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By Lesedi Mnisi The Student Representative Council (SRC) of Stellenbosch University (SU) held a peaceful protest outside the offices of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) in Cape Town on Friday 10 February. This was in… read more

By Emma-Jane Metcalf On Thursday, 2 February, over 5000 newcomers descended upon the Danie Craven stadium for the first full welcoming since 2020. Neatly divided into their respective residences and PSO’s, the new Maties enjoyed singing and… read more

By Anakin Curtis  The first full scale Vensters, and first ever Maties Connect Festival (MC Fest) saw Stellenbosch University (SU) newcomers flood onto the Welgevallen Hockey Field on Saturday, 11 February. This was the first time since… read more

By Aurelia Mouton and Lesedi Mnisi Many National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) students, across South Africa, are facing an accommodation crisis due to the recently announced R45 000 accommodation funding cap. This cap was confirmed in a… read more

Two bodies have been extracted from the car of the missing couple, Ethan Kirkland (19) and Leila du Preez Lees (18). Kirkland, first year BSc Computer Science student at Stellenbosch University (SU) and his girlfriend, du Preez,… read more

Ethan Kirkland (19), a first year BSc (Computer Science) student at Stellenbosch University (SU), and Leila du Preez Lees (18)  were last seen, on street camera footage, at 23:45 on Friday, 21 October, driving onto Van Riebeeck… read more

By Flavia Davids To Idas Valley community leader Eon Hendrikse, activism is a way of life. Hendrikse and his co-founders Etienne Basson and Sylvin Thomas started the Idas Valley Community Trails Organisation, a non-profit (NPO), at the… read more

Deur Holly Mellin Vertaal deur Rentia Meyer Sophia Rabie, ʼn HonsBA (Antropologie)-student aan Universiteit Stellenbosch (US), het onlangs die Rhodes Prestigebeurs ontvang. Die Rhodes Prestigebeurs is in 1902 deur die testament van Cecil John Rhodes gestig. Volgens… read more

By Ila Alberts and Ansela Sloman The Ubuntu Learning Community (ULC) is an interdisciplinary short course offered to roughly twenty registered Stellenbosch students, and twenty incarcerated students at Brandvlei Correctional Centre, in collaboration between the University of… read more

By Ansela Sloman Four deaf storytellers and members of Stellenbosch University (SU)’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences recently created video stories in South African Sign Language (SASL). According to a media release by SU on 28… read more

By Flavia Davids Doctoral candidate Stanely Chindikani Msiska’s achievement at Camp 2030 made Stellenbosch University (SU) the topic of international acclaim. Camp 2030 is an innovation lab centred around realising the United Nations (UN)’s Sustainable Development Goals… read more

By Anakin Curtis In the early hours of the morning on Thursday 22 September, a resident of Helshoogte Men’s Residence entered his room after a night out and urinated on his roommate’s chair and the floor. This… read more

By Tiaan Booyens Should institutions like Stellenbosch University (SU) be expected to take more direct climate action? Fossil Free Stellenbosch (FFS), an expanding group of students, alumni and faculty staff at SU calling for its divestment from… read more

By Ansela Sloman Following an incident where a number of students’ doors were anointed with oil crosses in Metanoia Residence last year, many victims still feel that no action has been taken by Stellenbosch University (SU) following… read more

By Amber April In a bulletin released by Stellenbosch University (SU) on 21 July, SU’s independent Central Disciplinary Committee (CDC) announced that Theuns du Toit faced immediate expulsion from the university. This followed the disciplinary case that… read more

Deur Jan-Hendrik Pretorius Hugo Pienaar, oud-Matie en hoofekonoom van die Buro vir Ekonomiese Ondersoek (BEO) wat aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) se Fakulteit Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe geaffilieer is, is onlangs as die ekonoom van die jaar aangewys. … read more

By Laura Mutyambizi The Central Disciplinary Committee (CDC) of Stellenbosch University (SU) recently found a student from Majuba Men’s Residence guilty of sexual misconduct. In a bulletin released by SU on 5 August, they announced that the… read more

By Slade van Rooyen The Stellenbosch University (SU) campus has been a hive of activity since the start of the second semester, which saw a return to fully in-person lectures and a revival of campus life. This… read more

By Anakin Curtis According to ShanghaiRanking’s 2022 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS), various faculties and departments at Stellenbosch University (SU) have been placed amongst the top 500 in the world.  “The GRAS rankings use a range… read more

By Ila Alberts It is election season and campus is buzzing. The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) elections will take place between 8 and 12 August. 15 candidates have put themselves forward for the council and made it… read more