native Affairs in J. B. M. Hertzog's government. Fagan had been an early ...
, judge, Chief Justice of South Africa
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from 1957 to 1959.
* Lucas Cornelius Steyn
Lucas Cornelius Steyn, PC, QC (21 December 1903 – 28 July 1976) was Chief Justice of South Africa and, as such, acted as Governor-General on two occasions.
Early life
Steyn was born in 1903 on a farm in the Orange River Colony, shortly af ...
, judge, Chief Justice of South Africa
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from 1959 to 1971.
* Pieter Jacobus Rabie
Pieter Jacobus "Pierre" Rabie (1917–1997) was a senior South African judge during the apartheid era, and its Chief Justice from 1982 to 1989.
Early life and education
Born in the Free State in 1917, Rabie matriculated at Koffiefontein in 193 ...
, judge, Chief Justice of South Africa
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from 1982 to 1989.
* Barend van Niekerk, lawyer and academic.
* Naledi Pandor
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, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (South Africa).
* Christo Wiese
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.
* Jan Steyn, judge and development leader.
* Beyers Naudé
Christiaan Frederick Beyers Naudé (10 May 1915 – 7 September 2004) was a South African Afrikaner Calvinist Dominee, theologian and the leading Afrikaner anti-apartheid activist. He was known simply as Beyers Naudé, or more colloquially, ...
, theologian
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and anti-apartheid activist.
* Fritz Brand
Frederik Daniël Jacobus "Fritz" Brand Senior counsel, SC (born 16 February 1949) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa."Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal"SCA website.
Early life and education
Brand was born in ...
, judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
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History
On the creation of the Union of South Africa f ...
.
* Jannie Mouton
Johannes "Jannie" Mouton (born 1946) is a South African billionaire businessman, the founder and chairman of PSG Group.
Early life
Mouton was born in Carnarvon in 1946, and grew up there. He has a bachelor's degree from Stellenbosch University ...
, businessman, founder and chairman of PSG Group.
* Monique Nsanzabaganwa
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, economist, politician and Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda.
* Sir David de Villiers Graaff, 3rd Baronet
Sir David de Villiers Graaff, 3rd Baronet (3 May 194024 January 2015), was a South African businessman and owner of De Grendel Wine Estate.
The son of Sir De Villiers Graaff, 2nd Baronet, he was born in 1940, after his father left to serve in t ...
businessman.
* Etienne Leroux
Etienne Leroux (13 June 1922 – 30 December 1989) was an Afrikaans writer and a member of the South African Sestigers literary movement.
Early life and career
Etienne Leroux was born in Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape on 13 June 1922 as Stepha ...
, writer and member of the South African Sestigers
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literary movement.
* Stuart Abbott, rugby
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Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
player and former economics student.
* Sandra Botha
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, former Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly for the Democratic Alliance (South Africa)
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.
* Paul Cilliers
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, philosopher and complexity theorist.
* Markus Jooste
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, South African businessman and the former CEO of Steinhoff International
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.
* Ruann Coleman, artist and sculptor.
* Pierre de Vos
Pierre Francois de Vos (born 29 June 1963) is a South African constitutional law scholar.
Early life
De Vos was born in Messina, Transvaal, (now Musina, Limpopo) and matriculated from Pietersburg High School in Pietersburg (now known as Polok ...
, constitutional law scholar.
* Abraham H. de Vries
Abraham Hermanus de Vries (born 9 February 1937) is an Afrikaans short story writer, considered one of the most respected and beloved in Afrikaans language literature in the Sestigers.
Early life and career
De Vries was born in Ladismith in the ...
, writer.
* Mark Nigrini
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Nigrini is best known for his work on using Benford's ...
, academic, accounting professor.
* Mari Rabie
Mari Rabie (born 10 September 1986) is a South African triathlete
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, Rhodes scholar, triathlete.
* Leopoldt van Huyssteen, soil scientist.
* Danie Craven
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, prominent Rugby player and sport administrator.
* Riaan Cruywagen, prominent news reader and voice artist.
* Willim Welsyn, singer, songwriter, guitarist and podcaster.
* Brian Currin
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Currin practiced law in Pretoria from 1977 to 1987, specializing in labour law and civil an ...
, leading Human Rights lawyer.
* Casper de Vries
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, actor and comedian.
* Johan Degenaar, philosopher.
* Estian Calitz
Estian Calitz (born 23 May 1949) is the executive director of finance and professor of economics at Stellenbosch University, South Africa since 2003.
Calitz was born and grew up in the Western Cape Province town of George, South Africa. After co ...
, economics professor.
* Billy Downer, public prosecutor.
* Cromwell Everson
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, composer of the first Afrikaans
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opera.
* Alfredo Tjiurimo Hengari
Alfredo Tjiurimo Hengari (born 8 December 1974 in Windhoek) is a Namibian who serves as the presidential press secretary to President Hage Geingob.
