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Will ‘no liquids’ rot the Daisies?

KATHRYN VAN DEN BERG

he name ‘Rocking the Daisies’ (RTD) is one that the majority of Stellies students recognise as belonging to a much-loved annual music festival. This year, however, changes to significant regulations regarding the festival have caused an outcry of outrage from festival-goers. Not only are the changes themselves a cause for upset, but the handling of complaints and communication on behalf of the festival organisers have sparked greater discontent. Liam Bodley Quinlan, a BSc Environmental Geochemistry student in his third year, explains that “the new rule prohibits all liquids from the festival. This includes water, milk, medicine, sanitary products, and alcohol (what sparked the initial outrage).” A reason given by Quinlan as to why the festival amended their regulations after the majority of tickets had been purchased is environmental concerns. He stated “the [new] rules coincide with their new headline sponsor (CanDo!).” Angelique Riddles, a 3rd year Humanities student, attempted to express her dissatisfaction with the change of regulations using social media – a platform often used by RTD for promotion. She expressed her discontent by saying that changes made after she purchased her ticket made her “feel cheated into something that I did not agree to” and “the organisers ignoring the criticism of their consumers proves that they do not care about the well-being of their consumers.” Brendon van Niekerk, a 2nd year industrial engineering student, attempted to understand the reasons for the change of regulations. van Niekerk said “these changes allow the organisers to have better control of what is brought into the event and also help to reduce the amount of plastic waste at the festival.” van Niekerk then expressed how

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ONLINE OUTRAGE Two weeks before the festival, dissatisfied ticketholders are left without a response from organisers. “in general, the customer support group gives the same tired copy-pasted replies to everyone who complains, and they neglected to inform me (and possibly all other ticket holders) via email or other means that their rules changed. Social media comments and posts – especially on RTD’s Facebook page – have become solely negative and fuel everyone’s anger and resentment towards the organisers of RTD. The reaction of the organisers on social media is delayed and is only creating a worse situation.” After unsuccessfully attempting to contact a representative from the festival for some time, Qiunlan went so far with his complaints as to contact the legal representative of the event. Quinlan’s failure to communicate, or get in contact, with the organisers of the festival resulted in his being

uncertain whether he (and other ticketholders) have any basis on which to seek legal action against the event. When attempting to secure comment from the organisers, Die Matie was met with silence. Posting on their Facebook page that “Die Matie is looking to interview a representative from RTD, Steyn, CAN DO! or any other sponsor of the festival for an article… to provide a chance for the event to explain/defend regulations which have caused clear upset and controversy” yielded no response. Organisers were informed that publication of the article would commence regardless of whether they replied to this request. Nikita Roodt, a practicing attorney and representative of the SU Law Clinic, was consulted regarding the legality of the situation.

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Although Roodt strongly stressed the “information provided herein should not be construed as constituting legal advice – professional legal advice should first be obtained”, she provided basic clarity on some of the issues that have arisen due to this controversy. Roodt stresses that the decision made by the organisers to announce their policy change less than a month before the festival, “after 95% of the tickets had been sold”, could indeed constitute “deceptive and misleading” behaviour from the organisers. Roodt obtained some of her information from the RTD Facebook page “on 6 September 2018 at 12:41 pm”. She said how such conduct is indeed “prohibited in terms of section 41 of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) 68 of 2008…” RTD did, however, post on the RTD

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Facebook page on 11 September. This post explained rule changes to the 2018 festival, and attempted to justify them. However, in response, Roodt stated that: “the organisers claim… that the current festival management has been involved in RTD since 2016 and that this is their third ‘run at this’… they had ample opportunity, before the ticket sales commenced for the 2018 festival, to announce any changes.” Moreover, Roodt stated that festival goers “may be entitled to approach the court to declare the marketing of the festival as deceptive and misleading. This could lead to an order that the organisers should refund the festivalgoers any monies paid by them in terms of the misleading or deceptive marketing.”

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Veldtog kry Maties aan die beweeg vir honger mede-studente

