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The number don’t lie and neither do we

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By Die Matie Main Editorial 2025/2026 Die Matie’s Main Editorial has had its ears pricked and eyes open wide on campus for the past year...

85 years and still ticking

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By Emma Giles Somewhere in the last five years, the clock in Die Matie’s office stopped ticking. The batteries rested dead in their socket and...
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85 years of Die Matie and ‘we don’t plan on stopping’

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By Emma Olivier In preparation for Die Matie’s 85th anniversary edition set to come out on 12 August, I paid...

World Press Freedom Day: a raft in a sea of information

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By Emma Giles As journalists and believers in a free press, World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), on 3 May, is...

Reflecting on International Women’s Day at SU: what does it mean to you?

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By Sienna Simon On paper, International Women’s Day is about celebration. In reality, it is also about survival, resilience, and...

More bite than bark

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By Ferdinand Theo Preller In the streets of Stellenbosch, a small-scale apocalypse is occurring. Disease and death are running rampant....

Student leaders: what does transparency and accountability mean?

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By Emma Giles When your student leaders stand before you and read their manifestos, you can almost guarantee they will...

Archives from ‘Die Matie’: 85 years 

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By Anica Hattingh For the last 85 years, Die Matie has played a central role in chronicling the history...
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