Hengari schooled at A. Shipena High School in Katutura and enrolled for B.A. in political scien ...
, political scientist.
* James Barry Munnik Hertzog
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, former Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
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.
* Mike Horn
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, South African adventurer.
* Liza Grobler
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, artist.
* Elsa Joubert
Elsabé Antoinette Murray Joubert OIS (19 October 1922 – 14 June 2020) was a Sestigers Afrikaans-language writer. She rose to prominence with her novel '' Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena'' (The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena), which was tra ...
, novelist.
* Uys Krige
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, playwright, poet and translator.
* Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven
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, poet who composed words of Afrikaner anthem ''Die Stem''.
* John Laredo, anti-apartheid campaigner.
* Lulu Latsky, first woman to earn a PhD at Stellenbosch (1930); zoologist and writer.
* Magnus André De Merindol Malan, last Minister of defence during the Apartheid era
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.
* D. C. S. Oosthuizen
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, (Daantjie Oosthuizen), philosopher, Christian, critic of Apartheid.
* Mark Patterson, private equity
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investor and founder of MatlinPatterson Global Advisors
* Peet Pienaar
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, controversial performance artist.
* André du Pisani
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, political scientist and professor at University of Namibia
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UNAM comprises the follow ...
.
* Vern Poythress
Vern Sheridan Poythress (born 1946) is an American philosopher, theologian, New Testament scholar and mathematician, who is currently the New Testament chair of the ESV Oversight Committee. He is also the Professor of New Testament Interpretatio ...
, Calvinist
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philosopher and New Testament
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scholar.
* Johann Rupert
Johann Peter Rupert (born 1 June 1950) is a South African billionaire businessman, who is the eldest son of business tycoon Anton Rupert and his wife Huberte. He is the chairman of the Swiss-based luxury-goods company Richemont and the South Af ...
, businessman and founding trustee of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
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Rona Rupert née Davel (7 February 1934 – 25 August 1995) was a South African author. In 1976, she received the C.P. Hoogenhout Award.
Biography
Born in Calvinia, South Africa. Her father was a lecturer of Afrikaans and Dutch, before the fami ...]
, musician and author of 33 Afrikaans
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books.
* Johannes du Plessis Scholtz
Johannes du Plessis Scholtz (14 May 1900 – 26 January 1990) was a South African philologist, art historian, and art collector.
Scholarly life
Scholtz studied first at the University of Stellenbosch, completing an M.A. in 1920. He then too ...
, philologist
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, art historian and art collector.
* Frederik van Zyl Slabbert
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, former opposition politician who became chancellor of Stellenbosch University.
* Jan Smuts
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, (24 May 1870 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as prime minister of the Union of South Af ...
, former South African Prime Minister
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.
* Zanne Stapelberg
Zanne Stapelberg (12 August 1977) is a South African musician.
Biography
Zanne Stapelberg was born in Bellville, in 1977, and grew up in the suburb of Durbanville. She matriculated on Durbanville High School.
Education
Stapelberg began her ...
, opera singer.
* Tom Dreyer
Tom Dreyer (born 17 November 1972) is a South African novelist and poet writing in both English and Afrikaans.
He went to school in Johannesburg and Stellenbosch, and studied at the University of Stellenbosch and the University of Cape Town. He ...
, novelist and poet writing in both English and Afrikaans
Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...
.
* Sampie Terreblanche, former professor of Economics at Stellenbosch and founder member of the Democratic Party.
* Craig Tiley
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, CEO of Tennis Australia
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and Director of the Australian Open
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.
* Gerhard Tötemeyer, former Namibia
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n Deputy Minister of Local and Regional Government and Housing.
* Jonathan Trott
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, England Cricketer.
* Hendrik W. (H.W.) van der Merwe
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(BA 1956, MA 1957), founder of the Centre for Intergroup Studies
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It was founded in 1968 by Professor H.W. van der Merwe in Cape Town, South Africa, to conduct academic research on relations between "racial" groups ...
, University of Cape Town
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.
* Deon van der Walt
Deon van der Walt (28 July 1958 – 29 November 2005), was a South African tenor.
Van der Walt studied singing at Stellenbosch University and made his debut as Jaquino in Beethoven's ''Fidelio'' at the Cape Town Opera before he had graduate ...
, internationally renowned opera singer.
* Japie van Zyl, deputy director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Founded in the 1930s by Caltech researchers, JPL is owned by NASA an ...
.
* Ntsiki Biyela
Ntsiki Biyela (born 1978) is a South African winemaker and businesswoman who runs Aslina wines. Previously, she was head winemaker at Stellekaya Wines, where Biyela became the first black female winemaker in South Africa.
Biography
Biyela grew u ...
, winemaker and businesswomen.
* Attie van Heerden
Adriaan "Attie" Jacobus van Heerden (10 March 1898 – 14 October 1965) was a South African Olympian 400-metre hurdler, rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played representative level rugby union (R ...
