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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

SAVANNAH BACON The Stellenbosch University (SU) Campus Health Services has access to all government ordered vaccines and can provide students with the controversial shot in the arm, for a fee. Campus Health offers a host of vaccinations,… read more

ROXANNE MOONEYS & KATHRYN VAN DEN BERG Various societies at Stellenbosch University (SU) did not receive full pay-out of their membership fees last year. According to the representatives of societies to whom Die Matie spoke, the funds… read more

KESIA ABRAHAMS Homeless people are a regular sight on the Stellenbosch University (SU) campus, and links have often been drawn between these people and criminal activity. Viljoen van der Walt, spokesperson for Campus Security (Director: Risk Management… read more

CATHERINA VAN DER MESCHT All Stellenbosch University (SU) merchandise is acquired through the Matie Shop, whether it concerns the brands of a residence, PSO, society or sport club. Concerns about this policy have been raised by students buying merchandise… read more

DISGRUNTLED METANOIAN DRINKING DIRTY-WATER Clerone showing the poor quality of Metanoia’s water.   SAARAH ABRAHAMS The Western Cape may have escaped the dreaded Day Zero for the time being, but water restrictions are still in place in… read more