More than just a bursary programme

#Move4Food

CARLA VISAGIE

ie #Move4Food-veldtog wend alle pogings aan om hulle teiken van R10 miljoen in 100 dae te bereik. Met die donasiedag wat op 20 en 21 September van 13:00 tot 13:00 gehou is, is daar selfs nader aan hierdie mylpaal beweeg. Dit is die eerste keer in die geskiedenis van die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) wat Maties die geleentheid gegun word om deel te vorm van ’n fondsinsameling wat 24uur duur. Om die teiken van R10 miljoen te bereik, is daar ’n 24-uur spinathon in die Neelsie gehou deur Singletrack, ’n fietsry-gefokusde gimnasium in Stellenbosch in samewerking met die Alumni-kantoor van US. Die Donasiedag het ’n totaal van R350 000 in kontantdonasies en R550 000 in niebederfbare voedseldonasies ingesamel. Dit alles merk ’n totaal van R900 000 teenoor die R1 miljoen teiken wat gestel is. Alessandra Bielich, ’n tweede jaarBRek-student, het met die idee van ’n 24-uur spinathon vorendag gekom, ná sy aan ’n soortgelyke geleentheid by die V&A Waterfront deelgeneem het. “Op skool het ek aan die Habitat for Humanity-veldtog deelgeneem, waar ons ook fiets getrap het om fondse in te samel om die minderbevoorregtes te help,” het Bielich gesê. Die spinathon is opgedeel in skofte van 10 minute, en studente het R20 vir elke skof betaal. “Ek het gedink ons sal moet inspring en deelneem, maar ek het nie verwag dat dit so intens gaan wees nie. Ek het getrap dat my bene pyn, maar dit was baie lekker,” het Kayla Odendal, ’n derde jaar BA(Regte)student en HK-lid van Harmonie, gesê. Studente kon ook op ’n ander manier aan die fondsinsameling deelneem deur deel te wees van die telethon by Admin B. Leiers van verskeie koshuise het regdeur die week van 17-21 September alumni gebel om hulle aan te moedig om donasies te maak vir die #Move4Food-veldtog. Volgens Danielle Lifschitz, die primaria van Lydia, is die alumni van koshuise se terugvoer op die fondsinsameling oorwegend positief. “Dit was vir my baie interessant om te hoor hoe dit gaan en hulle praat oor wat hulle sien in Stellenbosch en om weer die nostalgie van hulle verlede te ervaar. Die ouer mense is meer bereid om te help as dié in hul middeljare aangesien hulle in meeste gevalle besig is om óf te werk, óf met

Members Green Matter participants at an event. TALITHA JOUBERT

Green Matter Fellowship encourages camederie, fellowship and peer excellence with people from different universities. While encouraging individual excellence, it is also about building contacts with people in the industry, building personal and professional relationships, having a mentor and giving students a handson experience in projects around the country. According to Kapioke Geldenhuys, currently doing her Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable development at the Sustainable Institute, Green Matter is built on both concepts: “It’s not a bursury where they just give money and expect that you need to do the rest. Here is financial support, here is mentoring, here is contacts, here is partnerships and support in building our brand.” The programme invites

students from various universities and tertiary institutions to apply for this bursury programme. Any student can apply with an undergraduate degree that specialises in biodiversity, other natural sciences or sustainability Green Matter stands on four main pillars: networking, financial support, personal and professional development and mentoring. They even list internships and job vacancies.The focus of this Fellowship is to get the students ready for the workplace. Green Matter also offers various workshops for students to attend. Recently, a threeday workshop on emotional intelligence was presented. Marina Khoza, currently doing her Honors in Botany at Rhodes University, said: “I think they were trying to get us to learn how to work in groups. Because a big part of what they are expected to do when volunteering and working, is to com-

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municate and engage with different types of people from other fields.” She further states the programme: “is for us to grow together and learn from each other and build networks and be mentored so that we can go out into the workplace and be effective.” The whole aim of Green Matter is to create networks so that everyone doing the same bursury can meet and connect to achieve change and sustainable livelihoods. Both Kapioke and Michelle are also part of the group that is looking into an Educational Waste Management project aimed at schools in Bushbuckrigde. This Fellowship programme is structured so students can build brigdes between their different fields, grow together and learn from each other so that in the future when they want to work together they have the contacts and confidence to do just that.

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hulle kinders,” het Lifschitz gesê. Nico Strauss, onderprimarius van Majuba, meen dit is nie net ’n manier om fondse in te samel nie maar ook om verhoudings met vorige geslagte te versterk.“Dis ook ’n goeie manier om ons bande te versterk met die alumni, mense is baie vriendelik en wil graag help,” het Strauss, gesê. Die Engineering Without Bordersorganisasie het verder gehelp om die #Move4Food-veldtog ’n sukses te maak deur ’n reuse kosblik in die Neelsie te installeer waarin studente niebederfbare kos donasies kan maak. Teen die einde van die Donasiedag was daar ’n totaal van 15113 niebederfbare voedselitems daarin. “Dankie aan almal wat die #Move4Food-veldtog ondersteun. Julle het die probleem van studente wat nie genoeg het om te eet nie herken, dit ter harte geneem, en gereageer daarop. Kom ons hou aan om te beweeg vir kos,” het prof. Wim de Villiers, rektor en visekanselier op 21 September in ’n video op die USwebtuiste gesê.