, Olympian, rugby union, and rugby league footballer.
* Ernst van Heerden
Ernst van Heerden (20 March 1916 – 30 September 1997) was a leading Afrikaans poet.
Born in Pearston, Eastern Cape, South Africa, he was an openly gay academic famous for his poems on sport. He matriculated at Grey High School, Port El ...
, leading Afrikaans poet.
* Johannes Frederik Janse Van Rensburg, former leader of the Ossewabrandwag
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.
* Eben Dönges
Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges (8 March 1898 – 10 January 1968) was a South African politician who was elected the state president of South Africa, but died before he could take office, aged 69.
Early life
Eben Donges was born on 8 March 189 ...
, South African politician who was elected State President of South Africa
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, but died before he could take office.
* Andries Treurnicht
Andries Petrus Treurnicht (19 February 1921 – 22 April 1993) was a South African politician, Minister of Education during the Soweto Riots and for a short time leader of the National Party in Transvaal. In 1982 he founded and led the Conser ...
, politician, Minister of Education during the Soweto Riots, founded and led the Conservative Party of South Africa.
* Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
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, former apartheid-era Prime Minister
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of South Africa.
* Balthazar Johannes Vorster
Balthazar Johannes "B. J." Vorster (; also known as John Vorster; 13 December 1915 – 10 September 1983) was a South African apartheid politician who served as the prime minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978 and the fourth state presiden ...
, former apartheid-era Prime Minister
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of South Africa.
* Daniel François Malan
Daniël François Malan (; 22 May 1874 – 7 February 1959) was a South African politician who served as the fourth prime minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954. The National Party implemented the system of apartheid, which enforce ...
, former apartheid-era Prime Minister of South Africa
The prime minister of South Africa ( af, Eerste Minister van Suid-Afrika) was the head of government in South Africa between 1910 and 1984.
History of the office
The position of Prime Minister was established in 1910, when the Union of Sout ...
.
* Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom
Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom (also spelled Strydom in accordance with Afrikaans spelling; 14 July 1893 – 24 August 1958), also known as Hans Strijdom and nicknamed the Lion of the North or the Lion of Waterberg, was the fifth prime minister of ...
, former apartheid-era Prime Minister of South Africa
The prime minister of South Africa ( af, Eerste Minister van Suid-Afrika) was the head of government in South Africa between 1910 and 1984.
History of the office
The position of Prime Minister was established in 1910, when the Union of Sout ...
.
* Taryn Young
Taryn Young is the Director of the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care and Head of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Stellenbosch University. She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. Professor Young has co-aut ...
, physician and epidemiologist.
* Martin Welz
Martin Welz is a South African journalist and the editor of Noseweek magazine. He is best known for his investigative work on controversial issues including government and corporate corruption.
Early life
Martin Sylvester Welz was born on 19 ...
, investigative journalist and editor of South African investigative magazine Noseweek ''Noseweek'' is a South African tabloid published by Chaucer Publications that has appeared monthly since June 1993. It is best known for regular legal action against it, such as a failed bid at interdiction by banking group FirstRand (where editor ...
.
* Claudette Schreuders
Claudette Schreuders (born February 6, 1973) is a South African sculptor and painter operating out of Cape Town, South Africa. She is known mainly for her carved and painted wooden figures, which have been exhibited independently and internation ...
, South African sculptor and painter
* Lydia Baumbach
Lydia Baumbach (1924 – 9 February 1991) was a South African classical scholar, known particularly for her work in the field of Mycenaean studies.
Early life
Lydia Baumbach was born in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in 1924, to a German missiona ...
, classical scholar
* Henda Swart, South African mathematician
* Vuyokazi Mahlati, social entrepreneur, gender activist and global director of the International Women's Forum
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* Marina Joubert
Marina Joubert is a senior science communication researcher at The Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) at Stellenbosch University. Previously, she was the communication manager for the National Research Foundation ...
, senior science communication researcher at Stellenbosch University
* Ashley Burdett
Ashley Burdett (born 14 November 1994) is a Zimbabwean woman cricketer and former captain of the Zimbabwe women's national cricket team. She captained the Zimbabwe team in the 2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier which was also the inaugu ...
, Zimbabwean cricketer
* Stefanus Gie
Stefanus François Naudé Gie (13 July 1884 – 10 April 1945) was a South African historian, politician, and diplomat.
Educator
Gie was born in Worcester, South Africa, Worcester, Cape Colony (now the Western Cape province) to an Afrikaners, ...
, diplomat.
* Professor Novel Njweipi Chegou, molecular biologist and winner of the Royal Society
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Africa Prize in 2022.
See also
* List of South African open access repositories
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Acco ...
* Rankings of universities in South Africa
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References
External links
Stellenbosch University official site
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Educational institutions established in 1866
Public universities in South Africa
Stellenbosch
Forestry education
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1866 establishments in the Cape Colony