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By Emmanuel Okere There is a new spot in town opening in January 2021 – an urban food and drink place that offers an entirely different take on what Stellenbosch has witnessed before. Centraal is situated at the heart ofRead More
BY SIBELLA SWANEPOEL Call Me by Your Name Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9AYPxH5NTM A literary masterpiece transformed into a visual masterpiece, Call Me by Your Name is an intimate love story between Elio, a 17-year-old living in Italy, and Oliver, an American doctoralRead More
BY MIA VAN DER MERWE Fool’s Gold Social Bar makes its statement on the streets of Stellenbosch by introducing a new and refreshing meaning to the words ‘social bar’. Situated above De Akker, a long-time Stellenbosch favourite, Fool’s Gold ownerRead More
BY TOM LEE The easing sounds of “Peanut Butter” and “Beat 11” have been playing through countless sound systems of Stellenbosch students in recent weeks. The artist who lays claim to these tracks is none other than Steven Clack, aRead More
DEUR MART-MARIE SERFONTEIN Toe Lumé Venter drie jaar gelede Bicycle Girl Clothing (@bicyclegirlclothing)op Instagram begin het, sou sy nooit kon raai dat sy in 2020 haar tweedehandse klere aanlyn besigheid uit ’n winkel in Dorpstraat sou bedryf nie. Venter hetRead More
BY CARLA VISAGIE & MEGAN BRINK Residence and PSO (Private Student Organisation) house corridors have been empty for the past five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for the first time ever, all residence, PSO and cluster leadership electionsRead More
DEUR WILLIAM SEZOE Joha van Dyk (23), ’n meesterstudent in Engels aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US), het onlangs haar eerste jeugroman Branderjaer geskryf en dit word in Oktobermaand vrygestel. Van Dyk, oorspronklik van Kleinzee, Namakwaland in die Noord-Kaap, vertel datRead More
DEUR DOMINIQUE FUCHS Karmen Wiid se digkuns tokkel ’n mens se hartsnare. Die 40 900 volgelinge op @weggooi.gedagtes, haar Instagram-blad waarop sy Afrikaanse digkuns plaas, kan hiervan getuig. Sy studeer tans BA Geesteswetenskappe aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch en bly inRead More
Professor Arnold Schoonwinkel, Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Vice-Rector of Learning and Teaching, recently announced that learning facilitation and assessments will remain mostly online for the rest of the academic year. It must be acknowledged that everyone individuals are experiencing the globalRead More
BY WESSEL KRIGE Whilst the Stellenbosch music scene is struggling to keep afloat amid the waves from the global COVID-19 pandemic, local band My Brother Einstein is defying the odds of keeping the music scene alive. The band, consisting ofRead More
DEUR CARLA VISAGIE Erfenisdag is ’n manier vir Suid-Afrikaners om die land se ryk diversiteit en unieke kulture te vier. Hier is vyf maniere om jou Erfenisdag in die Eikestad te vier: Roer jou hartsnare met die virtuele Stellenbosch onRead More
BY BRYNLEY VAN AARDT Stellenbosch University (SU) students received an unexpected email from Prof Arnold Schoonwinkel, SU Vice-Rector, on Monday: Learning and Teaching, informing them that Huis Marais is going to make place for a new co-ed residence in 2021.Read More
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BY SEBASTIAN UYS This article should be read alongside the first article of ’A critique of the use of term Toxic Masculinity’ This article will begin in the same manner as the first – lamenting the violence against women. No-oneRead More
BY MART-MARIÉ SERFONTEIN At first, it was exciting and strange, but by now it has become a part of our everyday lives – masks. Everybody is wearing face masks. Not only because we are government obligated to do so whenRead More
BY SEBASTIAN UYS This is an article (1) of (2) addressing the two commonly-held root causes of GBV – Toxic Masculinity and Patriarchy. Violence against women is lamentable. The rape and murder of women within this Covid-19 lockdown has providedRead More
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By Mart-Marié Serfontein Stellenbosch University (SU) is once again in the national spotlight, but this time it’s not for academic excellence. The appointment of the retired Constitutional Court judge, Edwin Cameron, as Chancellor of SU, has been disputed since itsRead More
BY BRYNLEY VAN AARDT Stellenbosch University (SU) Students Representative Council (SRC) elections have achieved new heights, according to ElectUS. This will be the first time the SRC has gone completely digital. “I think with remote learning and having everything online,Read More
BY ERIN WALLS A group, which describes themselves as a political organisation called “#JozitoStellenbosch”, organised an illegal protest on Wednesday. The group had planned to walk from Kayamandi to Stellenbosch’s CBD. However, the SAPS prevented them from entering. SAPS andRead More
BY CARLA VISAGIE Following the recent protests of businesses from the restaurant and hospitality industries countrywide minister of tourism, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, announced the easing of lockdown regulations on Thursday, 30 July, in her online media briefing. “To comply with theRead More
BY ERIN WALLS A group of municipal workers from the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) participated in an illegal strike on 27 July in Stellenbosch, where they demanded salary increases, which were recently denied by the National Treasury, dueRead More