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BY ERIN WALLS Dr. Lee-Anne Terblanche, Stellenbosch University (SU) alumna, has come up with a decarbonisation framework which has the aim to tackle the large amounts of carbon emissions produced from road freight transport, the second largest contributor of carbonRead More
BY CARLA VISAGIE After the final draft of the Visual Redress Policy was granted approval at the Stellenbosch University (SU) Council meeting last year, various changes to the visual landscape will continue to happen throughout the year. According to theRead More
DEUR DOMINIQUE VERSTER TERWYL die meeste paartjies ’n romantiese aand saam op Valentynsdag spandeer het, het John Briers (Universiteit Stellenbosch BIng-alumnus) en Carla Visagie (derdejaar-BA(Geesteswetenskappe)-student) soos wafferse fortuinsoekers vir hul gesteelde items in die Eersterivierloop gesoek. Briers en Visagie hetRead More
BY CARLA VISAGIE REGTER-PRESIDENT Dennis Davis het op Wêreldwye Sosiale Geregtigheidsdag die inwydingsrede van die jaarlikse Sosiale Geregtigheid-lesing gelewer. Die lesing het op 20 Februarie plaasgevind en is getitel “Sosiale Geregtigheid en Ekonomiese Insluiting: Waarheen Suid- Afrika?”. Volgens advokaat ThuliRead More
BY BRYNLEY VAN AARDT WILGENHOF Men’s Residence has recently come under fire after an incident labelled as homophobic took place in the form of a post on social media. Wilgenhof’s newcomers Instagram page, @die_jarr, posted a picture of a StellenboschRead More
BY BRYNLEY VAN AARDT Stellenbosch University (SU) students have been confused as to what the recent ban of alcohol consumption in residences means for the future of Huisdans, Huisfondsdans and the sale of alcohol at Varsity Cup on Monday nights.Read More
BY BRYNLEY VAN AARDT For the better part of a year, rumours have been circulating about whether the Drostdy Square, commonly known as “The Square”, will be closing. Those rumours have now been proven true. After receiving most of theRead More
BY DOMINIQUE FUCHS Cheese App is ’n splinternuwe toepassing waar koepons aanlyn vir minderbevoorregtes gekoop kan word. Dié toepassing bou voort op die Heartflow-koepons. Heartflow is ’n organisasie wat saam met vennote soos die Stellenbosch-nagskuiling werk om vir weldoeners dieRead More
BY KIRSTY BUCHOLZ AFTER postponing the election of the 2019/2020 SRC Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson since September last year, the election took place on Friday, 7 February. According to the minutes of a Student Parliament meeting held on 3 October lastRead More
BY DOMINIQUE VERSTER THE women of Huis ten Bosch seem to have a prolonged stay at Huis Marais ahead of them. The men’s residence will supposedly be their home until 2021, while Huis ten Bosch is being repaired and renovatedRead More
BY DOMINIQUE FUCHS & CARLA VISAGIE Vir die eerste keer sedert die anti-geslagsgebasseerde geweld (GGG) protesoptogte verlede jaar in September gehou is, is die name van die voorsitters van ses werkgroepe bekendgestel wat verantwoordelik sal wees vir hantering van ’nRead More
BY ERIN WALLS Marzelle van der Merwe and her boyfriend, Alex Ham and their dog had a violent experience at Coetzenburg on Tuesday evening. They were confronted by five men armed with an electric cattle prod. Van der Merwe, aRead More
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BY TOM LEE Internet usage, aside from registration fees, will henceforth be free for all Stellenbosch University (SU) students. On 2 December last year it was announced that SU’s annual budget for this year makes provision for the funding ofRead More
BY NICOLE NASSON *Vertaal deur: Dominique Fuchs *regstelling van feite Alhoewel die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) se taalbeleid op 10 Oktober 2019 deur die Konstitusionele Hof as grondwetlik geregverdig bevind is, het drie lede van die Universiteit se Konvokasie-bestuur, insluitend dieRead More
BY CARLA VISAGIE After allegations of sexual misconduct have been levelled against three members of the Stellenbosch University (SU) Student Representative Council (SRC) when their term commenced in 2019, the Extraordinary Sexual Harassment Advisory Panel concluded that there are noRead More
BY BRYNLEY VAN AARD Stellenbosch University (SU) students arrived back to some newly revised rules with regards to alcohol consumption on campus with SU Management deciding to tackle the so-called drinking culture by banning the sale of alcohol in residences.Read 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