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By Skyla Thornton October celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Throughout the month, many healthcare providers and organisations run initiatives to encourage education and general awareness of breast cancer, specifically the various risks and preventative measures. Breast cancer is commonly associatedRead More
By Lesedi Mnisi The only “gay profeet” (who speaks truth) and the product of the NG (“Nogsteeds Gay”) Kerk, Tollie Parton, had a hilarious and wonderfully offensive show at the Daisy Jones bar on 15 October. The show was fabulous,Read More
By Kobus Erasmus In the auditorium of the Endler hall, surrounded by 500 other people all completely captivated, the Stellenbosch University (SU) choir delivered a tour de force of a performance. Effortlessly executing microtonal shifts and multiple key-changes in theRead More
By Hannah Theron Maties Water Polo is back for its second season of the year. The men’s first and women’s first and second teams participated in the inaugural Cape Town Invitational Tournament, which started Friday, 7 October and ended Sunday,Read More
By Dylan Schmidt Every year, the Kowie river in Port Alfred offers a challenge full of exciting racing, enthusiastic support and demanding conditions to University rowers from all over South Africa. This year the resilient Maties rowing team sent bothRead More
deur Jean-Miri Olivier vertaal deur Rentia Meyer Maties Netbal het teruggekeer ná hulle eerste oorwinning in 27 jaar by die University Sport South Africa (USSA)-netbaltoernooi en het sedertdien nie teleurgestel nie. Die standaarde is hooggestel en hulle moes hul titelRead More
Deur Ané Havenga Maties se vrouerugby-sewesspan het hierdie jaar ’n kaptein wat nie net haar stempel by Maties afdruk nie, maar ook op die internasionale verhoog vir haarself ’n naam maak. Bianca Augustyn, MEng (Siviel)-student, het op 19-jarige ouderdom inRead More
By Lesedi Mnisi The 2022 Maties cricket team has added a new trophy to their case. They are Stellenbosch University (SU) ‘s first cricket team to win the Varsity Cricket Tournament. The Maroon Machine bagged their first-ever Varsity Cricket championshipRead More
Deur Holly Mellin Vertaal deur Rentia Meyer Sophia Rabie, ʼn HonsBA (Antropologie)-student aan Universiteit Stellenbosch (US), het onlangs die Rhodes Prestigebeurs ontvang. Die Rhodes Prestigebeurs is in 1902 deur die testament van Cecil John Rhodes gestig. Volgens hulle webtuiste isRead More
By Ila Alberts and Ansela Sloman The Ubuntu Learning Community (ULC) is an interdisciplinary short course offered to roughly twenty registered Stellenbosch students, and twenty incarcerated students at Brandvlei Correctional Centre, in collaboration between the University of Stellenbosch (SU) andRead More
By Ansela Sloman Four deaf storytellers and members of Stellenbosch University (SU)’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences recently created video stories in South African Sign Language (SASL). According to a media release by SU on 28 September 2022, theRead More
By Flavia Davids Doctoral candidate Stanely Chindikani Msiska’s achievement at Camp 2030 made Stellenbosch University (SU) the topic of international acclaim. Camp 2030 is an innovation lab centred around realising the United Nations (UN)’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.Read More
Deur Ila Alberts Die jaarlikse Woordfees het vir die eerste keer sedert die COVID-19-pandemie weer met volle fanfare op 10 Oktober afgeskop, met produksies wat oud en jonk bekoor. Krotoa: Eva van de Kaap is onderskeidelik op 10 en 11Read More
By Ané Havenga Will Linley took the industry by storm with his hit single, Miss me (when you’re gone), and his EP, Kill all my feelings. His music is all over radio stations as he is quickly becoming a householdRead More
By Amber April From the Karoo, three men came together to share their love for music. What started as a band of two brothers called “Brother Brother” became a trio made up of three multifaceted individuals with one passion –Read More
By Ila Alberts Spioenasie, intrige en verbode liefde – onder normale omstandighede is dit ’n wenresep vir enige drama. Gooi egter geskiedkundige akkuraatheid en struggle-legendes daarby, en jy het draaiboek skrywer Paul du Toit se veelbekroonde The Unlikely Secret AgentRead More
By Anakin Curtis All roads led to Cloof Wine Estate on the weekend of 7-9 October as thousands of people made their pilgrimage to South Africa’s premier music festival, Rocking the Daisies. After an almost three-year covid-induced hiatus, festival goersRead More
By Lesedi Mnisi Regardless of international and political disturbances, literature should continue to be common currency to all people and should have no limitations. This is an affirmation found in the PEN Charter. PEN International is an organisation of writersRead More
BY JAN-HENDRIK PRETORIUS Die Matie curated some of the best sports photos taken throughout the year. This year saw the highly anticipated return of spectators and full sporting activity, after a two-year hiatus due to the covid-19 pandemic. BITTERSWEET MOMENTRead More
By Kezia Daniels In recent news, Magnus Carlsen, the World Chess Championship winner, has accused Hans Niemann of cheating after losing a match and withdrawing from the Sinquefield Cup. Die Matie asked a few Maties Chess players about their thoughtsRead More