A Stellenbosch University couple were attacked by three armed men as a romantic proposal was about to go down.
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#FeesMustFall protestors have made their way to parliament in an effort to take their struggle to people who need to hear it.
How do you challenge institutional racism? Create a campaign that uses cultural stereotypes to prove we’re all ‘one’.
You might think your name brand wallet or bag is the bee’s knees – after all it cost you enough right? Well here’s one for the free spirits out there.
Elsenburg gets temporary interdict. Result of Springbok World Cup block. New Woolies CEO. Christo Wiese unstoppable in UK. Brooks back as News Corp CEO. Area 51 neighbours speak out. Batman cinema killer warned he would kill.
Transformation talks at Stellenbosch. Afriforum hires security firm for students. Mr. Price sales slow. Apple store selling drones. Premier league spending breaks records. US dad attacks daughter’s killer in court.
This video from yesterday shows all hell breaking loose at Elsenburg campus, students clashing violently and sjamboks being wielded as weapons.
A Stellies mountain bike race quickly turned ugly for one unlucky rider after she was accosted mid race and robbed of her bike. The criminal had something of a potty mouth too.
Some crimes are so well thought out that it isn’t surprising when no one is brought to justice. The tragic axe murders back in January this year seem to have flummoxed the police.
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Men from around the world are sending requests our way after last week’s announcement of the first successful penile transplant. The queue, however, is growing longer.
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.
Marli discharged from hospital. Robin Thicke And Pharrell guilty. Indonesia drug smugglers – Branson gets involved. Berlusconi does it again. Rihanna moved in with Leo. California earthquake odds just went up.
The more we find about the De Zalze estate axe murders the deeper the intrigue it seems. The latest from the police is that surviving son Henri rather enjoyed some illicit substances.
It seems the police are finally getting closer to nabbing the person responsible for the horrific Stellenbosch axe murders. One young man in particular looks in a world of trouble.
The murdered members of the van Breda family were laid to rest in Pretoria yesterday. Henri was in attendance too, and received vocal support from family members.
After the devastating murder of members of the Van Breda family in Stellies last week, not much has emerged – but there is enough speculation to cast doubt in many people’s minds.
5fm DJ Sol Phenduka is facing suspension after he made a tricky remark on his show. Check out the twittersphere attack.
Tragic news this morning out of Stellenbosch as a family suffers three deaths in an attack on their home early this morning.
South Africa’s favourite product, rooibos, is going to make its debut into the alcoholic beverage world soon. This could be exiting for hangovers…
Never a dull day at Stellenbosch, as a new scandal has erupted on campus and indeed social media. These guys donned ‘blackface’ for a fancy dress event, as they pretended to be the famous tennis sisters, Venus and Serena Williams.
Everyone needs a little bit of warm fuzzy national love… yes, even you sharp-minded cynics! We LOVE this clip and you will too….
Gone are the days of driving around endlessly looking for an open parking spot. This site shows, in real-time, the available parking bays in Stellenbosch and a couple of other cities and neighbourhoods in South Africa.
Meet SnapScan. Developed in Stellenbosch, SnapScan is a mobile payment system that uses a combination of QR code recognition and PIN entry for payment of goods and services, without a credit card or cash note ever seeing the light of day. It’s a payment system that could mean the end of grubby banknotes and troublesome change, and we have the lowdown.
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!”
I do not lay awake at night wondering about the permutations of whether Oscar Pistorious shoots with or without prosthetics, I do not toss and turn weighing in my mind the quality of Lindiwe Mazibuko’s State of the Nation Address rebuttal, nor do I consider whether Vernan Philander can bowl better. No friends, I ask myself how can I get more people drinking wine
How do you know that someone went to UCT? They tell you. Why wouldn’t they, after yet another year at the top of the rankings for Africa. They’ve even climbed a few more places this year. Keep that in your back pocket for the next time you’re having a beer and need some bragging rights.
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.