2005 Annual Report

This Annual Report will also speak of change, particularly in the field of higher· education - both locally and internationally. As in the past, Stellenbosch University is required to renew and adapt to adequately accompany the new generations of
students in a changing world. There is considerable emphasis on our core business, academia, and how it should flourish and continue to strive for excellence in contemporary circumstances.

This new realisation of serviceableness "voor de onzen" is growing at the University, and the concept is being nuanced and expanded: we are reaching out through community service, there is an endeavour to be an active role player in the
development of a South African society, there is the vision statement to contribute to "the scientific, technological and intellectual capacity of Africa".