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LUMOS MAXIMA! Die Pulp-filmvereniging het verlede Vrydag hulle jaarlikse Harry Pottermarathon gehou. Die marathon het om 20:00 met die eerste fliek in die reeks, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, afgeskop waarna al die flieks in die reeks vertoon is.

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26 September 2018

Former ‘Die Matie’ editor walks away with Africa Thesis Award in Holland KATHRYN VAN DEN BERG

Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Adriaan Steyn is not only the recipient of the Africa Thesis Award 2017, but is also completing a PhD in African Studies at Harvard University on a full scholarship. The award was presented to Steyn at the Leiden African Studies Assembly (ASA) Annual Meeting on 7 December 2017 for his MA thesis: A new laager for a ‘new’ South Africa: Afrikaans film and the imagined boundaries of Afrikanerdom. Information on the website of the thesis award explains his thesis by stating that: “Adriaan Steyn situates the Afrikaans film industry within a larger – and equally flourishing – Afrikaans culture industry. He argues that the Afrikaans language’s uncoupling from the state has shifted the preservation and promotion of the language into market-driven domains.” Steyn’s thesis will be published and turned into a book by Leiden University (the Netherlands)

FORMER DIE MATIE NEWS EDITOR ADRIAAN STEYN with Master’s supervisor, Dr. Barnard Dubbeld. Photo: SUPPLIED in the United Kingdom. Steyn was not only a dedicated member of SU’s academic community, but also a former news editor for Die Matie. He completed his BA degree at SU, and went on to complete his Honours and MA (cum laude).Using his background as a news editor for Die

Matie, Steyn is focusing on social issues in South Africa for his PhD. Steyn will investigate whether obtaining an education in poor, crime ridden communities like Worcester offers the youth in these areas a way out of poverty.

The newly elected Student Representative Council (SRC) are aspiring to great heights with a new year lying ahead of them. So far, meetings regarding the election of the internal committee, as well as the chairperson of the SRC, have been scheduled. The SRC will pursue, with more urgency, the appointment of persons to managerial positions within the SRC, as well as to the disciplinary committee which previously took longer than anticipated by the outgoing SRC. According to Alex van Greuning, SRC member for 2018/2019, to promote and emphasise the spirit of accountability and transparency, the new Council aims to release the SRC budget as soon as possible. The SRC of 2018/2019 is set on being as transparent as possible, although plans for the upcoming year will only be set into motion after the election of the Chairperson. “I would like to acknowledge the outgoing SRC for an outstanding term of office, with the amendment of the student constitution, the establishment of the short-term strategic fund and the mental health awareness campaign standing out as achievements from their year,” Van Greuning said in a gesture towards the SRC of 2017/2018. The previous SRC elections had a greater overall vote from Stellenbosch University students, while more candidates stood for the SRC in this year’s elections.

Stellenbosch Womxn’s Coalition held a meeting on Thursday 20 September to inform students of their aim to change Stellenbosch University’s (SU) policy on sexual violence. According to Inge Odendaal, Political Sciences Honors student and part of Stellenbosch Womxn’s Coalition, the meeting, which was held in the Arts and Social Sciences Building, was called to explain what Stellenbosch Womxn’s Coalition (SWC) is and to start a dialogue about sexual violence at SU. “We want to tell people that the policy we currently have is not suited to effectively eradicate sexual violence on our campus...our main goal is to get a separate sexual violence policy” Odendaal said. nt policy which deals with sexual assault at SU is the Policy on Unfair Discrimination and Harassment (2016). According to a Stellenbosch Womxn’s Coalition Information Document which can be found on their Facebook Page (Stellies Womxn’s Coalition), SWC sees

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this policy as a “fruit salad” policy because it is too broad as it deals with all forms of discrimination. “The same policy used to deal with a racist remark is not suited to deal with rape” Odendaal said. This information can also be found in the Stellenbosch Womxn’s Coalition’s Information Document. An anonymous survey, ‘Share Your Experience’, where people can share their stories about sexual violence anonymously, is also available on SWC’s Facebook Page. “The policy says the basics, the addendum is the implementation plan” said Monica du Toit from the Transformation Office, Jaco Scribanté, HK from Vesta PSO, expressed his agreement of the importance of creating awareness of sexual violence and said that if SWC works with the HK this can be achieved. “Changing university policy is a different issue altogether” he said. - Lisa de Clercq

No limits to #NoLimitSU reflection and action are what are needed” to fully commit to creating an inclusive and accessible space. This surge of disability awareness comes in the wake of the #NolimitSU campaign, a 2017 campaign created by the Disability Unit to mark their 10th birthday. The campaign began with a photo series posted on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter telling the stories of students living with disabilities and was designed to raise awareness and support. Since then, the campaign has carried over to 2018 as the Unit wanted to spread awareness of students on campus living with disabilities. Disability Unit wanted to include these disorders in the campaign, so that they could raise awareness about their true nature and include them in SU’s Disability Access Policy. - Marie Mjacu

