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  • SRC Elections: A Look at All the Candidates

    SRC Elections: A Look at All the Candidates

    With the SRC-election season upon us, it is time to meet the chosen candidates who have put themselves forward for consideration to represent the students of Stellenbosch University (SU).  Among these students, 15 will be chosen based… read more

  • Campus funding changes: What you need to know

    Campus funding changes: What you need to know

    There are several current important updates on campus regarding quotas, bursaries, and funding opportunities. Especially with the absence of the administrative contact point, Admin A, students have faced considerable challenges, as key applications and processes have slowed… read more

  • Run, Rally and Remember for Women’s Day

    On Sunday, 9 August, another Women’s Day was commemorated. From the iconic day in 1956 to 2025, women still carry the legacy of those 20,000 South African women who staged a march to the Union Buildings to… read more

  • Concern over flaws in approval process of assessment concessions at SU

    Concern over flaws in approval process of assessment concessions at SU

    According to Dr Marcia Lyner-Cleophas, the head of the Disability Unit (DU), several difficulties presented themselves this year in the assessment concessions (AC) approval process, with the primary cause being the recent implementation of the online platform,… read more

  • What is the Stellenbosch University SRC and Why It Matters

    What is the Stellenbosch University SRC and Why It Matters

    The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) at Stellenbosch University (SU) plays a vital role in shaping student life, policy, and advocacy on campus. Operating under the authority of the Student Constitution and the SU Statute, the SRC is… read more

  • From Vibrant Streets to Quiet Corners: Tracking Crime Across Stellenbosch’s Seasonal Shifts

    From Vibrant Streets to Quiet Corners: Tracking Crime Across Stellenbosch’s Seasonal Shifts

    “If Stellenbosch sneezes, the rest of the country catches a cold,” says Clint Lemmer, Director and CEO of ABC Security Stellenbosch. These deeply resonant words reflect something much greater than crime within Stellenbosch. They shed light on… read more

  • Dinkbeeld: Smeltkroes’ – ’n Nuwe simbool van harmonie en nadenking op kampus

    Dinkbeeld: Smeltkroes’ – ’n Nuwe simbool van harmonie en nadenking op kampus

    ’n Nuwe beeldhouwerk getiteld “Dinkbeeld: Smeltkroes” pryk nou buite die Endler-saal in Victoriastraat by die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US). Die groter as lewensgroot bank is versier met inheemse voëls wat rustig op die bank wag. Die beeldhouwerk is… read more

  • INNOVATION AT THE EDGE: Robotics and autonomous systems at  Electronic Systems Laboratory

    INNOVATION AT THE EDGE: Robotics and autonomous systems at Electronic Systems Laboratory

    Autonomous Systems represent the latest step in the long journey of automation (the process of machines performing tasks with minimal human input). During the Industrial Revolution, sewing machines, conveyor belts, and a whole host of new machines… read more

  • Open Freedom vs. Closed Safety: The Stellenbosch Dilemma

    Open Freedom vs. Closed Safety: The Stellenbosch Dilemma

    The beautiful Stellenbosch University (SU): no fences to block the aesthetic passageway of Victoria Street. It’s a welcoming atmosphere in a thriving town, but at what cost? SU students have raised concerns about safety on campus, particularly… read more

  • Homelessness on campus: Will it ever get better?

    Homelessness on campus: Will it ever get better?

    Every year there are displaced individuals walking around campus and every year students are complaining. Will this ever not be a problem or are actual changes being made to the community’s current reality? Homelessness in South Africa… read more

  • Representatives of Stellenbosch Students embroiled in Gender-Based Violence

    Representatives of Stellenbosch Students embroiled in Gender-Based Violence

    The Stellenbosch University (SU) Student Representative Council (SRC) Manager was arrested on 30 April, following a report of a “deeply troubling case of Gender-BasedViolence (GBV),” as reported in a statement released by the SRC on 3 May.… read more

  • Young Urbanists, “Stellenbosch is stuck!”

    Young Urbanists, “Stellenbosch is stuck!”

    It is not unknown to the inhabitants of our small town that there have been some issues concerning the amount of congestion within the borders of Stellenbosch. It is also, therefore, not surprising that an organization such… read more

  • Stellenbosch Safety Imbizo Highlights Growing Concerns

    Stellenbosch Safety Imbizo Highlights Growing Concerns

    “Never walk alone…”, “Be alert at all times…” — familiar warnings echoed at the Stellenbosch University SRC’s Safety Imbizo, held on 10 April 2025 at the Stellenbosch Town Hall. The event gathered students, staff, local officials, and… read more

  • Educate yourself: how to avoid fake news

    Educate yourself: how to avoid fake news

    In 2020, a year riddled with misinformation, rumours and myths, Australia’s chief medical officer, Paul Kelly, delivered a speech at a press conference where he reportedly told Australian listeners not to wear face masks to combat the… read more

  • Commemorating Fugard: A South African Icon

    Commemorating Fugard: A South African Icon

    Athol Fugard died on Sunday 9 March at home in Stellenbosch. An internationally acclaimed theatre icon, Fugard was 92 years old. Fugard was born in 1932 in Middleburg, South Africa and grew up in Port Elizabeth and… read more

  • Prof Stan du Plessis: ’n Nalatenskap van nuuskierigheid

    Prof Stan du Plessis: ’n Nalatenskap van nuuskierigheid

    Met die vertrek van professor Stan du Plessis na STADIO, verloor die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) nie net ’n gerekende akademikus en leier nie, maar ook ’n intellektuele vuurvlieg wat vir dekades die universiteit se landskap verryk het.… read more

  • Increasing tactile paving on campus: Enhancing accessibility for visually impaired students

    Increasing tactile paving on campus: Enhancing accessibility for visually impaired students

    Stellenbosch University (SU) is expanding tactile paving to enhance accessibility for visually impaired students. This long-term initiative, ongoing for six to eight years, aims to improve independent navigation across campus. Spearheaded by the Disability Unit in collaboration… read more

  • Stellenbosch University’s 2025 Student Protest: A struggle for urgent solutions to looming student debt and accomodation crisis

    Stellenbosch University’s 2025 Student Protest: A struggle for urgent solutions to looming student debt and accomodation crisis

    The academic boycott and peaceful protest organised by the Stellenbosch University (SU) Student Representative Council (SRC) on 20 February was met with force by the South African Police Service (SAPS) and local traffic officials. The SRC’s decision… read more

  • Maties groet ’n legende

    Maties groet ’n legende

    Die voormalige Matie, PhD-student in Engelse Studies en bekende jeugromanskrywer, Joha van Dyk, is onverwags op Saterdag 2 Februarie in haar woonstel in Stellenbosch oorlede. Sy was 27 jaar oud. Nadat Van Dyk op 8 Februarie ter… read more

  • State of the Nation Address 2025

    State of the Nation Address 2025

    This year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) is of particular importance as it is our Governmentof National Unity’s (GNU) first one since its creation following last year’s elections. The focus ofthis year’s SONA included: economic development,… read more

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