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Annerine Snyman AFRIKAANS BELOW Rugby lovers can expect a new development in the Varsity Cup rule book during next year’s tournament, where a new Power Play rule will be introduced. The rule was announced on Tuesday 5 December, more than aRead More
Ingrid Heÿdenrÿch The 2016/2017 SRC is disputing the the validity of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) reasons for withholding the final portion of their honorarium. On Monday Martin Viljoen, SU spokesperson, told Die Matie that the 2017 SRC has already received 60% of their honorariums, butRead More
Arleen Stone Drie maal is skeepsreg. Dit is veral waar vir die Bester-drieling wat vandag saam aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch (US) gradueer. Die 23-jarige Simoné, Marko en Christine Bester gaan vandag onderskeidelik met twee HonsBRek-grade en ’n BA inRead More
Ané van Zyl Certain members of the 2016/2017 Student Representative Council (SRC), under leadership of Nomzamo Ntombela, will not receive the remaining 40% of their honorariums because they wasted university funds. Stellenbosch University (SU) spokesperson Martin Viljoen confirmed that the 2017 SRCRead More
Wianda Gilliland Twee Matie-atlete, Ilse Hayes en Dyan Buis, is onderskeidelik as Suid-Afrika se sportvrou en sportman van die jaar met ’n gestremdheid, by die Suid-Afrikaanse Sporttoekennings (SASA) vereer. “Dit is vir my ’n groot eer om hierdie toekenning teRead More
Wianda Gilliland Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof het in die Universiteit Stellenbosch se guns beslis en bevind dat die 2016 Taalbeleid geldig en grondwetlik is. Dit kom nadat Gelyke Kanse en agt ander applikante aansoek gedoen het om die hersiening en tersydestellingRead More
Savanna Bosman Just because we’re halfway through the first exam opportunities, doesn’t mean that students at SU have been disappointing when it comes to fashion. Here are a few fashion tips to look good even while you’ve got your head downRead More
George van Dyk An education at Stellenbosch University (SU) makes you realize that you need to work hard to achieve something in life according to SU alumnus Dalton Odendaal. Odendaal with a BCom LLB and now runs his own businessRead More
Miscarriage of justice is defined as “a failure of a court, tribunal or judicial system to attain the ends of justice” (Good Law Project, 2013., ‘Good Law Guidelines, Principles and Values’). The fact that we have institutions like Student CourtRead More
Kara van der Berg Unorthodox is a new social media platform that allows users to witness the life of someone else. This new social media website was recently launched by Siviwe Mgolodela, a Bcom Management Science student at Stellenbosch UniversityRead More
Ané van Zyl Stellenbosch University (SU) student, Lonwabo Nkonzo, is being investigated by SU’s Equality Unit after complaints surfaced concerning an alleged racist Facebook post. Nkonzo sparked controversy when he posted a photo on Facebook with the caption, “Dear White people,Read More
Ingrid Heÿdenrÿch The SRC will propose a way forward to the university after rejecting the fee increase that was announced by Stellenbosch University (SU) on 11 October. Zander Prinsloo, the treasurer of the SRC, presented the suggestion of the SRCRead More
Jana Greyling Montrocity, an up and coming Cape Town based alternative rock band, is ready to rock and record. This four-man group is eager to put in some time in the recording studio and play more shows around Cape Town.Read More
Editorial team A shooting in Cubana has left two people dead and another injured. The shooting happened around 00:50 on Friday night at the popular club in Plein Street. According to Zenovia Sedeman, communications officer of the Stellenbosch SAPD, a 40-yearRead More
Ané van Zyl It is the responsibility of men to change behaviour amongst themselves when it comes to rape culture according to Dr. Birgit Schreiber, the senior director of student affairs and the head of the task team for theRead More
Ané van Zyl At the first extraordinary sitting of student parliament for 2017/2018, the Student Representative Council (SRC) for 2016/2017 was called to account for their actions throughout their term. The meeting was called in line with an upcoming sitting of theRead More
Ingrid Heÿdenrÿch Stellenbosch University (SU) announced today that there will be fee increases in 2018. The increases will be applied differently to current and future students. There will be an 8% baseline increase of study fees for current undergraduate andRead More
Ané Van Zyl Kate Roodt, Student Representative Council (SRC) vice-chairperson and member of Senate, resigned from her position on Sunday. According to her letter of resignation, she resigned due to “personal and academic reasons”. Lwando Nkamisa, SRC chairperson, said thatRead More
Martie Retief-Meiring Hierdie tyd van die jaar laat ou vriende weer: Ons kleinkind kom Maties toe; ons agterkleinkind kom; kan jy glo dat ons ons vierde kind 2017 kom aflewer?; Wilgenhof kry sy vierde geslag volgende jaar. As dorpeling beloof ek dat daar altyd ‘n bordjieRead More
Lwando Nkamisa When I was elected to lead the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) for the 2017/18 term I had hoped being a postgraduate student and having studied at more than one university would prepare me well. I thought my biggest challenges in office would be the usual issuesRead More