• Toep help haweloses

    Toep help haweloses

    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… read more

  • New SRC Chair elected

    New SRC Chair elected

    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… read more

  • HTB to open 2021

    HTB to open 2021

    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… read more

  • GGG-paneel bekendgestel

    GGG-paneel bekendgestel

    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… read more

  • Cyclists are shocked at Coetzenburg

    Cyclists are shocked at Coetzenburg

    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… read more

  • Inetkey has fallen

    Inetkey has fallen

    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… read more

  • Taalbeleid lei tot drie bedankings

    Taalbeleid lei tot drie bedankings

    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… read more

  • SRC out of hot seat

    SRC out of hot seat

    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… read more

  • A ‘babelas’ ban in the Bos

    A ‘babelas’ ban in the Bos

    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… read more

  • Students experience Ubuntu behind bars

    Students experience Ubuntu behind bars

    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… read more

  • SU language policy remains unchanged

    SU language policy remains unchanged

    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… read more

  • Nuwe lewe vir kliniek

    Nuwe lewe vir kliniek

    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… read more

  • Green light for cannabis farm

    Green light for cannabis farm

    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… read more

  • Nigeria welcomes SU

    Nigeria welcomes SU

    BY SEBASTIAN UYS  Five members of the 2018/2019 Students Representative Council (SRC) of Stellen­bosch University (SU), alongside official university staff, visited the University of Lagos from 14 to 18 October. The University of Lagos hosted its first… read more

  • Cat and mouse at Huis Muis

    Cat and mouse at Huis Muis

    BY BRYNLEY VAN AARD Huis ten Bosch women were recently informed that their home would not be ready for occupation until October 2020 due to renovations being added to the schedule alongside the neces­sary repairs. The majority… read more

  • Out with the old and in with the new

    Out with the old and in with the new

    Tom Lee had the honour of interviewing Stellenbosch University’s newly-elected Chancellor. Ex-Justice Edwin Cameron has quite an extraordinary story to share with us. Cameron speaks about the discriminative stigmas, opportunities and facing prejudice. Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Electoral… read more

  • Smart centre finished in 2020

    Smart centre finished in 2020

    CATHARINA VAN DER MESCHT THE CONSTRUCTION of Stel­lenbosch University’s (SU) new building, the Jan Mouton Learning and Teaching Centre, is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2020. Professor Stan du Plessis, SU’s Chief Operating Officer,… read more

  • Tuinmaak as terapie

    Tuinmaak as terapie

    MARYKÉ MÜLLER  Die Bishop Lavis- Rehabilitasiesentrum het aan die begin van 2019 ’n nuwe toevoeging gekry – ’n groentetuin. Die sentrum bied arbeidsterapie, fisioterapie, spraak-en gehoorterapie en dieetkunde aan, en die meerderheid van die dienste word deur… read more

  • TygerMaties trap fiets

    TygerMaties trap fiets

    MARYKÉ MÜLLER DERTIG TygerMaties gaan op 30 November vir eers hulle boeke opsy geskuif om 1000 km vanaf Namibië tot Agulhas per fiets aan te durf. Die Hippocampus-span is verlede jaar deur Breda Reed, Mias Marais en… read more

  • Markle skenk aan US

    Markle skenk aan US

    CARLA VISAGIE MEGHAN MARKLE, hertogin van Sussex en die beskermheer van die Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), het verlede Dinsdag aangekondig dat die ACU ’n bedrag geld van £1000 (ongeveer R18 500) aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US)… read more