Official Student Newspaper
Dominique Verster Over the past weekend, Maties esports secured yet another victory in the first ever national intervarsity esports competition. University Sports South Africa (USSA) in collaboration with ACGL hosted the historical event at the Coetzenberg sports centre of StellenboschRead More
ANNERINE SNYMAN As jy daarvan hou om die borde in jou ma se huis rond te gooi of nog altyd uitgeblink het in die familie-frisbeegooi, dan het Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) net die sport vir jou. Maties Ultimate, wat in 2012Read More
GITA FOURIE As jy ’n aanhanger van Maties Netbal is, dan weet jy seker ook wie KHOJOSHA is. Jo Prins, Sasha-Lee Petersen en Khomotso Mamburu speel sedert 12-jarige ouderdom saam netbal. Die drie meisies het oor die jare nog altydRead More
WILLOW-RUBY VAN DER BERG Vrydag het Nicolene Burger se eerste solo-kunstuitstalling, Painted Mantras, se opening plaasgevind by die Galery van die Universiteit Stellenbosch (GUS). “Dis een van die beste gevoelens wanneer al die skilderye was ek geskep het saam uitgestalRead More
ALEXANDER BRAND With the event Showcase featuring Voodoo Cats, Saving Arthur and Moon Badger, Aandklas is laying some of the best local talent at our feet on 5 October. Die Matie got to know these bands a bit better inRead More
CHRISTOPHER JOUBERT This piece is about gay people. And straight people who do gay things. Students have heard whispers and rumours about the antics that occur in Stellenbosch behind closed doors, or shall I say in closets. After conducting aRead More
CHRISTOPHER JOUBERT We are fast approaching this year’s rendition of Damestouch, the annual event hosted by Eendrag Residence, and sounds like it’s going to be one for the books. There is however a slight change in Damestouch this year. FollowingRead More
Tian Alberts Too often criticism of movements has been equated to denial of the issues that they purport to address. This is cheap, fallacious and hopefully university students can see through this. When the morality of movements are assumed becauseRead More
Zahlé Eloff There have been many musings on the health benefits of Rooibos, but researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) are currently doing a study to determine if these are mere speculations. The study, led by Dr Hanél Sadie-van Gijsen, SeniorRead More
Maryna Adshade Vir die speletjies fanatici wat al video speletjies van moedersknie af speel, is Max Payne hopelik geen vreemdeling nie. Hy is die hoofkarakter van drie speletjies: Max Payne, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne en ookRead More
Directed by: Danny Boyle Starring: Himesh Patel, Lily James Rating: 3 stars By: Armin Prinsloo I must begin this review with a disclaimer and confess that my opinions on the film are completely biased. As a long-time, passionate Beatles fan,Read More
Dominique Verster A newly established branch of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) organisation, XR Winelands, directed the movement towards Stellenbosch University (SU) on 27 August and decorated campus with various mysterious posters. According to the founder of XR Winelands, Caitlin Leatherby,Read More
Mia van der Merwe By now, almost everyone would have seen the purple scrunchies and ribbons adorning the bags, ponytails, and necks of those on the Stellenbosch University (US) campus. These eye-catching accessories were bound to raise questions, and purposefullyRead More
Lemuel Blignaut Maties crashed out of this year’s Varsity Cricket tournament in the semi-final round when they lost to Tuks, who went on to lift the trophy. Maties started their tournament, which took place from 2 to 7 September inRead More
BY CARLA VISAGIE The death and rape of Uyinene Mrwetyana, a University of Cape Town (UCT) student, was one of many events that sparked outrage and large-scale protest over gender-based violence across South Africa this past week. Stellenbosch University (SU)Read More
Annerine Snyman Maties Netbal het Maandagaand ’n bonuspunt met drie doele in die tweede ronde van die Varsity Netbaltoernooi misgeloop. Die span het in die Coetzenburg-sentrum teen die Tshwane Universiteit van Tegnologie (TUT) te staan gekom met ’n aansienlik geskommeldeRead More
CATHARINA VAN DER MESCHT Residents of the Listen, Live & Learn (LLL) Village and supporters of the initiative have contested the decision made by Stellenbosch University management to convert the LLL Village into a senior residence in 2020. This comesRead More
TOM LEE & AMBER PAYNTER Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, was invited by Shofar Student’s Society to speak at an event held on 23 August in the Conservatorium. Sias Le Roux, a pastor at Shofar Stellenbosch, first met Mogoeng Mogoeng atRead More
ANNERINE SNYMAN Die vuur wat op die aand van 12 Augustus in een van die kamers op Huis ten Bosch (HtB) se derde vloer uitgebreek het, het ál 164 inwoners tydelik sonder blyplek gelaat. In ’n verklaring, net meer asRead More
LOLITA DE ABREU Former Stellenbosch student Devin Osborne, who is now working with AGTech company, Aerobotics, gave a talk on 21 August in Lombardi 3001 about the future of agriculture under the assistance of Aerobotics. Osborn studied a BSc inRead More