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By Emma Olivier The voter turnout for the 2026 Students’ Representative Council (SRC) elections is only 12,4% – 4 153 out of 33 497 eligible...

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Maties’ Junior Bok women uncover career difficulties

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By Kaleigh de Jager  Palesa Matee, a first-year BEng (Civil Engineering) student at Stellenbosch University (SU), discovered she made the Junior Springbok Women’s squad the...
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Spotlight on Maties Sport clubs

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By Anica Hattingh 26 May 1950 - Boxers In 1950, six Maties’ boxers competed at the Intervarsity Championships in Johannesburg. Despite the June examinations approaching and...
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Kollig op Maties Sport

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Deur Anica Hattingh 26 Mei 1950 - Boksers Oor die naweek van 19 Mei het ses boksers aan die Interuniversitêre Kampioenskappe in Johannesburg deelgeneem. Ten spyte...
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Three rectors reflect on the evolution of Stellenbosch University

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By Leah Falcon and Amber Steyn “Every rector has a particular role to play in terms of the institution at that point in time and...
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Initiation to inclusion: rebuilding Welcoming at Stellenbosch University

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By Lilja Flohr Welcoming has undergone significant transformation over the past two decades. Beginning in the early 2000s, Stellenbosch University’s (SU) approach shifted away from...
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90 years of harmony: the resilient legacy of the SU Choir

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By Inge van der Westhuizen As the Stellenbosch University (SU) Choir approaches its 90th anniversary this year, it stands as a global beacon for amateur...
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Celebrating 85 Years of Die Matie: Telling the Story of a University Community

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One of the greatest privileges of serving as Dean of Students is witnessing the remarkable stories that unfold every day on our campus. Stories...
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Dís hoe die fakkel bly brand het toe Suid-Afrika ingeperk was

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Carla Briers, Redakteur van Die Matie 2020/2021 Daar is party keerpuntdae in die geskiedenis waarvan jy die verreikende trefkrag eers later besef.  Een daarvan is president...
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Journalism technological evolution from disks to AI

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By Julian Rael Gordon From the manual typewriter to generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models – journalism and the media industry experienced a...
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When the Echoes reached Stellenbosch: Die Matie after Soweto 1976

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By Chris Heymans Independent political economy analyst Chris Heymans was editor of Die Matie in 1977-78, amid the turbulence student and youth politics in the...
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Ses koshuise, ses verhale: Maties-mylpaalverjaarsdae in 2026

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Deur Suné Coetzee Onder ’n grasperk in Eendrag se vierkant lê Pluto begrawe, ’n hond wat dekades gelede die koshuis se hart geword het. By...
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‘Dynamics of identity’: students create new cultural societies at SU

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By Akhona Ngxikwe The rise of cultural societies at Stellenbosch University (SU) tells a story of a changing campus, providing students with vital spaces to...
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Celebrating 85 years

A look at democracy on campus

85th Anniversary Die Matie -
By Emma Olivier The voter turnout for the 2026 Students’ Representative Council (SRC) elections is only 12,4% – 4 153...

Maties’ Junior Bok women uncover career difficulties

85th Anniversary Die Matie -
By Kaleigh de Jager  Palesa Matee, a first-year BEng (Civil Engineering) student at Stellenbosch University (SU), discovered she made the...

Spotlight on Maties Sport clubs

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By Anica Hattingh 26 May 1950 - Boxers In 1950, six Maties’ boxers competed at the Intervarsity Championships in Johannesburg. Despite...

Kollig op Maties Sport

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Deur Anica Hattingh 26 Mei 1950 - Boksers Oor die naweek van 19 Mei het ses boksers aan die Interuniversitêre Kampioenskappe...

Three rectors reflect on the evolution of Stellenbosch University

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By Leah Falcon and Amber Steyn “Every rector has a particular role to play in terms of the institution at...

Eight Controversies for Eight Decades

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BY MIA VAN DER MERWE During Die Matie’s history as an informative student newspaper, numerous scandalous incidents occurred on campus....

Hiérdie Dosent Open Klasse met Die Matie

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DEUR LEE ESTERHUYSEN Dr. Anton Ehlers, ’n senior lektor in die Departement Geskiedenis, is die dosent wat al die langste...

‘Sit dit af’ het US oor Voëlvry Gesê

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DEUR DOMINIQUE FUCHS Dit was die 1980’s – die era van die Grensoorlog, die sogenaamde rooi en swart gevaar, P.W....