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Womxn Coalition demands changes to SU policies

The Stellenbosch University (SU) Disability Unit is dedicating its attention to Disability and Access this September, with the reworked SU Disability Access Policy especially placed in the foreground. The reworked policy has been in place since 1 April 2018 and focuses on access at all levels, such as access to the environment, to information or to reading material for students, staff and visitors with disabilities. Dr. Marcia Lyner-Cleophas, Head of the Disability Unit, explains that the policy “places disability inclusion at the door of all on campus, not just the Disability Unit.” The new policy emphasises the need for assessment of all environments and aspects of university life to make sure they are accessible to all students, staff and visitors. In terms of what comes next, Lyner-Cleophas says that “awareness,

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SU PhD student first in SA to successfully complete unique surgery KATHRYN VAN DEN BERG

Stellenbosch University (SU) proudly boasts of Dr Amir Zarrabi who is currently completing his PhD at the university, and who received the Rector’s medal for best postgraduate student in the Faculty of Health Science. More significantly, Dr Zarrabi’s dedication to Urology – specifically in the field of male infertility – resulted in him being the first surgeon in South Africa to successfully complete a microdissection testicular sperm extraction (Micro-TESE) surgery in 2014. To elaborate on this complicated surgery, Zarrabi explained that “men who need micro-TESE basically have testicular failure, which means that their testicles cannot produce sperm. Testis failure is in most cases irreversible. Previously, these men were told that they had no hope of ever

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DR ZARRABI performing Micro-TESE surgery. being biological fathers. Fortunately micro-TESE can find sperm in some of these men, enabling them to experience the joy of fatherhood.” When asked about his passion in

Africa’s first: SU receives fire engineering grant LAUREN WESLEY-SMITH

Stellenbosch University’s Fire Engineering Unit (FireSUN) has been given a grant of R2.9 million by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, kick-starting the first fire engineering degree in the entirety of Africa. The course will be established throughout 2019 and 2020, offering Masters and PhD in structural fire engineering (SFE) and fire safety engineering (FSE). FireSUN was established in 2017 under the branch of civil engineering. According to its leader, Dr Richard Walls, South Africa has one of the highest fire related mortality rates globally, particularly prominent within informal settlements. Among their research projects, the FireSUN team are currently investigating the 1000 houses that burnt down in Knsyna in 2017, sponsored by Santam, as well as working with the Western Cape Disaster Management, Fire & Rescue Services to determine how smoke alarms may be utilized in informal settlements. “With the growth of the African population and the local mining, manufacturing and resource processing industries the associated fire risks of the continent are rapidly increasing, along with the need for fire engineering professionals. To this end a masters in engineering (MEng) and PhD degrees in fire engineering will develop the engineering capacity the continent needs. The formal fire engineering programmes will have a significant impact on providing the expertise needed to keep the African continent safe in the case of fire, be it for the residential, mining, industrial or transport sectors,” Walls said. “The development of fire

engineering research and education is expensive, but essential for our country. It would not have been possible to launch our postgraduate programme next year without the assistance of the Lloyd’s Register Foundation. Also, previous funding received from the Global Challenges Research Fund has allowed us to establish our current fire research team, and fire testing competency, which will now be built upon,” he added. The Lloyd’s Register Foundation is a charity based in the United Kingdom that is dedicated to protecting life and property, supporting education, engineering related research, and public engagement. The Director of Skills and Education, Dr Tim Slingby, spoke on their behalf:“We look forward to seeing the outcomes and impact of this work spread to other institutions and to workforces, providing the continent with a much needed, highly technical capability and capacity to improve safety.” However, it remains to be seen just how students take to this opportunity. Quintin Den Hartog, a 2nd year engineering student said “I find it irrelevant, in a way, because of what’s already in place, unless there’s something I don’t know about how they plan on teaching it.” Said Den Hartog. “Builders, designers, and architects already have to take this [fire safety] into consideration. Wildlife-wise yes, but then you get people who are becoming professional rangers who already know how to deal with this side. So, in South Africa, maybe it can work out. But for me personally, I think we already have a procedure there within companies for that specific reason.”

