Official Student Newspaper
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
DOMINIQUE VERSTER *Vertaal deur Dominique Fuchs Patogene in algemene areas soos biblioteke en badkamers ontlok gereeld kommer onder die publiek. Dit is veral die geval tydens die eksamenseisoen wanneer honderde Maties in die bib saamdrom en hulle mikrobakterie-kolonies onder eenRead More
CHRISTOPHER JOUBERT Stellenbosch is home to some of the goodest and hardest working boys and girls out there. We’ve all been baffled at how these boys and girls resist the urge to chase the hundreds of squirrels that crawl aroundRead More
CATHARINA VAN DER MESCHT THE CONSTRUCTION of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) new building, the Jan Mouton Learning and Teaching Centre, is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2020. Professor Stan du Plessis, SU’s Chief Operating Officer, said the constructionRead More
DOMINIQUE FUCHS HET ‘N PAAR VRAE AAN DIE NEDERIGE EN TALENTVOLLE DANIE DU TOIT, HOOFSANGER VAN SPOEGWOLF, GESTEL. Spoegwolf het ’n nuwe era in Afrikaanse musiek ingelui. Met hul trefferliedjies propvol emosie hang fans aan hulle lippe. Hulle vierde albumRead More
MARYKÉ MÜLLER Die Bishop Lavis- Rehabilitasiesentrum het aan die begin van 2019 ’n nuwe toevoeging gekry – ’n groentetuin. Die sentrum bied arbeidsterapie, fisioterapie, spraak-en gehoorterapie en dieetkunde aan, en die meerderheid van die dienste word deur Tygerberg-studente, onder leidingRead More
MARYKÉ MÜLLER DERTIG TygerMaties gaan op 30 November vir eers hulle boeke opsy geskuif om 1000 km vanaf Namibië tot Agulhas per fiets aan te durf. Die Hippocampus-span is verlede jaar deur Breda Reed, Mias Marais en Christoff Greyling opRead More
CARLA VISAGIE MEGHAN MARKLE, hertogin van Sussex en die beskermheer van die Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), het verlede Dinsdag aangekondig dat die ACU ’n bedrag geld van £1000 (ongeveer R18 500) aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) gaan toeken omRead More
CARLA VISAGIE Dagbreek Men’s Residence organised a silent protest from the entrance of the residence to the Rooiplein on Friday, 4 October. The approximately 30 protestors, dressed in black, had posters such as “STOP THE VIOLENCE END THE SILENCE”, “MENRead More
BRYNLEY VAN AARDT The Stellenbosch University (SU) Student Representative Council (SRC) has had three of its newly elected members accused of sexual assault on social media. As a result, an extraordinary sexual harassment advisory panel has been created by theRead More