Established 1941
MARIE MJACU Recently a friend of mine wrote an article calling out Helshoogte Men’s Residence on their ‘Demolition Day’ where various objects are thrown fromthe top floors of the staggeringly highresidence. Days after the article was published and began circulatingRead More
EMMA SWART A centenary year for any institution always begs the question, “What will be done to celebrate?” Typically, institutions make a splash of such a big birthday, after all, 100 years is a momentous milestone. But, how big ofRead More
MONTANNA ESSEY With the centenary celebrations well under way, there is no better place to reflect on the impact and history of Stellenbosch University then at its Museum. Currently, the museum is preparing for its latest and most anticipated event.Read More
CHRISTIAAN ESTERHUYSE Die Jan Marias Natuurreservaat vier hierdie jaar saam met die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) sy honderdste bestaansjaar. Dié natuurreservaat lê in die hartjie van Stellenbosch en toegang is verniet. In 1915 het Jan Marais in sy testament £10,000 (ongeveerRead More
NATASHA RUSCH This year has been an outstanding one for Stellenbosch University (SU) as it is not only the year that the University commemorates its Centenary, but additionally it has been a year of many victories for the Maties RugbyRead More
JONATHAN FROST Starting last year, Maties Esports has been on the rise over the past two years. This year culminated in the finals at MWEB offices in Cape Town on 14 October for both Counter Strike Global Offensive (CS:GO) andRead More
ADRIENNE VAN DER MERWE As Stellenbosch University (SU) turned a hundred years old on 2 April 2018, Rector Wim de Villiers addressed important questions such as: “Where do we come from, where do we stand now, where are we headed?”,Read More
LEMUEL BLIGNAUT ’n Toets van spoed en handvaardigheid het homself uitgewoed in die eerste stootkarresies wat aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch(US) gehou is, toe agt spanne met handgeboude stootkarre teen mekaar in die parkeerarea voor die Siviele Ingenieurswesegebou gejaag het. DieRead More
KATHRYN VAN DEN BERG Early one Wednesday morning, while on their Die Matie delivery route, an exhausted Kathryn van den Berg and barely-functioning Janique Oliver happened upon a group of early-morning runners. After questioning the insanity of 6am exercise, theRead More
LAUREN WESLEY-SMITH The first national Varsity Aca- pella Competition proved tobe a wonderful evening filledwith many renditions of Ed Sheeran’s ‘Perfect’. Only three universities were competing this year – Stellenbosch University, University of the North West, and the University ofRead More
CARLA VISAGIE Star Wars, The Godfather, Forrest Gump en Ballade vir ’n Enkeling; dielys kan verewig aanhou. Maties word al vir 100 jaar vermaak deur flieks, maar gedurende hierdie tyd het die hoe en die waar van flieks baie verander.Read More
KATHRYN VAN DEN BERG The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) playedhost to the first ever PostdoctoralConference in the southern hemisphere. Organised by the Postdoctoral Society Stellenbosch (PDS), the theme of the Postdoctoral Conference, was ‘100 years into the future’.Read More
CHECKBOX CHICK I never thought I’d be the type of girl who writes anonymous letters to newspapers in search of the perfect date. If you’re on campus and check all my listed boxes, you know what to do. I amRead More
TAMUNODEIN PRINCEWILL Professor Ursula van Beek, founder of the Transformational Research Unit at the Political Science Department of Stellenbosch University coauthored a book titledDemocracy under threat: A crisis of legitimacy. The book highlights the changing nature of democracy in theRead More
JANA GREYLING Die #Move4Food-veldtog wat op 20 Augustus 2018 geloods is, beoog om R10 miljoen in skenkings binne 100 dae in te samel om die voedselsekerheidsinisiatiewe by die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) in die volgende drie jaar te steun. Die doelRead More
JADE KERCHHOFF When he was thirteen years old, Mhlengi Ngcobo was diagnosed with high blood pressure of which the apparent onset was because of his consumption of caffeine – especially in the form of coffee. He discovered that the caffeineRead More
LISA DE CLERCQ Let’s be frank. Sometimes life gives you lemons in a never ending supply. The story of Phumzile September – 48 year old, third year BA Social Work student at Stellenbosch University (SU) – proves, however, that noRead More
MARIE MJACU Let’s face it – exams have snuckup on most of us. One moment we were living our best silly-season lives, and the next we were moving into the bib and using up our entire COB quota on coffee.Read More
RENÉ ESTERHUYSE Dit is maklik om as ’n moeë student eerder bietjie later te slaap en om betyds daardie 08:00 klas te haal en ontbyt oor te slaan. Irene Labuschagne van die Voeding Inligtingsentrum van die Universiteit Stellenbosch (NICUS) meenRead More
CARLA VISAGIE Student feedback is a part of every lecture series or module at Stellenbosch University (SU). It enables students to evaluate their lecturers through the filling in of forms or the completion of questionnaires. The Centre for Teaching andRead More