• Maties-vrouerugby Sink die Skip van Toerspan

    Maties-vrouerugby Sink die Skip van Toerspan

    Deur Ané Havenga Maties se vrouerugbyspan het die Royal Navy Rugby Union (RNRU) se vrouespan, al die pad vanuit die Verenigde Koninkryk, ontvang vir ’n vriendskaplike wedstryd van tien aan ’n kant. Dié geskiedkundige wedstryd het op… read more

  • The Trans Athlete Debate—Die Matie’s Sports Editor Weighs In

    The Trans Athlete Debate—Die Matie’s Sports Editor Weighs In

    By Jan-Hendrik Pretorius Since 2018, nearly 670 bills against the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, or otherwise queer) community have been filed across the United States of America (USA). In this year… read more

  • Stormers Tuis by Danie Craven

    Stormers Tuis by Danie Craven

    Deur Ané Havenga Die Stormers het op Sondag 13 Maart Kaapstad-stadion vir Maties se eie Danie Craven-stadion verruil. Hierdie geskiedkundige oomblik was as gevolg van die Kaapstad-fietstoer wat hulle tuiste onbeskikbaar gemaak het, aangesien die meeste paaie… read more

  • Campus Volleyball Bounces Back

    Campus Volleyball Bounces Back

    By Anakin Curtis Dylan Cooper, a third-year BA (Language and Culture) student, has brought competitive volleyball back to campus. After the end of his high-school hockey career, Cooper wanted to change things up when he came to… read more

  • Maties Gholf blink uit met silwer by USSA-toernooi

    Maties Gholf blink uit met silwer by USSA-toernooi

    Deur Sibella Swanepoel MATIES Gholf se A-span het onlangs tweede plek by Universiteitsport Suid-Afrika (USSA) se gholfkampioenskappe behaal. USSA is verantwoordelik vir die regulering, organisering en koördinering van sportaktiwiteite van Suid-Afrikaanse universiteite en bied elke jaar die… read more

  • Health and wellness: Stellies Shop not fitting in

    Health and wellness: Stellies Shop not fitting in

    By Lesedi Mnisi Body positivity has been a topic in the media for quite some time. This is evident in celebrities, such as Lizzo, speaking out about body types that don’t fit conventional beauty standards and the… read more

  • Danie Craven comes alive for thrilling final

    Danie Craven comes alive for thrilling final

    By Ané Havenga University of Pretoria (UP) Tuks shifted into another gear in the second half of the Varsity Cup final, and after some edge-of-your-seat rugby in the last few minutes of the game, won with 29… read more

  • Maties Tennis Players Chosen for National University Squad

    Maties Tennis Players Chosen for National University Squad

    By Vicky Hendrikz Three Maties tennis players recently participated in the University Sports South Africa (USSA) tennis tournament alongside three players from the University of Pretoria (Tuks). The tournament, which would have taken place in December but… read more

  • Stellies Students Have Caught the F1 Fever

    Stellies Students Have Caught the F1 Fever

    By Arshia Ramluckun My earliest memory of Formula 1 (F1) is sitting at home in front of the TV watching a race. Of course, six-year-old me, who had just started to read, pointed out that one of… read more

  • Danie Craven Maak Gereed vir Eindstryd!

    Danie Craven Maak Gereed vir Eindstryd!

    Deur Ané Havenga Die ondenkbare het gebeur: Maties het Ikeys in ’n wegwedstryd geklop, én Tukkies vir Shimlas, ook in ’n wegwedstryd. Dít was nodig vir Maties om op 25 April ’n tuiseindstryd te kan speel waar… read more

  • Koshuisrugby Skop Steeds

    Koshuisrugby Skop Steeds

    Deur Emma Hamman Vir die eerste keer in byna twee jaar is Maties besig om stowwerige rugbytoks uit koshuiskaste te haal – koshuisrugby is terug! Ná twee rondtes van uitklopwedstryde, en ’n semifinaal, sluit die finaal tussen… read more

  • Maties Cricket: Boland Region Champs

    Maties Cricket: Boland Region Champs

    By Emmanuel Ekene Okere After initially struggling to find their feet, Maties Cricket have knocked it out of the park in the Boland Cricket premier league championship. Even with one more match to go, the team have… read more

  • Ride4Simon: Simonsbergers pak die stryd teen finansiële uitsluiting aan

    Ride4Simon: Simonsbergers pak die stryd teen finansiële uitsluiting aan

    Deur Dylan Lee 1577 kilometer te fiets van Potchefstroom tot in Stellenbosch binne ’n kwessie van 14 dae. Dit is die uitdaging wat Janko van der Walt, vyfdejaar-BRekLLB-student, en Marais Basson, tweedejaar-BCom (Bestuursrekeningkunde)-student, vanjaar tussen 10 en… read more

  • Maties maal Ixias

    Maties maal Ixias

    Deur Ané Havenga Maties het met hulle weghol-sege van 52 – 19 teen Ixias oftewel Sentrale Universiteit vir Tegnologie (SUT) gewen wat dit drie-uit-drie gemaak het vir hulle laaste drie wedstryde. Op 14 Maart het Maties dié… read more

  • Vrouekrieket Vat Vlam Nasionaal en in Matieland

    Vrouekrieket Vat Vlam Nasionaal en in Matieland

    Deur Ané Havenga Dit is heel gepas dat die Protea-vrouekrieketspan in Maart, die maand waarin Internasionale Vrouedag val, hulle wêreldbeker-veldtog afgeskop het. Die laaste paar jaar het vrouekrieket behoorlik vlam gevat. Regoor die wêreld neem vrouens ook… read more

  • Campus is Healing: The ‘Tamaties’ have Returned

    Campus is Healing: The ‘Tamaties’ have Returned

    BY AURELIA MOUTON & JAN-HENDRIK PRETORIUS Supporters have populated the Danie Craven Stadium for the first time in two years. Die Matie gathered some of the best moments of the momentous evening. read more

  • Rasieleiers Reg om die Gees te Bring!

    Rasieleiers Reg om die Gees te Bring!

    DEUR ANE HAVENGA Daar is net iets magies aan rasieleiers (cheerleaders), veral met hulle danspassies en gees. Amerikaanse flieks het ons natuurlik blootgestel aan die wonderlike kultuur daarvan. Wie kan nou Bring it on of High School… read more

  • Dynamic Maties Hockey Duo to ­Represent South Africa in Junior World Cup

    Dynamic Maties Hockey Duo to ­Represent South Africa in Junior World Cup

    BY FLAVIA DAVIDS Stellenbosch University (SU)­­ and South Africa (SA) will be represented in the upcoming Junior World Cup by star Maties hockey players Laylaa Davids and Caylin Maree.  Davids and Maree were recently selected for the… read more

  • Maties Boys Bounce Back in Wits Battle

    Maties Boys Bounce Back in Wits Battle

    BY MARDENE VAN SCHALKWYK For the first time since March 2020, the Maroon Machine kicked off at home in the historic Danie Craven stadium. The Maties team took on FNB Wits in their third game of this… read more

  • Stellenbosch Football Club starts training at ‘iconic’ Danie Craven Stadium

    Stellenbosch Football Club starts training at ‘iconic’ Danie Craven Stadium

    BY EMMANUEL EKENE OKERE The Stellenbosch University (SU) leadership team has collaborated with the Premier Soccer League (PSL) home side, Stellenbosch Football Club (SFC), to bring the action closer to the Stellenbosch sporting community. This is a… read more