Blywende Woorde van Breyten Breytenbach

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DEUR TIAAN BOOYENS Afrikaanse studente hou die toekoms van Suid- Afrika in hul hand en kan daarom ’n belangrike rol...
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Recent Posts

A look at democracy on campus

85th Anniversary 0
By Emma Olivier The voter turnout for the 2026 Students’ Representative Council (SRC) elections is only 12,4% – 4 153 out of 33 497 eligible...
Read more

Maties’ Junior Bok women uncover career difficulties

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By Kaleigh de Jager  Palesa Matee, a first-year BEng (Civil Engineering) student at Stellenbosch University (SU), discovered she made the Junior Springbok Women’s squad the...
Read more

Spotlight on Maties Sport clubs

85th Anniversary 0
By Anica Hattingh 26 May 1950 - Boxers In 1950, six Maties’ boxers competed at the Intervarsity Championships in Johannesburg. Despite the June examinations approaching and...
Read more

Kollig op Maties Sport

85th Anniversary 0
Deur Anica Hattingh 26 Mei 1950 - Boksers Oor die naweek van 19 Mei het ses boksers aan die Interuniversitêre Kampioenskappe in Johannesburg deelgeneem. Ten spyte...
Read more

Three rectors reflect on the evolution of Stellenbosch University

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By Leah Falcon and Amber Steyn “Every rector has a particular role to play in terms of the institution at that point in time and...
Read more

Initiation to inclusion: rebuilding Welcoming at Stellenbosch University

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By Lilja Flohr Welcoming has undergone significant transformation over the past two decades. Beginning in the early 2000s, Stellenbosch University’s (SU) approach shifted away from...
Read more

90 years of harmony: the resilient legacy of the SU Choir

85th Anniversary 0
By Inge van der Westhuizen As the Stellenbosch University (SU) Choir approaches its 90th anniversary this year, it stands as a global beacon for amateur...
Read more

Celebrating 85 Years of Die Matie: Telling the Story of a University Community

85th Anniversary 0
One of the greatest privileges of serving as Dean of Students is witnessing the remarkable stories that unfold every day on our campus. Stories...
Read more

Dís hoe die fakkel bly brand het toe Suid-Afrika ingeperk was

85th Anniversary 0
Carla Briers, Redakteur van Die Matie 2020/2021 Daar is party keerpuntdae in die geskiedenis waarvan jy die verreikende trefkrag eers later besef.  Een daarvan is president...
Read more

Journalism technological evolution from disks to AI

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By Julian Rael Gordon From the manual typewriter to generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models – journalism and the media industry experienced a...
Read more

When the Echoes reached Stellenbosch: Die Matie after Soweto 1976

85th Anniversary 0
By Chris Heymans Independent political economy analyst Chris Heymans was editor of Die Matie in 1977-78, amid the turbulence student and youth politics in the...
Read more

Ses koshuise, ses verhale: Maties-mylpaalverjaarsdae in 2026

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Deur Suné Coetzee Onder ’n grasperk in Eendrag se vierkant lê Pluto begrawe, ’n hond wat dekades gelede die koshuis se hart geword het. By...
Read more

‘Dynamics of identity’: students create new cultural societies at SU

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By Akhona Ngxikwe The rise of cultural societies at Stellenbosch University (SU) tells a story of a changing campus, providing students with vital spaces to...
Read more

Viva! Die Matie

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By Emeritus Professor Lizette Rabe What a milestone! Congratulations to Die Matie on its 85th anniversary. May this iconic student paper, irrespective of platform or...
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From exclusion to inclusion: why resistance matters

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By Tenisha Taylor For decades, student movements have contributed to conversations around access, transformation, and institutional culture at Stellenbosch University (SU). Drawing on archives and...
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100 jaar later – en WAT woeker steeds voort

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Deur Zandri van Greunen Die Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT), die mees omvattende verklarende woordeboek van Afrikaans, is vanjaar ’n honderd jaar oud.  Die samestelling...
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Degree stereotypes: never judge a book by its faculty

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By Kayla Niemandt Faculty stereotypes continue to shape how students perceive one another, including their personalities, study habits and career prospects. Die Matie spoke to...
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Stereotipes oor studierigtings: Die graad maak nie die Matie nie

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Deur Kayla Niemandt Stereotipes oor fakulteite beïnvloed steeds die manier waarop studente mekaar se persoonlikhede, leergewoontes en loopbaanvooruitsigte beskou. Die Matie het met studente en...
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Be loud, not boring – and press record!

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Adriaan Basson When I was Editor-in-Chief of Die Matie in 2002, the biggest talking points on campus were language policy, initiation (“ontgroening”) and transformation. The more...
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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...