Four Maties rugby players wear national colours in 2026

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A long walk to Dakar with the Frederik van Zyl Slabbert Institute

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By Suné Coetzee In October 2026, five Stellenbosch University (SU) students will travel to Dakar, Senegal, for the UNESCO Intercultural Conference's African youth programme. The...
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Tina-tragedie meer as ’n storie uit die argief

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More than women: the journalists who wrote history with ‘Die Matie’

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Bands ‘sny tande’ op Stellenbosch

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Bands ‘cut teeth’ in Stellenbosch

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Kuier in the Bos feeds ‘an organism of culture’

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NSFAS migration: seven months, still no clarity

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Artificial intelligence in higher education: how should we think, teach and assess? 

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Fierce portfolio debate at Student Parliament

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New SRC and a call for accountability

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By Emma Giles, Nicola Reyneke, Azile Kraziya and Akhona Ngxikwe “The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) display in the Neelsie still shows the 2022/23 council and...
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The number don’t lie and neither do we

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By Die Matie Main Editorial 2025/2026 Die Matie’s Main Editorial has had its ears pricked and eyes open wide on campus for the past year...
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85 years and still ticking

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Four Maties rugby players wear national colours in 2026

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By Kaleigh de Jager Three Maties Rugby players – Oliver Reid, Samuel Badenhorst and Danie Kruger – were in the...

Tina-tragedie meer as ’n storie uit die argief

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By Zandri van Greunen Dit was vroeg in Februarie 2026 toe ’n klein groepie joernaliste van Die Matie die Universiteit...

More than women: the journalists who wrote history with ‘Die Matie’

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By Nicola Reyneke For 85 years, generations of women have helped shape Die Matie. When Corinne Oosthuizen became Die Matie’s first...

Bands ‘sny tande’ op Stellenbosch

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Deur Emma Olivier Vandag is die live music scene ’n groot deel van die studentelewe op Stellenbosch. Die Matie het...

Bands ‘cut teeth’ in Stellenbosch

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By Emma Olivier Today, the live music scene has become a big part of student life in Stellenbosch. Die Matie...

Eight Controversies for Eight Decades

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Hiérdie Dosent Open Klasse met Die Matie

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Four Maties rugby players wear national colours in 2026

85th Anniversary 0
By Kaleigh de Jager Three Maties Rugby players – Oliver Reid, Samuel Badenhorst and Danie Kruger – were in the 2026 Junior Springbok team that...
Read more

A long walk to Dakar with the Frederik van Zyl Slabbert Institute

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By Suné Coetzee In October 2026, five Stellenbosch University (SU) students will travel to Dakar, Senegal, for the UNESCO Intercultural Conference's African youth programme. The...
Read more

Tina-tragedie meer as ’n storie uit die argief

85th Anniversary 0
By Zandri van Greunen Dit was vroeg in Februarie 2026 toe ’n klein groepie joernaliste van Die Matie die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) Biblioteek se Kompaktus-afdeling...
Read more

More than women: the journalists who wrote history with ‘Die Matie’

85th Anniversary 0
By Nicola Reyneke For 85 years, generations of women have helped shape Die Matie. When Corinne Oosthuizen became Die Matie’s first female Editor in 1984, many...
Read more

Bands ‘sny tande’ op Stellenbosch

85th Anniversary 0
Deur Emma Olivier Vandag is die live music scene ’n groot deel van die studentelewe op Stellenbosch. Die Matie het die argiewe verken en met...
Read more

Bands ‘cut teeth’ in Stellenbosch

85th Anniversary 0
By Emma Olivier Today, the live music scene has become a big part of student life in Stellenbosch. Die Matie explored the archives and spoke...
Read more

Kuier in the Bos feeds ‘an organism of culture’

85th Anniversary 0
By Jana Burger There are two constants in Stellenbosch’s nightlife: De Akker (the oldest pub in town) and some students’ love for a night out....
Read more

NSFAS migration: seven months, still no clarity

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By Tenisha Taylor Seven months into the academic year, NSFAS is yet to confirm SU’s 2026 migration process, leaving affected students and the university uncertain...
Read more

Artificial intelligence in higher education: how should we think, teach and assess? 

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By Louis Kruger and Suné Coetzee Students from Stellenbosch University (SU) lived in a world without search engines, online databases or artificial intelligence (AI) tools...
Read more

Fierce portfolio debate at Student Parliament

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By Zandri van Greunen The isiXhosa student contracts will be available soon. This was announced by Johan Weideman, 2025/2026 Students’ Representative Council (SRC) General Member...
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New SRC and a call for accountability

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By Emma Giles, Nicola Reyneke, Azile Kraziya and Akhona Ngxikwe “The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) display in the Neelsie still shows the 2022/23 council and...
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The number don’t lie and neither do we

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By Die Matie Main Editorial 2025/2026 Die Matie’s Main Editorial has had its ears pricked and eyes open wide on campus for the past year...
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85 years and still ticking

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By Emma Giles Somewhere in the last five years, the clock in Die Matie’s office stopped ticking. The batteries rested dead in their socket and...
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‘The Odyssey’: Nolan’s newest success

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85 years of Die Matie and ‘we don’t plan on stopping’

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SRC candidates face calls for greater accountability at Military Academy caucus

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SRC candidates discuss student wellbeing at third election caucus

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One question, one answer: students can’t afford to be students

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By Zirquinn Phillips The first caucus of this year's Stellenbosch University (SU) Students’ Representative Council (SRC) election season was held on Monday 20 July....
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Why your vote matters for SRC elections

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Zara Leask Baggesen The elections for student government are well underway at Stellenbosch University (SU), and student leaders are imploring the student body to exercise...
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60 mm Rainfall leads to library closure and campus-wide damage at SU

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By Tenisha Taylor Severe rainfall on Sunday, 19 April, resulted in damage and disruption across the Stellenbosch University (SU) campus,...

Two Maties pairs claim victory at Cape Town HYROX 2026

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By Chelsy Rickard and Anica Hattingh Several Maties competed in the Cape Town HYROX event held at the Cape Town...

Special series: SU student plenary sitting

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By Emma Giles and Zirquinn Phillips Registration and the Student Debt Working Group (SDWG) was discussed during the fourth and...

A screaming success: the Neelsie’s new cinema

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By Leah Falcon and Liam Jean Pierre “It’s alive! It’s alive!” A frankly maniacal rejoice for the resurrection of the...