Bier vir die eksamenstres
Die eksamen is om die draai en studente moet oppas om nie te veel te leer nie. Annelize Visser het van die lekkerste kuierplekke besoek en ’n kaart geskets.
Hoe om predikaatskok te oorwin
NICOLE NASSON Hoërskool was ’n vulletjie. Agt salige ure van non-stopkonsentrasie elke dag, vyf dae ’n week. Daai was die dae toe jy skaars ooit moes deurnag en voor jy ’n kafeïen-verslaafde was. Nou is negeuur klasse gans te vroeg enRead More
A’s with Aces
JANA GOOSEN Aces Tutoring started off as a small business with a website that “looked like it was put to-gether by a preschooler”, according to founder Paul Roux. Today, however, it has twenty-five tutors, mostly third year students, that assistRead More
Shine bright like a diamond
AMBER PAYNTER As Marilyn Monroe would say, “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend,” but for those of us on a tight student budget, we can’t even imagine buying high-end jewellery. Making all of our jewellery dreams a reality is CharenRead More
Vierpotige vriende op die Rooiplein
Pets as Therapy (PAT) het hierdie week glimlagte op kampus versprei met studente wat die geleentheid gehad het om tyd met die honde te span- deer. Die geleentheid is deel van die SU Kindness Campaign, ’n student-gedrewe veldtog wat inRead More
Studente soek pille vir eksamen
DOMINIQUE FUSCHS Die eksamen is om die draai en studente begin solank Concerta en Ritalin opgaar vir die paar weke van hel wat voorlê. Medikasie soos Concerta en Ritalin word normaalweg gebruikom ADHD (Aandagafleibaarheid-hiperaktiwiteitsindroom) te behandel. Dié pille is albeiRead More
Food moving student success
CARLA VISAGIE Ever since the launch of the #Move4Food campaign in August last year, the aim of raising R10 million in donations and funds in order to establish sustainable food banks at Stellenbosch University (SU), was high on the priorityRead More
Rotsklimmers reg vir groot hoogtes
LEMUEL BLIGNAUT Die meeste van ons is gelukkig met beide ons voete op vaste grond. Daar is egter mense wat verkies om aan hul pinkies rond te hang met moederaarde ver onder hulle. Vir die rotsklimmers op Stel- lenbosch, watRead More
Maroon Platoon hosts final
BRYNLEY VAN AARDT The Maties Ladies Hockey team is through to the Varsity Hockey final after beating the previous winners, UP Tuks, 7-5 in a semi-final match on Mon- day evening at the NWU Astro in Potchefstroom. This is theRead More
Stellenbosch Football Club hits the spot
DOMINIQUE FUCHS Stellenbosch Football Club (SFC) is making waves as the first Stellenbosch based football team to earn a place in the Absa Premiership or Premier Soccer League (PSL), the highest division of the South African football league system. AfterRead More
My rejected ‘lived experience’
TIAN ALBERTS A few weeks ago, I was “summoned” to Student Parliament to “account to” Dagbreek’s Inkululeko: Talking Freedom booklet, which Mr Luke Waltham, Chairman of UNASA Stellenbosch regarded as “problematic”. I was told by the Speaker that I wouldRead More
Roots: Dishing up to save the world
Nicole Nasson sat down with Mandi Zara Venter and Emmanuel Jamas, managers of Roots Vegan Bar to discuss what living vegan entails. You’ve probably noticed the food offering at the entrance of Spar in the Neelsie. It is cool; itRead More
Some craft beer, culture and Koos Kombuis
GABRIELA VILJOEN An ice-cold craft beer, local musicians jamming out on stage and a breathtaking sunset over the Summerhill Farm landscape. A Taste of Craft, a festival held in celebration of MFM Radio’s birthday, made its annual appearance this pastRead More
Matt Carstens is die regte MVP
DANé DOOGE & WILLOW-RUBY VAN DER BERG Wat het Bohemia, Aandklas en Die Mystic Boer in gemeen? Drie dinge: lekker bier, stoute kos en goeie musiek. Meeste Stellenbosse studente het al dié kuierplekke besoek. As jy een van die regularsRead More
A (mom)umental guide to Mother’s Day
NICOLE NASSON It’s that time of year again, folks: Mother’s Day. The annual day put aside to celebrate our maternal figures. It’s the one day in the year when our efforts to make our mom’s feel special should go aRead More
Winter is coming
JANIQUE AMBER OLIVER & ZAHLE ELOFF Winter is fast approaching, and we are certainly leaving last year’s trends behind. This year, collecting unique, classic, fashion-forward looks can become a reality. In collaboration with Adam and Eve, Ruan Goosen had hisRead More
New generation, same old issues
LUKE WALTHAM In light of Dagbreek’s recent Inkululeko launch on campus, it is safe to say that the issues raised by activists, student leaders and academics on campus from 2016 and 2017 have been disregarded and/or forgotten on this campus,Read More
Varsity cup recap: Maroon take over
KESIA ABRAHAMS & LEMUEL BLIGNAUT This year’s Varsity Cup season was a phenomenal one for FNB Maties Rugby. Both teams, the Maroon Machine and the Young Guns, ended the season at the top of their respective logs. Maties started offRead More
Long Donkeys pull a win on the weekend
BYRNLEY VAN AARDT Sunday’s scorching heat saw the Long Donkeys Ultimate Frisbee team from Pietermaritzburg triumph at The South African Ultimate Mixed Nationals in Stellenbosch this past weekend, with the Flying Tigers of UCT taking theSpirit of the Game award. TeamsRead More
Problems for Pokkel after Varsity Cup final excitement
LOLITA DE ABREU The Stellenbosch University (SU) mascot, popularly known as ‘Pokkel’, was banned from participating in the traditional Varsity Cup final post-game celebration after a premature celebratory run across the field. With five minutes left on the clock, PokkelRead More