Official Student Newspaper
BY GABRIELA VILJOEN Jacobus King and Theunis Raubenheimer, both third-year Industrial Engineering students, are combatting mental health and students’ empty pockets with their innovative app prototype, Dogger: A dog walking app for students. They entered Dogger as part of theRead More
Liefde by die Dam is terug in die Kaap vir die tweede keer. Dominique Fuchs praat oor wat verwag kan word hierdie jaar. Liefde by die Dam 2.0 maak op 16 November weer ’n verskyning in die Kaap by MeerendalRead More
BY CATHARINA VAN DER MESCHT Die koshuishokkie-winterliga het die afgelope week tot ’n dramatiese einde gekom toe die Medies-spanne Donderdagaand as die kampioene van beide die mans- en vroueliga gekroon is. Die vroueliga-finaal het tussen Medies Vroue en Oudstudente afgespeel.Read More
DEUR LIAN VAN WYK DIE MATIES GIMNASTE het sakkevol indrukwekkende truuks. Dit weet enigeen wat onlangs hul video op die groot skerm in die Neelsie gesien het. Dit is moeilik om dié aanloklike kombinasie van spronge, bollemakiesies en lawwigheid misRead More
BY KESIA ABRAHAMS & HELÉNE LEONARD Jo Prins has made 2019 her year. The Stellenbosch student qualified for the under-21 South African Netball team, joined the Protea squad and she was recently awarded the Cape Winelands Netball Player of theRead More
Willow-Ruby van der Berg spoke to James Smith about his business, Amano, which makes appealing and affordable environmentally-friendly notebooks. Eco-anxiety is starting to take over our lives with the majority of the news that we consume featuring the ever-increasing temperatures,Read More
Ernst van der Wal’s solo exhibition is currently showing at SMAC Gallery. Alexander Brand spoke to him about his inspiration behind it. Something has invaded SMAC Gallery and it has us transfixed. Ernst van der Wal, acclaimed writer, practising artist,Read More
BY REBECCA PITT IT takes 2,700 litres of water to make your most preferred H&M T-shirt. Fast fashion is nothing new – yet we turn a blind eye because fast fashion remains easy, simple and affordable. As Thunberg inspired “youRead More
DEUR MARYNA ADSHADE ’n NUWE lid, Custom Alterations, het onlangs by die Neelsie-familie aangesluit. Hierdie versteekte juweel kan op die onderste vloer van die Neelsie, om die draai langs Hutmakers, gevind word. Dit is nie moeilik om te sien hoekomRead More
BY DOMINIQUE VERSTER With exam season looming ahead, the average student tends to regress into a state of neglect: one that includes copious amounts of coffee and long, sleepless nights. This is, however, a foolproof recipe for creating a batchRead More
BY KIRSTY BUCHOLZ FIFTEEN Stellenbosch University (SU) students and fifteen inmates from Brandvlei Prison received SU-accredited competence certificates for completing the Ubuntu Learning Short Course on 8 October. It is the first interdisciplinary short course held in a prison inRead More
BY NICOLE NASSON AFTER three years of legal proceedings, the Constitutional Court of South Africa ruled that the 2016 language policy of Stellenbosch University (SU) is constitutionally justified. Justice Johan Froneman handed down a unanimous decision in favour of theRead More
BY TOM LEE VERTAAL DEUR DOMINIQUE FUCHS Die ou vervalle gebou langs Die Mystic Boer in Victoriastraat 7, bekend as die gewese Stellenbosch-kliniek, gaan ’n herlewing ondergaan. Die eens gemeenskaplike kliniek se deure het in 2008 gesluit en het sedertdienRead More
BY CHRISTOPHER JOUBERT STELLENBOSCH based strawberry farm, Polkadraai, has become the first to legally grow marijuana in the Western Cape. The cannabis company, Felbridge, was issued a licence by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority following a two-year applicationRead More
BY SEBASTIAN UYS Five members of the 2018/2019 Students Representative Council (SRC) of Stellenbosch University (SU), alongside official university staff, visited the University of Lagos from 14 to 18 October. The University of Lagos hosted its first International Week whichRead More
BY BRYNLEY VAN AARD Huis ten Bosch women were recently informed that their home would not be ready for occupation until October 2020 due to renovations being added to the schedule alongside the necessary repairs. The majority of the womenRead More
by TIVAN LEAK SEBASTIAN UYS wrote in the previous edition of Die Matie to explain that atheism is also a belief – just as believing in a deity is a belief. There are some flaws along the road to reachingRead More
by LAUREN WESLEY-SMITH When harassment starts in your own life, it can be imperceptible. Two years ago, I would never have dreamt that my new friend would become my stalker. Though I’m no professional, nor is my own case overRead More
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by NINA STEVENSON A SCENE any Stellenbosch student is familiar with: the outdoor, concrete, campus bins – always occurring in trios – all perpetually filled with coffee and iced-drink cups. In my time here I’ve had trouble understanding why universityRead More
BY PERCIVAL QUINA *Percival Quina is currently doing his Honours in International Studies. I watched the premiere episode of a TV-series called Mixed-ish. As race is the central issue that this series deals with, this episode left me immediately reflectingRead More