Official Student Newspaper
By Buhle Bam Ramadan is a holy month for Muslims during which they abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset. With many students being away from home during Ramadan, iftar, which is the evening meal to break theRead More
Deur Anakin Curtis (Vertaal deur Mieke de Wet) Toe oom Cyril die einde van die nasionale ramptoestand effektief vanaf middernag op Maandag 5 April aangekondig het, het hy ook onbewustelik die sluise vir die feesseisoen oopgetrek. Soos die feesseisoen weerRead More
By Anakin Curtis Many students make use of their longboards to get across campus quickly. When fourth-year BSc (Geoinformatics) student Joshua van Coller is not snaking down Victoria Street between classes, he is going 80 km/h down any hill heRead More
By Karla de Bod World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day, aims to promote reading, publishing and copyrighting amongst individuals. The day links together the past and the future, people across different generations and cultures, andRead More
Skyla Thornton Earth Day is celebrated worldwide each year on 22 April, a date which marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. The day is typically used to highlight environmental protection and preservation throughRead More
By Charlie Moody-Stuart The Stellenbosch University (SU) drama department will be performing a play on the subject of race—These are the things that sit with us—which consists entirely of real-life conversations with SU students on campus. Inspired by the bookRead More
Deur Emma Hamman Senior studente is in rep en roer oor hulle geliefkoosde Rocking Stellies wat vir die eerste keer ná die pandemie weer sy verskyning sal maak. Die sogenaamde “Pre-Bash” vind die 22ste en 23ste April plaas, en studenteRead More
By Jani Roux Not so long ago cinephiles from all over Stellenbosch came together on 7 April for an open-air movie night at Dagbreek Men’s Residence. The event was hosted by the Pulp Film Society and was their first publicRead More
By Vicky Hendrikz Three Maties tennis players recently participated in the University Sports South Africa (USSA) tennis tournament alongside three players from the University of Pretoria (Tuks). The tournament, which would have taken place in December but was postponed, tookRead More
By Arshia Ramluckun My earliest memory of Formula 1 (F1) is sitting at home in front of the TV watching a race. Of course, six-year-old me, who had just started to read, pointed out that one of the drivers’ namesRead More
Deur Ané Havenga Die ondenkbare het gebeur: Maties het Ikeys in ’n wegwedstryd geklop, én Tukkies vir Shimlas, ook in ’n wegwedstryd. Dít was nodig vir Maties om op 25 April ’n tuiseindstryd te kan speel waar Maties vir TukkiesRead 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 Sibanda who, alongRead 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 Residence, Harmonie Women’sRead More
By Nina-Marie Anker Even for South Africans, it is possible to feel like a tourist in town when coming to study at Stellenbosch University (SU). The narrow, sometimes cobbled streets, the ever-changing restaurants, and the diverse cultures and religions—all livingRead 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 the municipality onRead More
By Aurelia Mouton Across social media, a new viral hit has taken the Stellenbosch University (SU) campus by storm. From the book-laden halls of the SU Library come four fun-loving and innovative faculty librarians with a noble mission: to informRead 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 position transformation atRead 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 with their ownRead More
Deur Emma Hamman Vir die eerste keer in byna twee jaar is Maties besig om stowwerige rugbytoks uit koshuiskaste te haal – koshuisrugby is terug! Ná twee rondtes van uitklopwedstryde, en ’n semifinaal, sluit die finaal tussen Helderberg en HuisRead More
By Emmanuel Ekene Okere After initially struggling to find their feet, Maties Cricket have knocked it out of the park in the Boland Cricket premier league championship. Even with one more match to go, the team have already achieved anRead More