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this unique field of study, Zarrabi said that the “absolute precision” required to succeed in surgeries of this type “appealed to me”. He further said that “using these skills to help couples

experience the miracle of a new life is an extremely rewarding privilege.” Zarrabi has been a student at SU since 2006 when he and his wife relocated to Cape Town to complete community service after finishing medical school. He accredits his Department at SU (Department of Urology) for making it possible for him to visit international institutions, mostly in the USA. “I was able to receive further training and to collaborate with experts in the field” said Zarrabi, and added that “due to limited resources, many aspects of my research have also been self-funded as well, including the procurement of expensive precision instruments required for this type of work.Zarrabi also explained the risks of Micro-TESE surgery, stating that “during the dissection, vital structures in the testicle (like blood vessels) are carefully preserved. That being said, there is about a 5% risk of testis damage, which patients are counselled

about before the operation.” On being the first South African surgeon to successfully perform this surgery, Zarrabi expressed how “it is a great honour and makes the hard work of the past four years worth while. Doing research is often a long and exhausting process and getting it right does feel good!” Zarrabi and his wife plan to further aid the Stellenbosch medical community, and because he is a self-stated “researcher at heart”, he hopes to further his academic research and “contribute not only to the academics of medicine, but actually improve people’s everyday lives” Zarrabi gives the following advice to students wishing to succeed at the level which he has, and stresses that “attention to detail is important – it is often in the small details that you find the big answers. Also, failure will cross your path – it is a given. Have a strategy ready beforehand to deal with it. And make time to enjoy life outside of work as well!”

High spirits in Con Court over Marijuana ruling

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SUCCESSFUL PARTIES OUTSIDE THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT Jules Stobbs, Myrtle Clarke, Gareth Prince and Jeremy Action outside the Constitutional Court. NICHOLAS CARROLL

uesday 22 September saw, amid celebrations in the public gallery, Zondo ACJ deliver theConstitutional Court’s unanimous judgment partially confirming a 2017 decision of the Western Cape High Court concerning the use, possession and cultivation of cannabis. The resulting legal situation affords an adult the ability, in private, to use, possess and cultivate, for their own consumption, cannabis. In March last year (2017) the High Court passed judgement finding certain legislative provisions to infringe on an adult’s right to privacy. Before this could hold any legal force, as it concerned an order of constitutional invalidity, it went to the Constitutional Court for confirmation. The Constitutional Court said it was “required to satisfy itself whether the High Court was correct in declaring invalid the statutory provisions that it declared invalid”. The Constitutional Court agreed with the reasoning of the High Court and stated that “the right to privacy entitles an adult person to use or cultivate or possess cannabis in private for his or her

personal consumption”. The Court found that the state failed “to show that the [legislative] limitation [on privacy] is reasonable and justifiable in an open and democratic society based on human dignity, equality and freedom”. The High Court order was both appealed and cross appealed during confirmation proceedings. The latter arose as the order concerned the invalidity of the provisions only in so far as they related to an adult in a “private dwelling”. It was argued that a person’s privacy extends beyond this. The Constitutional Court upheld the argument, therefore only partially confirming the High Court order. In his judgment, Zondo ACJ held that “it can legitimately be said that the right to privacy is a right to be left alone” and thus there are places “other than a person’s home or a private dwelling where the prohibition of the use or possession or cultivation of cannabis would be inconsistent with the right to privacy”. Clarity on the point of what constitutes a place suitably private for the use and cultivation of cannabis was not forthcoming from the Court.

Zondo ACJ merely stipulated that a place is private “if that place can be said to be a private place”. On this, Prof Slade of Stellenbosch University’s Department of Public Law pointed out that “various places, other than private dwellings, enjoy rights to privacy such as that against being arbitrarily searched”. It is these places for which the argument could be made that they constitute a private place as envisaged by the Court. Prof Slade emphasised, however, that depending on the nature of the specific place (hotel room, boarding facility, etc.), the individual policies of these places would still apply in regulating the use, possession and cultivation of cannabis within their ambit.The Constitutional Court did not prescribe a limit on the amount of cannabis an adult may possess for personal consumption, the bench stating that it was leaving “the determination of [that] amount to Parliament”. Zondo ACJ concluded therefore that “the use or possession of cannabis in private or cultivation of cannabis in a private place for personal consumption in private is no longer a criminal offence”.

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Deep Learning Indaba bevorder AI LEMUEL BLIGNAUT

Die tweede Deep Learning Indaba het Vanaf 9 tot 14 September by die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) plaasgevind. Die Indaba was gefokus op die toekoms van masjienleer in Afrika, en die effek wat dit kan hê. Daar is spesifiek gekyk na moderne tegnieke in masjienleer, met die klem op verdere navorsing in hierdie groeiende veld. Soos wat meer data gebruik en opgewek word, so groei die aanvraag na navorsers wat dit kan ontleed, sowel as nuwe tegnieke om dit te ontleed. Dit is die tweede geleentheid van sy soort in Afrika, met die eerste een wat verlede jaar by die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand (Wits) aangebied is. Die sprekers het van die top name in masjienleer en AI (Artificial Intelligence) ingesluit, met die verwelkomingshoofrede wat aangebied is deur Nando de Freitas, die hoof van die masjienleer-span by DeepMind. “Om by te bly met die nuutste verwikkelinge in die veld

