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CARLA VISAGIE Ever since the launch of the #Move4Food campaign in August last year, the aim of raising R10 million in donations and funds in order to establish sustainable food banks at Stellenbosch University (SU), was high… read more

NICOLE NASSON Eendrag men’s residence has introduced some big changes to their once Afrikaans-only residence anthem. Eendrag’s anthem previously consisted of two Afrikaans verses, but now comprises of one of the original Afrikaans verses, one English verse… read more

CARLA VISAGIE DIE Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) Botaniese Tuin het op 8 April aangekondig dat ’n kewer wat groot skade aan Stellenbosch se eikebome kan aanrig onlangs in Somerset-Wes gevind is. Die stompneuskew-er of polifaag-skietgatboorder, in Engels die… read more

ERIN WALLS Sitting in a circle among the students on the grass of the Rooiplein is a new visual redress artwork. “The Circle”, as it is called, consists of influential women, past and present, who have had… read more

BRYNLEY VAN AARDT & LIAN VAN WYK The recycling system at Stellenbosch University (SU) is a complex animal, and many students don’t know where their cast-away coffee cups, food containers and plastic bottles end up. There are,… read more

Links tot regs, Cllint Cupido, Candice Denner, Eugene Greyling, Renier Basson. ZAHLÉ ELOFF LESSONS in Conservation (LiC) is ‘n ten volle geregistreerde nie-winsgewende organisasie wat deur hul Besturende Direkteur, Dean Carlisle, gestig is. LiC is verlede jaar… read more

DIE ROOIPLEIN HOU ‘N GEHEIMSINNIGE SWART BOKS Mense wat deur die swart boks op die gras sit. CARLA VISAGIE ’N Swart skeepshouer wat studente al vir ’n geruime tyd aan die wonder het op Die Neelsie se… read more

OLYMPUS STILL USING LAN CABLE TO ACCESS WIFI Wade Baarties, Vice Prim, uses cable to access the internet. NICOLE NASSON & MIA VAN DER MERWE Maties Wifi, the campus Wi-Fi, is only accessible at faculties and university… read more

‘Smart’ to describe a city THE Stellenbosch Wine and Country Estate has a plan to give innovation a new meaning by introducing an innovation hub. This new hub will cover land that they donated to Stellenbosch University… read more

STUDENTS STANDING IN SUPPORT Lauren Stevenson and Minenhle Nxumalo donating goods to support cyclone victims. ERIN WALLS UNASA and the Zimbabwean Society have teamed up to reach out to the Stellenbosh community to collect donations for those… read more

RACHELE BUTTON On Monday morning, library-going students would have found their visit a little more eventful than usual after being evacuated at around 09:00 due to a suspected gas leak. Upon arriving at the library that morning,… read more

NICOLE NASSON DIE Universiteit Stellenbosch se Debatsvereniging (USDV) het die afgelope naweek hul jaarlikse beginnerstoernooi aangebied. Die USDV het lede van aktiewe debatsverenigings van Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland (UWK), Universiteit van Kaapstad (UK) en die Kaapse Skiereiland Universiteit van Tegnologie (KSUT) genooi om aan dié toernooi deel… read more

MALLIGHEID BY DIE MALL Nooddienste en polisie is Maandagoggend na die Eikestad-winkelsentrum ontbied nadat ’n bomdreigement gemaak is.   KATHRYN VAN DEN BERG & ERIN WALLS Nooddienste is Maandag na die Eikestad-winkelsentrum ontbied in reaksie op ’n bomdreigement. Dit kom nadat die Stadsaal… read more

DIT IS MAKLIKER OM IN AMERIKA TE STUDEER Studente wat aansoek doen na die Michigan-universiteit terwyl sy met trots ‘n Maties-band dra.   ZAHLE ELOFF & LARA VAN HEERDEN BY ‘n amptelike seremoniële aangeleentheid het die Universiteit van die Staat… read more

BEKOSTIGBARE HALAAL Van links na regs: Abeeda Davids, Maajidah Samaai en Shaygah Hendricks.   DOMINIQUE FUCHS BEIDE Monica- en Harmonie-dameskoshuise se eetsale is in die proses om as halaal verklaar te word ná die ingryping van ’n eerstejaarstudent en HK-lid.… read more

TAKE THE TIME TO DO YOUR PART Paul Engebrecht is a recipient of two toebroodjies, courtesy of volunteer students with the aim to decrease hunger around Stellenbosch.   SINESIPHO MBANGU Toebroodjie, a team of 25 students at Stellenbosch… read more

BEACH CLEAN-UP CELEBRATION Volunteers of the Eco-Week beach clean-up celebrate a job well-done.   CATHARINA VAN DER MESCHT THE societies of Stellenbosch University (SU) had puppies on the Rooiplein and students cleaning up Strand Beach for the first ever Eco-Week. Running… read more

FEEDME ON A BUDGET Ryan Seebregts looking at his app while coding.   JONOTHAN FROST THERE is a new app on the market, and it might just make home cooking less of a challenge for students. FeedMe, an app designed by… read more

MANY “Fs” GIVEN Simonsberg proved that the ‘F-word’ should not be taken at face-value.   THOMAS MARAIS Simonsberg men’s residence is not afraid of the f-word. This residence co-hosted an event that engaged students in public discussion on the impact of female… read more

HEROES Jaco Moller (left) and Philip Botha (right) with Andy.   ZAHLE ELOFF A blockbuster-like car chase played out on the fringes of the Stellenbosch area on Saturday when Andy the Landy, a red 1971 Land Rover, was… read more