A night out in Stellies turned into a nightmare, when Terence Makapan confronted a group of students he says verbally abused him.
In the past decade or so, there have been four reported murders of women from Stellenbosch University. Here’s a look at who they were and what went down.
Footage has emerged of the suspects in the Hannah Cornelius murder being chased after abandoning the hijacked car.
A Stellenbosch student was found dead near Kraafontein, after her and a friend were allegedly hijacked in Stellies on Friday evening. RIP.
Happiness abounds as doctors perform the second successful penis transplant at Stellies University. Interesting footnote – white donor, black recipient.
Stellenbosch University has a “New Right” group, and they have used their Photoshop skills to update Nazi propaganda posters for their recruitment campaign.
There’s a video coming out of Stellies posted yesterday, that shows a group of students chanting the controversial ‘Kill the Boer’. So what do you guys think?
Sitting at the 24th richest person in Africa, Jannie clearly has an interest in education with his latest donation making headlines.
Blackface, purpleface, we should all be left red-faced at what’s going on at Stellenbosch as social media turns ugly.
It seems that Open Stellenbosch is now representing aliens after they accused two students of donning black face at a space-theme party.
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As South Africa’s higher educations are feeling the pressure from the students’ demands, slight changes to the institutions are coming to light.
Whilst the UCT students’ protests have shut down roads and forced police into riot gear things are also very heated over at Stellies.
As discussions continue across campuses in Stellenbosch (and the country) the film-makers behind the Luister documentary are now speaking out.
This video from yesterday shows all hell breaking loose at Elsenburg campus, students clashing violently and sjamboks being wielded as weapons.
As Stellies falls into the racism spotlight, South Africa will be watching its every move over the subject – and here’s just the first example.
After a mini documentary on the culture aspects of Stellies was released via social media, Stellenbosch University stated in a reply that it’s not all true.
My enduring memory of my grandfather is of a wonderfully cantankerous old man pulling up his knee-high socks and muttering obscenities. My grandfather wasn’t the architect of apartheid however.
Doctors are ready to operate on those in need of a new member after last week’s successful penile transplant was announced. All they need now is a few more donors on board.
The Western Cape continues to be battered by rogue fires and Stellenbosch is the latest victim. We’re not big fans of wet weather but let the heavens open soon please.
You’ve got to be very careful when attending dress-up parties. Firstly, you want to be original and clever, and secondly, you want to come out alive at the end of it…
Celebrity Professor Tim Noakes’ popular low-carbohydrate “banting” diet is neither healthier nor better for dropping kilos, according to a Stellenbosch University.
Set to the tune of Moulin Rouge’s “Come What May”, the video appears to be a soft-sell for a local student-oriented church, Josh Gen. But that has nothing to do with why it’s awesome. Our favourite part happens at the 2:23 mark, where he puts his hand on a black guy’s shoulder and sings, “There’s plenty of you!”
In a development certain to end multiple romantic relationships across the Cape Peninsula, Stellenbosch University has been ranked the top university in South Africa, dislodging the University Of Cape Town from its long held number one position. But does this have anything to do with academics?
In a bold move that is the is the first of its kind in the country, Stellenbosch University is making its intellectual property and research findings available to companies and firms, for free.
Students in the Dagbreek residence at Stellenbosch University have apologised for past transgressions against black and coloured people in the surrounding community. They say Apartheid activities performed by former members of the hostel could have created a platform for politicians such as Hendrik Verwoerd and John Vorster to legitimise apartheid theology. Both Verwoerd and Vorster were Dagbreek residents during their studies at Stellenbosch University.
In the wake of last week’s “Dagbreek mock-exorcism” shenanigans reported in Stellenbosch paper Die Matie, the University is going to tackle the thorny issues around religion in the residences at an open forum tomorrow, according to a poster released on their social media pages. Is the shit about to hit the fan?
What was the response from fellow residence mates when one Stellenbosch student had a break down? Call the campus security? Call the Counselling Unit? Not exactly… This morning’s Die Matie got the full scoop on the spooky goings on in Dagbreek two weeks ago, and we’ve got the full tale of supernatural terror, after the jump!
Yesterday, 2oceansVibe reported that ex-Matie student, Jacobus Eksteen, was sentenced to thirty years in jail for the kidnapping, rape and murder of his friend’s little sister, Erin Van Rensburg in June 2009. Now court documents from his sentencing at the Western Cape High Court yesterday have revealed the shocking and sickening plans Eksteen laid to entrap, rape and ultimately kill the 20-year old.
Former Stellenbosch University student, Jacobus Johannes Eksteen, has received a sentence of thirty years for the kidnap, rape and murder of fellow student, Erin Van Rensburg nearly three years ago in June, 2009.