Latest articles on Stellenbosch

Write the future with young adults

Article Zukiswa Wanner - 19 Aug 2019

Leaders of this continent need to pay attention to the intellectual need of the majority of the population.

Two murders, two crime strategies

Article Lester Kiewit - 7 Jun 2019

Authorities are accused of taking violent crime in the Western Cape’s rural areas more seriously than on the Cape Flats, writes Lester Kiewit

The Wine Guy

Article Tamsin Oxford - 24 Apr 2019

Trailblazing Stellenbosch

A tale of two dorpies in the Varsity Cup

Article Luke Feltham - 22 Feb 2019

A clash between Tukkies and Maties somehow depicts the alienating energy of the capital city

Malema: Farming must continue ‘uninterrupted’, but ‘idle’ land must be redistributed

Article Mahlatse Mahlase - 1 Mar 2018

Malema also emphasised that there was no turning back on their call for the state to own all the land in the country

South Africa’s first black female winemaker shakes up industry

Article Sibongile Khumalo - 31 Jan 2018

The emergence of a crop of new black players is changing the makeup of the industry that is among the world's top 10 wine producers

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Why Afrikaans doesn’t qualify for special treatment at universities

Article Aj Van Der Walt - 9 Dec 2015

Those who don't want English as Stellenbosch's main language have invoked SA's Constitution, but the assumptions underlying their arguments are false.

Terroir’s earthy taste of winter

Article Staff Reporter - 31 Jul 2015

Brent Meersman explores the elegantly casual Terroir restaurant's European inspired cuisine and its sweet deals for winter.

Western Cape floods claim woman’s life

Article Sapa - 16 Nov 2013

At least one person has died, and another is missing following heavy rains which caused flooding across the Western Cape.

Off the “paraffin grid”

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Jul 2013

Khaya Power wins the Community Renewable Energy Award sponsored by Eskom.

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Water department in tricky legal waters

Article Sipho Kings - 12 Apr 2013

Water affairs is suing Stellenbosch municipality for pollution with only a draft protocol to guide it.

Quiet please, academics advancing

Article Peter Vale - 24 Sep 2010

The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study is an enclave for research where scholars can explore ideas, think -- and get a good lunch.

Equipping future leaders

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Sep 2008

Amanda Matthee looks at how Stellenbosch University's business school has updated its MBA for 2009.

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