Official Student Newspaper
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
ERIN WALLS It is that time of year again, where exams are fast approaching but so is festival season. With both Rocking the Daisies and Smalltown Beat occurring on the same weekend, it will be the only thing students willRead More
RENÉ ESTERHUYSE We have featured the multi-talented Kirsty Adams, singer, songwriter, violinist and composer, as well BMus and MMus graduate from Stellenbosch University (SU), in Die Matie before. Now she is back with a bang with a new music videoRead More
CATHARINA VAN DER MESCHT The Anti-GBV Student Movement of Stellenbosch started the new term by hosting a #TimeIsUp march during which a memorandum addressing men’s and mixed residences was handed over to the respective residences on campus. This was partRead More
TOM LEE Canapax, a cannabis franchise that has established itself throughout South Africa, has opened one of its stores in Stellenbosch. The store specialises in the trade of various medicinal indigenous plants, such as Buchu and other root extracts. However,Read More
RENÉ ESTERHUYSE & LAUREN WESLEY-SMITH This weekend saw the ninth iteration of the University of Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra’s (USSO) Youth Concerto Festival. The Youth Concerto Festival takes place every second year and features some of the most promising young soloistsRead More
MARYNA ADSHADE Prof. Wim de Villiers, rektor van die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US), en Carli van Wyk, SR-voorsitter (2018/2019), het gedurende die September-reses hul fietse afgestof om geld vir beurse in te samel. Van Wyk en De Villiers, tesame met ChrisRead More
AMBER PAYNTER HUIDIGE en toekomstige studente aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) sal binnekort grade in die biomediese ingenieurswese-veld kan studeer. Die Instituut vir Biomediese Ingenieurswese (IBE) het op 4 September aangekondig dat hulle vanaf 2020 en 2021 vier nuwe nagraadseRead More
TOM LEE STELLENBOSCH University (SU) students, along with students of the greater Cape Town area, marched in solidarity at the Global Climate Protest on 20 September outside Parliament. The Global Climate Protest took place worldwide, with cities in 150 countriesRead More