van masjienleer is baie belangrik vir universiteite, beide vir onderrig en navorsingsdoeleindes,” het prof. Wim de Villiers, rektor van die US gesê. “Big data en AI gaan ’n fundamentele rol speel in die werksplek, sowel as die ontwikkeling en oordrag van kennis tussen verskeie akademiese dissiplines. “Dit is waarom ons mik om ’n interdepartementele skool vir datawetenskap en ‘computational thinking’ by US te vestig,” het prof. De Villiers bygevoeg.“Ons wil hê die US moet baat vind by die Indaba, en dit die sentrum van masjienleer in Afrika maak,” het dr. Herman Kamper gesê. Hy is ’n dosent in elektroniese ingenieurswese aan die US, wat by die plaaslike organisasie van die Indaba betrokke was. Volgens die Machine Learning Society se webblad is meer as 1 300 aansoeke om die Indaba by te woon, ontvang. Volgens dr. Willie Brink, mede-organiseerder saam met Kamper en ’n senior dosent in Toegepaste Wiskunde by die US, kon net meer as 500 mense egter

geakkommodeer word. Hierdie getal is reeds aansienlik groter as die 300 deelnemers wat verlede jaar toegelaat is. Die voor- en nagraadse studente wat die Indaba bygewoon het het plakkate voorgelê, terwyl die lesings oor ’n breë verskeidenheid onderwerpe gehandel het, soos “Mathematics for Machine Learning,” “Probabilistic Thinking” en “Recurrent Neural Networks.” Matthew Baas, een van die min voorgraadse studente wat die Indaba bygewoon het, is ’n tweede jaar elektroniese ingenieurswese student by die US en het gesê dat hy van die Indaba gehoor deur die Maties Machine Learning Society, en het aansoek gedoen nadat hulle dit vir al hulle lede aanbeveel het. Hy het bygevoeg: “Ek het veral baat gevind by die praktiese sessies, waar ons al die teorie en tegnieke van die lesings kon toepas.” Die datums vir Indaba 2019 is al aangekondig. Dit sal by die Universiteit Kenyatta in Nairobi, Kenia plaasvind tussen 25 en 31 Augustus.

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DEELNEMER VAN DIE DEEPLEARNING INDABA spreek die gehoor aan.

Rector sweats for #Move4Food KATHRYN VAN DEN BERG

rof Wim de Villiers – Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University (SU) – gave a “shout-out” to the supporters of #Move4Food who “took the problem to heart and acted. Well Done.” This was expressed in a short video posted on the GivenGain website. Robin Sillars, communications liaison for the GivenGain organisation, explains the intention of the online fundraising platform. He said that “GivenGain… lets anyone –private individuals, sporting events, companies, etc – raise money for charity.” He stated that, as of 21 September, “almost R500, 000 has been raised so far for various charities in the build-up to the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon. A full list of benefiting charities and the amounts raised can be found on the Cape Town Marathon fundraising page on GivenGain.” According to the GivenGain website on which De Villiers expressed the seriousness of the situation by further emphasising that“we’ve got to do something about it [student hunger] – that is why I decided to Move for Food.” In order to express his joy at the success of SU’s efforts with the GivenGain platform,

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STELLENBOSCH REK STUDENTE BEURSIES Studie bevind dat 61% van die US se ekonomiese bydra aan studente te danke is.

Studente se sakgeld streel Stellenbosch se ekonomie TIVAN LEAK

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Prof de Villiers participating in #Move4Food event in The Neelsie Sillars personally contacted Die Matie and said that “I wanted to share the amazing fundraising success that University of Stellenbosch vice chancellor Wim de Villiers has had using the Cape Town Marathon to fundraise for charity on GivenGain. Leading by example, Prof De Villiers has raised over R56,000 for the fantastic #Move4Food campaign that aims to make sure SU students don’t go hungry.” Sillars also said how the number of participant fundraisers getting involved with the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon increased dramatically. He quoted that involvement “more than tripled, and the amount raised so far has increased by just

under 300%” from 2017 to 2018.” Wim appeals to students to join the movement and states that the goal is that “along with our Division for Development and Alumni Relations, they [Move4Food] have launched a campaign to raise R10 million in 100 days to make it sustainable over three years. The campaign started on 20 August, and will conclude on Giving Tuesday, 27 November.” Sillers also appeals to students and alumni “follow vice Foto: to KATHRYN VANyour DEN BERG chancellor’s example and support their favourite charities at the event.” He further said: “we think if people only realised their power to change the world, they’d go out and just do it!”

