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[Article by Nane Zietsman] A new diversion works and weir were recently completed on the Holsloot River for irrigation, replacing the weir that washed away during the 2013 flood. The 
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[Article by Ms Petro Mostert] Stellenbosch University (SU) spinout company GreenX Engineering’s initiatives to help equip Cloetesville Primary School in Stellenbosch with energy-saving technology ensured that it became the first 
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[Author: Daniel Bugon] Teachers and learners from schools in Cloetesville and Kayamandi recently benefitted from a solar-generation workshop presented by Stellenbosch University’s Department of Business Management in partnership with the Faculty 
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[Article by Kirsten Kelly, Editor: Water and Sanitation Africa] What is a digital twin? And how can it be used in the water sector? Professor Annie Bekker – research chair 
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[Article by Nane Zietsman] Earth Day is a global initiative that takes place on the 22nd of April every year. It is viewed as a day of action to change 
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[Article by Wiida Fourie-Basson] From Khoekhoegowab to Igbo and Sepedi – these are only three of the low-resource languages in Africa that a group of over 400 volunteers from more 
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[Article by Nane Zietsman] The Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University mourns the passing of Senior Researcher and Emeritus Professor, Prof Theo von Backström on Wednesday, 21 April 2021. Prof. 
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Stellenbosch University (SU) has entered a high-profile collaboration with Imperial, one of the top logistics service providers in Africa. “The initiative creates wonderful opportunities for staff and student research to 
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[Article by Wiida Fourie-Basson] Engineers and scientists from Stellenbosch University have developed a visualisation tool that can automatically localise and quantify specific cellular processes such as mitochondrial fission and fusion 
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[Article by Chris Jurgens] Due to the pandemic, the 2020 Greenovate Awards competition had to be postponed to the start of this year and, for the first time, the competition 
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