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Arleen Stone A new and innovative online water saving campaign will soon aim to help Stellenbosch University (SU) to raise awareness amongst students around saving water. At the beginning of this month level 5 water restrictions were implemented in anRead More
Tess Vengadajellum Getting around in Stellenbosch while still taking the environment into consideration has become easier thanks to Poynt Bikes bicycle company. The company allows people to rent bicycles through an app. The bicycles can be picked up at differentRead More
Elodi Troskie Nicolaas de Jongh se kortfilm, Wilgerdal, is as honneursprojek gemaak en word in November bekendgestel. De Jongh is ’n honneursstudent in Drama en spesialiseer in regie. As deel van sy finalejaarsprojek, het hy C.J. Langenhoven se “Die BouvalRead More
Gizellede Götz With pink lips and free cupcakes, Venustia is helping PinkDrive support women diagnosed with breast cancer. Venustia has launched their ‘Pink Lip’ and ‘Donate and get a free cupcake’ initiatives on campus this week, encouraging students to raiseRead More
Ané van Zyl Student court has ruled that the 2014 version of the student constitution is valid and enforceable. This comes after Bernard Pieters, AfriForum Youth leader, approached the court alleging that the 2014 constitution (version 2.4) was never approvedRead More
George van Dyk The new residence head of Dagbreek wants to make Dagbreek a place where everyone feels at home. Grant Leukes, the previous assistant residence head of Metanoia, has replaced dr Johannes Albertus de Wet Strauss as the newRead More
Savanna Bosman Maties Netball has faced many challenges this year. Despite the transition to a new coach and many injuries complicating the team structure, they’ve shown good form during the early stages of Varsity Netball. “This year has been veryRead More
Dané Dooge The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) urgently needs donors to come forward, especially blood group O donors. SANBS announced last week that they are running low on stock. According to the official SANBS website, blood supply inRead More
Kathryn van den Berg “Think global, Act Local” is a phrase which 20-year-old Stellenbosch University student Kayla Arnold embodies. She was selected as the human rights youth ambassador of the United Nations of South Africa (UNASA). As a result ofRead More
Tess Vengadajellum Vensters will undergo another transformation next year: the MAD2 project will now be known as Connect. The Prim Committee has collectively decided to reshape Vensters by implementing a series of changes. The new project is more feasible and sustainableRead More
Rebecca Pitt The challenge most 21st century leaders face is an attitude of entitlement, said Nox Makunga at the Wimbledon and Rubix clusters’ talk. The 21st Century Leadership Talk, hosted by Eendrag men’s residence, was intended to start a conversationRead More
George van Dyk Stellenbosch University (SU) has placed higher on the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2018. It is now in the 351-400 category. In 2017, it was in the 401-500 category. In the BRICS (Brazil, Russia,Read More