’n Onlangse studie deur die Buro vir Ekonomiese Navorsing (BER) wys dat Stellenbosse studente weet hoe om behoorlik op te dok. Daar is beraam dat 20% van die Stellenbosch munisipaliteit, wat Stellenbosch, Pniel en Franschoek insluit, se ekonomie te danke aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) is. Volgens Prof Johann Kirsten, direkteur van die BER, het die studie bevind dat die US ongeveer R5 644 miljoen in 2016 tot die Stellenbosch munisipaliteit se ekonomie bygedra het. Daar is verder beraam dat 61% hiervan aan studente se besteding toegeskryf kan word en dat die US 13 406 voltydse werksgeleenthede skep. Dit beteken dat 12c van elke rand wat in hierdie munisipaliteit spandeer word, uit studentebeursies kom. Kirsten meen egter ook dat die voordele van die US se teenwoordigheid verder strek as die direkte ekonomiese voordele wat dit genereer. Die US word ook gesien as ’n “anker-instelling”, wat bydra tot die totstandkoming en onderhoud van ander instellings, wat ook tot die ekonomie bydra. Hierdie instellings sluit onder meer STIAS, wat bydra tot navorsing en ontwikkeling regoor

Suid-Afrika; Innovus; Maties Sport; en die US Woordfees, in. Innovus se bydrae is veral noemenswaardig. Hulle lewer bystand aan US-beleggers en navorsers om hul idees te komersialiseer deur patente, lisensies en die stig van besighede. Daar word egter in die studie daarop gewys dat die totale ekonomiese impak wat die US het verder strek as die grense van die Stellenbosch munisipaliteit. Dit is dus groter is as die R5 644 miljoen bydrae wat vir hierdie munisipaliteit beraam is. Die studie is gedoen deur middel van ’n Ekonomiese Impak Assessering (EIA) wat gebruik gemaak het van die US se operasionele en kapitale besteding, sowel as beraamde besteding van studente en personeel. Die totale ekonomiese impak van ’n instelling sluit die direkte en indirekte impak wat gemeet word aan die aanvanklike besteding deur die instelling. Die effek wat die ander vier USkampusse, wat nie binne die grense van die Stellenbosch munisipaliteit val nie, op die ekonomie het word nie deur hierdie studie behandel nie. Die sosio-ekonomiese impak wat die Tygerberg- en Worcesterkampus het, kan ook nie in monetêre waarde gemeet word nie.

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KAMPUS QUOTES Some quotes to brighten the horrific last term for 2018. “My Facebook is so vol dagga, ek rook sommer my foon.” – Anonymous “I feel a presence behind me.”- BA student addressing issues on groping “You can’t cook 2 minute noodles on your engine.” – Said to a friend contemplating living in her car next year “I have a spidey sense for racism.” – Anonymous “I have so many trust issues and they all started with my weather app.” – Rebecca Pitt “We broke up, cause he used all my Inetkey” - Student at Admin “I want someone to break the sexual-joke-ice so that I can start making them.” - News Editor “I am so broke that when my card declined, I had to take zoo cookies off the list.” – Heléne Leonard

Nuwe vos loop in die Bosch HELÉNE LEONARD

ie nuutste studentebesigheid, Rum the Fox, is ontwikkel deur twee Matie-studente, Clara Holm, ’n BSc-student, en Megan Muller, ’n BRek-student. Die twee studente het met dié nuwe minimalistiese klere-ontwerpbesigheid vorendag gekom nadat hulle ’n hemp met ’n jakkals op wou maak. Holm het aan haar vennoot gesê dat sy graag ’n hemp wil hê met ’n jakkals op. Muller het hierdie jakkals geteken en die eindproduk was ’n groot sukses. Holm is in beheer van die besigheid se bemarking en sosiale media terwyl Muller in beheer van die ontwerpe wat op die hemde verskyn is. Sy teken die ontwerp self op die hemp. Hierdie twee studente het sover al vir Helderberg manskoshuis asook Erica dameskoshuis unieke en eksklusiewe hemde ontwerp en verskaf. Rum the Fox het verskillende klerereekse wat hulle bekendstel. Die temas van die klere is gewoonlik minimalisties, eenvoudig en relevant tot die atmosfeer van Stellenbosch. Die naam van die besigheid, op sigself, is uniek aan Stellenbosch. Die besigheid het begin by ’n ontwerp van ’n jakkals en hulle wou relevant bly vir die studente van Stellenbosch. Só het die twee student besluit dat die besigheid se naam “Rum the Fox” moet wees, ter ere aan die lewendige kuier-

kultuur van die Stellenbosse studente. Die hemde word gewoonlik gemaak van suiwer katoen materiaal en is meestal wit. Die verskillende reekse bevat kontrasterende temas. Daar is ongeveer 30 verkillende hemde om van te kies. Rum the Fox se direkte oogmerk is eksklusiwiteit. Mense kan die besigheid nader om ontwerpe te laat maak vir groepe. Hulle is ook bereid om enkel ontwerpe te maak vir enige individu wat van hulle dienste gebruik wil maak. Rum the Fox oorweeg tans om ’n somerreeks bekend te stel. Hierdie reeks sal heel moontlik ook bestaan uit ongeveer 30 eksklusiewe ontwerpe.

