Official Student Newspaper
Dané Dooge & Janke van Schalkwyk Eight Stellenbosch University (SU) students will be participating in the Put Foot Rally to raise funds for underprivileged school children. The Stofrotte will be travelling through six countries in Africa as part of aRead More
Visting hours in residences have been a hot topic on Stellenbosch University’s campus. Hélene Leonard spoke to a few residents of various residences on campus, asking them what their thoughts are on their residence’s visiting hours. Munashe Matingo Eendrag VisitingRead More
Dillon Henwood I recently attended a wedding and witnessed two of my closest friends tie the knot. What made this particular wedding so beautiful to me wasn’t the sumptuousness or extravagance of the event; it was their ‘redamancy’ – aRead More
Lucy Bryant The Amnesty International Stellenbosch branch is hosting a clothes and blankets drive to distribute to those in need this winter. The drive commenced on 23 April and will end on 4 May (Friday). Ornila Serga, outreach coordinator ofRead More
Luke Smith PXLS take the shape and form of a five-piece permanently-evolving psychedelic punk band that is a little rough around the edges, but that is how they like it. The band is made up of Ruan Vos (lead guitar),Read More
Not only are more people starting to post Instagram stories to keep us in the loop about what’s going on in their lives, many students are also using this platform to earn extra money. Willow-Ruby van der Berg tells about theseRead More
Floral prints were all the rage at this year’s annual Cheese and Wine festival, and all the cool kids were seen sporting sunglass straps. Experimenting was definitely in style with some sleek all-white ensembles standing out from the crowd. Guys opted forRead More
Lian van Wyk Daar doen ’n sêding die rondte dat Afrikaanse musiek in twee kategorieë verdeel kan word: dit wat voor Anton Goosen daar was en dit wat na hom gekom het. Piet Botha se nuutste album, Die Middernagtrein, kom dalk jareRead More
George van Dyk Contrary to the lung disease their name references, Black Lung is breathing fresh new material into the South African psychedelic rock scene and aims to continue doing so for the foreseeable future. Birthed in 2012, the bandRead More
Ingrid Heÿdenrÿch It’s very easy to get down in the dumps about life. Tests are everywhere, food is expensive and sometimes it’s just too easy to get mad at people. During my conversation with Prof. Thuli Madonsela last week (readRead More
Lisa de Clerq Om terug te gee aan die gemeenskap is die idee wat sentraal tot die Bettie Harmsen-studiebeurs lê. Dit is ook wat die Maties Gardeo Isaacs en Justine Palframan, die eerste ontvangers van die studiebeurs, beplan. Bettie HarmsenRead More
Carla Visagie Studente sonder sente mag dalk verligting kry in die volgende paar maande. Shoprite en Checkers het op 19 April aangekondig dat hulle supermarkte landwyd sekere weke in die jaar ’n promosie gaan loods waar studente 10% afslag kanRead More
Ingrid Heÿdenrÿch Former public protector on her childhood, the new president and Wim de Villiers. Being thrown back into an academic environment is a welcome break for the country’s former public protector, advocate and professor Thuli Madonsela. “The transition hasRead More
Anke van der Merwe Maties Sport se atlete is deesdae gereeld in die internasionale nuus. Die rede hiervoor is dat hulle so goed presteer en die koshuisligas is self nie agter as dit by talent kom nie. Vir daardie studenteRead More
Thembeka Ngwenya Maties res soccer provides a platform for male and female residences/PSOs at Stellenbosch University (SU) to play against each other and develop players’ potential. This is one of the benefits of the residence soccer league, said Ellroy Smith,Read More
Hayley Grammer Ten academic courses to be “decolonised” over the next two years. Stellenbosch University (SU) has made plans to decolonise several academic courses over the next two years without consulting student leaders and committees. The programmes to go under reviewRead More
Heléne Leonard Saterdag 21 April is die jaarlikse Menseregte Jeugkonferensie gehou, waarvan die doel was om mense bewus te maak en in staat te stel om hulle eie inisiatief te gebruik vir probleme waar menseregte oortree word, volgens Luke Waltham,Read More
S.Z. Minnaar & Carla Visagie Die eerste ronde van die jaarlikse Toneelfees het hierdie week begin. Sedert Maandagaand speel daar elke aand tot Saterdag vertonings op die Drostdy-teater se planke. Toneelfees is ’n ou Matie-tradisie en word deur die SR se kultuurkomitee (KuKo) aangebied. Verskeie koshuise enRead More
Anke van der Merwe Suid-Afrika het ’n spoggerige 13 goue, 11 silwer en 13 brons medaljes by vanjaar se Statebondspele ingepalm. Naas die individuele prestasies het Suid-Afrika ook sesde op die algehele punteleer geëindig. Christian Sadie het ’n silwer medalje vir Suid-Afrika in die mans S7-klas 50Read More
Lian van Wyk The Stellenbosch University (SU) Choir declined an invitation to sing the national anthem at Monday’s Varsity Cup final. The choir, who are the recipients of gold medals in three categories at the 2016 International Choir Games, was approached by Maties Sport to sing theRead More