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By Slade van Rooyen Chants of “Fedics must fall” echoed down Claassen Street as Fedics employees engaged in lunch-hour protests against what they deemed to be unfair working conditions. Fedics is the catering division of Tsebo Solutions… read more

Deur Ila Alberts Die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) se uitvoerende bedryfs­hoof, prof Stan du Plessis, het in ’n onlangse e-pos aan studente en belanghebbendes aangekondig dat kragopwekkers op kampus tydens landswye fase 4- tot 6-beurtkrag nie meer buite… read more

By Amber April Stellenbosch University’s (SU) independent Central Disciplinary Committee (CDC) recently gave their much anticipated verdict on the case against Theuns du Toit. This followed the disciplinary case made against Du Toit, who was filmed urinating… read more

By Kobus Erasmus Early last year, the ­Stellenbosch University Library opened the long-awaited Makerspace. The Makerspace is situated on the ­upper level of the library in room 1003.  According to the library website, the facility features a… read more

Deur Bradley Grovers Die Sentrum vir Studenteleierskap, Ervaringgerigte Opvoeding & Burgerskap (SSLEOB) se Leierskapsberaad vir Aspirante Leiers (LBAL) het onlangs plaasgevind en het studente, sowel as verskeie kundiges in hulle loopbaanvelde, bymekaar gebring.  Die geleentheid, wat op… read more

By Hannah Theron The Faculty of Education recently celebrated their second annual Education Week on campus. The event, which took place between 9 and 13 May, was initiated last year by the Education Student Committee (ESC), as… read more

By Aurelia Mouton and Alison Hermanus In what has been described as a “destructive, hurtful and racist incident”, a resident of Huis Marais Men’s Residence entered the room of another student and urinated on his belongings, according… read more

Flavia Davids and Lesedi Mnisi In line with Stellenbosch University (SU)’s revision policy, the SU Student Constitution was revised at the end of last year. The amendment of the Student Constitution—which, according to section 132(1), is to… read more

By Ansela Sloman While many students were enjoying a day’s break from classes on Freedom Day, the Muslim Students Association (MSA) of Stellenbosch University took the opportunity to give back to the Stellenbosch community by hosting a… read more

By Holly Mellin Stellenbosch ­University (SU)’s Science Faculty has a long history of being a front-runner in global ­research and development, with its polymer science research department ranked first in ­Africa. This is according to Dr Ndumiso… read more

By Lesedi Mnisi Of the 31 undergraduate ­residences on the Stellenbosch U­niversity (SU) campus, which houses ­approximately 6500 ­students collectively, only five are certified to serve halaal meals. These residences ­include Metanoia Residence, Irene Women’s Residence, Goldfields… read more

By Bradley Grovers The Stellenbosch Muni-cipality recently unveiled a new municipal control room that will be central to improving the existing safety measures in place in the town. This is according to a press release published by… read more

By Kulani Ngobeni After the recent release of a paper by Prof Aslam Fataar, a professor of research and development in transformation at SU, the university published an article on 2 March expressing the institution’s intention to… read more

By Arshia Ramluckun It was recently announced that the Victoria cluster will be getting a hub by next year. According to the Stellenbosch University (SU) website, it is one of the university’s goals to provide each cluster… read more

Deur Danielle Joubert Olympus Privaat Studente Organisasie (PSO) se prim en onderprim is onlangs gevra om vanuit hulle posisies te tree as gevolg van die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) se Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS)-beleid. Dié leiers… read more

By Holly Mellin Stellenbosch University (SU) ­recently provided first-year ­student Kimberley Lucas with a full bursary after the National ­Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) rejected her application. Due to a lack of funds, this left her with… read more

DEUR MARYNA ADSHADE Die Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT) het onlangs 21 woorde opgeneem en amptelik tot Afrikaans bygevoeg. Dit sluit woorde vanuit verskillende variëteite en gebruiksfere van Afrikaans in, soos doef-doef-musiek en hommeltuig (oftewel ’n… read more

BY KULANI NGOBENI Recently, concerns over the ­potential contamination of municipal water prompted advice against the use of unboiled tap ­water on social media. This followed after the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) notified the public… read more

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BY BRADLEY GROVERS The political science department at Stellenbosch University (SU) has gained a new addition to their wide range of research units. Ursula van Beek, the director of the Centre for Research on Democracy (CREDO), mentioned… read more