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Student startup hosts its summer edition thrift exchange

Pictured from left to right: Maríze Mulder and Jasmine de Wet, the co-founders of Into Style, along with Bradly Cameron, one of the organisers, at their summer edition’s thrifting event at the CoCreate Hub on 14 March. This event was hosted under the theme ‘Melt Into Style’, and was held in order to make thrifting more affordable for the Stellenbosch public, according to Mulder. PHOTO: Uendjizuvira Kandanga

Over 200 people recently attended the first summer edition thrifting event hosted by the two co-founders of a Stellenbosch-based student-led startup.

Students host puppy therapy event to promote mental wellness

Two fourth-year occupational therapy (OT) students at Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Tygerberg Medical Campus, in collaboration with the Animal Welfare...

Students protest for academic boycott of Israel

Members of Student Action for Palestine gathered at Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Rooiplein on 2 May to hand in a...

Waste towers reveal the mess we leave behind

Towers of waste revealing the amount of waste that is produced by Stellenbosch University (SU) campus every two days...

Push-Ups for Puppies pays for AWSS pooches

Stellenbosch University students excited about the puppies at the Push-Ups for Puppies fundraiser PHOTO: Lloyd Smith

Wednesday afternoon saw over 100 students gather at the Simonsberg residence tennis courts to do “Push-Ups for Puppies” and...

#StellieswhatareYoudoing

Hundreds of Stellenbosch University (SU) students took to the streets after the university announced that there would be no...

SU women unite against SA femicide

Some of the women and children that have gone missing, been raped or murdered this Women’s month PHOTO: Supplied via social media

After the disappearances, rapes and murders of numerous women and girls across South Africa during Women’s Month, Stellenbosch University...

Campus gets colourful for Cansa

While the cure for cancer is yet to be found, this week students were reminded of what they could...

Students find stress relief playing with puppies on Animal Day

“At the end of the day, they are living beings, they have a soul, they have a heart just...

Neo-Nazi poster turmoil at Rooiplein mass meeting

Chaos erupted on the Rooiplein at the University of Stellenbosch over lunchtime on 11 May. A mass meeting was...