Official Student Newspaper
BY KIRSTY BUCHOLZ FIFTEEN Stellenbosch University (SU) students and fifteen inmates from Brandvlei Prison received SU-accredited competence certificates for completing the Ubuntu Learning Short Course on 8 October. It is the first interdisciplinary short course held in a prison inRead More
BY NICOLE NASSON AFTER three years of legal proceedings, the Constitutional Court of South Africa ruled that the 2016 language policy of Stellenbosch University (SU) is constitutionally justified. Justice Johan Froneman handed down a unanimous decision in favour of theRead More
BY TOM LEE VERTAAL DEUR DOMINIQUE FUCHS Die ou vervalle gebou langs Die Mystic Boer in Victoriastraat 7, bekend as die gewese Stellenbosch-kliniek, gaan ’n herlewing ondergaan. Die eens gemeenskaplike kliniek se deure het in 2008 gesluit en het sedertdienRead More
BY CHRISTOPHER JOUBERT STELLENBOSCH based strawberry farm, Polkadraai, has become the first to legally grow marijuana in the Western Cape. The cannabis company, Felbridge, was issued a licence by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority following a two-year applicationRead More
BY SEBASTIAN UYS Five members of the 2018/2019 Students Representative Council (SRC) of Stellenbosch University (SU), alongside official university staff, visited the University of Lagos from 14 to 18 October. The University of Lagos hosted its first International Week whichRead More
BY BRYNLEY VAN AARD Huis ten Bosch women were recently informed that their home would not be ready for occupation until October 2020 due to renovations being added to the schedule alongside the necessary repairs. The majority of the womenRead More
by TIVAN LEAK SEBASTIAN UYS wrote in the previous edition of Die Matie to explain that atheism is also a belief – just as believing in a deity is a belief. There are some flaws along the road to reachingRead More
by LAUREN WESLEY-SMITH When harassment starts in your own life, it can be imperceptible. Two years ago, I would never have dreamt that my new friend would become my stalker. Though I’m no professional, nor is my own case overRead More
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by NINA STEVENSON A SCENE any Stellenbosch student is familiar with: the outdoor, concrete, campus bins – always occurring in trios – all perpetually filled with coffee and iced-drink cups. In my time here I’ve had trouble understanding why universityRead More
BY PERCIVAL QUINA *Percival Quina is currently doing his Honours in International Studies. I watched the premiere episode of a TV-series called Mixed-ish. As race is the central issue that this series deals with, this episode left me immediately reflectingRead More
BY MICHAL VISSER *Michal Visser studies Economics. A response to “Let’s get real about the Anti-GBV” Since late August, South African campus communities have engaged in protests and discussions regarding a national crisis of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). The rape andRead More
SEBASTIAN UYS *Sebastian Uys is a final year Political Science, Philosophy and Economics.Student who likes the beach, making music and reading anything written by C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkien. YES, this is another article about the existence of a deity.Read More
Tom Lee had the honour of interviewing Stellenbosch University’s newly-elected Chancellor. Ex-Justice Edwin Cameron has quite an extraordinary story to share with us. Cameron speaks about the discriminative stigmas, opportunities and facing prejudice. Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Electoral College has electedRead More
CHRISTOPHER JOUBERT THE Maties Canoeing team has cut their way through the challenging rapids and weirs of the Fish River to be crowned the 2019 USSA Canoeing champions. The 30 Maties paddlers now have bragging rights after leaving the likesRead More
ANNERINE SNYMAN Maties-Sewes het die afgelope naweek hul staal gewys in die Varsity Sports Sewes-toernooi in Johannesburg. Alhoewel dié span met die silwermedalje tevrede moes wees, was hulle poging glad nie te versmaai nie. Maties het die toernooi Vrydag afgeskopRead More
KIRSTY BUCHOLZ MOST humans would probably prefer having their feet firmly planted on the ground. There are, however, a group of Maties who thoroughly enjoy the dark depths of the ocean. Maties Underwater is Stellenbosch University’s official Professional Association ofRead More
ANNERINE SNYMAN MATIES Netbal het Maandagaand, in die Varsity Netbal-finaal in Pretoria, ’n enorme poging teen die Universiteit van Pretoria (Tuks) aangewend en net-net nie diebeker saam met hulle huis toe gebring nie. Dit was behoorlik ’n noord-suid-stryd met MatiesRead More
LEMUEL BLIGNAUT The Pietermaritzburg Long Donkeys Ultimate Frisbee team and Lions River Polo club played hosts to the seventh annual National Ultimate Frisbee tournament over the weekend of 5 October. The tournament saw a variety of men’s and women’s teamsRead More
WILLOW-RUBY VAN DER BERG What sounds better than sex, drugs, (beer) and rock ’n’ roll? Absolutely nothing. Tomorrow The Sir Thomas Brewing Company, located just outside Stellenbosch, is hosting the Analog on Tap event where you can expect to hearRead More
Directed by: Riley Stearns Starring: Jesse Eisenberg Rating: 1.5/4 Stars BY ARRIERINGSTINGABABYWOMANMANINSTAARRIEHOHOSNACKSHOHO Jesse Eisenberg is fast becoming one of the best actors in Hollywood today, but starring in Riley Stearns’ The Art of Self-Defense will be a decision he mightRead More