Lockdown creates new opportunities for Kayamandi-based business
A Kayamandi-based fashion design studio has transformed their business into a face mask production site, after lockdown regulations put...
Category: Health
Gin and vodka distillery switches to making hand sanitiser
A Somerset West-based company has transformed its gin and vodka distillery into a hand sanitiser production site after...
Stellenbosch PSO’s daag studente uit om gesigmaskers te maak
Twee van die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) se Private Studente Organisasies (PSO’s), Osler en Olympus, het hande gevat met die #MaskMakingMovement-inisiatief in die stryd teen die Covid-19-pandemie.
SU and Matie community 3-D print protective gear for healthcare workers
The Medicine and Health Sciences and Engineering Faculties at Stellenbosch University (SU) have been collaborating with Stellenbosch community members...
Local charity aims to provide 250 women with sanitary products
A Stellenbosch-based charity organisation is aiming to provide 250 women in Cape Town with enough reusable sanitary products for...
#StayatHome Stellies: Students advised not to return to campus
Although Stellenbosch University (SU) residences and campus buildings remain closed, some students have decided to return to Stellenbosch as...
‘Covid doesn’t stop menstruation’: local charities raise funds for sanitary products
The non-profit organisation, I Am For Her Foundation (IAFHF), has launched a new fundraising campaign to ensure that menstrual...
Clinical trial at Tygerberg Hospital could be a ‘game changer’ for Covid-19
The South African clinical trial, run by a Bellville-based clinical research centre, may result in a vaccine that could...
Local church donates food packages to SU students
Members of the Shofar Christian Church (Shofar) in Stellenbosch have donated over 4 400 food parcels to the students...
Cigarette ban lifted, helps tobacco sector regrowth
The recent announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that lockdown measures will be eased from 1 May when the country...