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September 14th, 2026
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Author: Emma Giles

Maties Netball centenary celebrations coincide with Varsity Netball launch

Maties Netball team huddles just before the final quarter against Kovsies in Varsity Netball.
The Varsity Netball 2026 season kicked off last week at Coetzenburg Centre in Stellenbosch just after Maties Netball had...
News, Sport

SRC awaits answer from Rectorate for quota deadline extension

Students can upload washing quota at their residence laundry rooms using their student cards. Before the deadline to increase quota, announced to be 14 August, students can pay for washing, food or printing through their student account. After the deadline, students can use Snapscan or the Maties Student Fees payment page to upload quota using personal funds, according to Martin Viljoen, Stellenbosch University’s (SU) media manager. PHOTO: Emma Giles
Students have raised their concerns with the Student Representative Council (SRC) about Stellenbosch University’s (SU) deadline to increase quota...
News

Cloetesville coach volunteers at FIFA World Cup

Lorenzo Claassen (right), a football coach from Cloetesville, stands with three other international volunteers at the FIFA World Cup in North America.
Lorenzo Claassen, a football coach from Cloetesville, was the only person from Africa that FIFA sent to volunteer at the...
News, Sport

How to be human: Sandra Mbatha’s unrelenting mission to serve

Sandra Mbatha hugs a tree on Victoria street.
In 2017, Sandra Mbatha arrived in Stellenbosch as a first-generation student, with borrowed suitcases and a blanket from her...
Features, Profile, Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University SRC leaves R802 266 of its budget untouched

Cropped for feature: Sinawo Sangovana, the treasurer of the Student Representative Council (SRC) at Stellenbosch University (SU) for 2025/2026, stands outside the SRC office in the Neelsie student centre.
The Student Representative Council (SRC) at Stellenbosch University (SU) has not used 70% of its R1 151 525 budget with the...
News, SRC, Stellenbosch University

Maties netball star, Nicholé Breedt, returns to local league 

Nicholé Breedt, a Maties netball alumnus who graduated in 2022, returned to the local stage of the Telkom Netball League (TNL) in South Africa (SA)
After a couple of years playing in the Netball Super League in the United Kingdom for London Pulse, Nicholé...
Features, News, Sport

Open for debate: history teachers in Stellenbosch discuss new CAPS curriculum

Ben Malan, history teacher at Stellenbosch High School
Teachers in Stellenbosch have expressed differing sentiments towards the newly proposed Grade 4 to 12 history Curriculum and Assessment...
Education, News

Nine residence heads at Stellenbosch University hand over the baton

Nine residence heads changed at SU including Minerva
In a recent handover period, Stellenbosch University (SU) saw a change in residence heads at nine different residences, including...
News, Residence, Stellenbosch University

A mother to many: SU residence cleaner reflects on 21 years of service

SU residence cleaner reflects on 21 years: Muriel Amos often gazes out this window at the Minerva residents gathered on the lawn for residence activities and house bonding events down below. PHOTO: Emma Giles
Behind the windows of Minerva Ladies’ Residence works Muriel Amos, a residence cleaner at Stellenbosch University for the last...
Features, Profile, Residence, Stellenbosch University

!Khūboab Lawrence: SU student’s Khoi name reflected on ID after 18 years

!Khūboab Lawrence hols his new ID with the correct spelling of his name. Cropped
Stellenbosch University (SU) first-year LLB student, !Khūboab Lawrence, finally received an identity document (ID) with the correct spelling of...
Culture, News, Stellenbosch University
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