SJIEK NUWE KLERE Studentebesigheid met minimalistiese klere.

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The International Food Eevening hosted by Stellenbosch University (SU) International was a festive and colourful evening full of tasty food and vibrant people. The event, which happens once a semester, is designed to allow international students a chance to showcase food from their countries and to experience the food of South Africa as well. The event is popular amongst international students and South African students alike because of its festive vibe and the promise of tasty food. At R10 a plate, it is really one of the cheapest and best ways to experience food from around the world. The tables presented by Ghana and Sudan were popular amongst the people who attended the event, and at all times there was a group gathered in front of those tables. Those attending were also challenged to step out of their comfort zones a bit with the Zimbabwean students serving Mopane worms and Kapenta (tiny fish boiled and then served in oil with spices). The event was also a great chance to learn some interesting names of traditional dishes from around the world. “Tteokbokki”, a Korean dish, and “Saganaki”, a Greek dish, were

popular choices amongst many guests who tried their best to pronounce the names correctly. Many African countries served their own take on the traditional Jolof Rice which is a staple in many communities on the continent. However, no two preparations of the dish were the same, and all were sampled eagerly by the people attending. Africa was definitely the most represented country with students from seven different countries on the continent showcasing their food. There were smiles all round, and the happy music coming from the Ugandan table certainly livened up the atmosphere inside the hall. Outside, on the grass, the festivities were kept up by the melodies and magical sounds of Born of June, a band who performed a mix of covers and originals and kept guests enchanted with their beautiful sound. Many people set up picnic blankets on the grass in front of the stage and took in the beautiful music whilst they sampled a variety of food from around the world. Altogether, the evening was successful in celebrating the myriad of international students on campus. The music kept everyone in good spirits and set the tone for an enjoyable and laid-back evening that was appreciated by all those who attended.

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26 September 2018

Quality art pieces to buy on a tight student budget

ROXANNE MOONEYS

ost students are familiar with the feeling of moving into a new room at residence or into a new flat and having no idea how to decorate the bleak and blank walls you will have to look at daily. DIY tips on Pinterest and posters from Mr. Price Home are one way to solve your dilemma, but what if you want something a little fancier? Samuel Sendzul (20), a BCom Mathematical Science student at Stellenbosch University (SU) was one of those poor souls struggling to decorate his room. With the knowledge that two of his friends, Monique du Plessis and Elizabeth Klopper, who study Fine Arts and Visual Communication Design respectively, sometimes have artworks that do not make it into their academic portfolios, he reached out to see if he could use some of their work to decorate his room. Out of Sendzul’s struggle grew Outlines Art Collective. Described by the founders as “beautiful, affordable art pieces created by students with students in mind”. Outlines Art Collective is still a relatively new venture, and the business has only been fully operational since the start of the second semester of this year. While there are many galleries in Stellenbosch, the works on sale do not fit the average student budget. Outlines Art Collective bridges this gap. “I thought it would be cool if art students could sell their spare artworks to other students to decorate their rooms,” said Sendzul, who admitted that being a finance major he isn’t exactly an art connoisseur. For the average student owning art is a novelty and that is something that Outlines Art Collective seeks to change. You can purchase good quality artworks while at the same time supporting a venture that is unique to SU. What is convenient about Outlines Art is that purchases are made entirely online through the business’s Instagram page. Prints are displayed on the business website as well as their Facebook and Instagram pages. Many of the prints currently available for purchase were done by Du Plessis, who stated that she draws on

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PORTRAIT PAINTINGS Artworks reflecting South Africa. personal influences in the creation of her art. Du Plessis also said her art is most often an expression of her trying to make sense of the world, and that this is the feeling they hope to create for the clients who view their work. Klopper’s work is not on display currently, but she is responsible for the designs on the business’s logo, flyers and other promotional material. Besides Du Plessis and Klopper, there are around ten other art students whose prints can be viewed and purchased through Instagram. All of the works on display are carefully selected by the founders themselves and they try to include a diverse range of styles so that there is something that speaks to all the different students on campus. The business is also entirely self-financed. Sendzul, Du Plessis and Klopper said that they plan to only print ten copies of each available design so that the works retain a degree of exclusivity. Thus far it has been easy to attract other artists to join their venture. Du Plessis said that students in the

Art Department are interconnected, and that is one way in which she has been able to recruit friends and fellow art students. Artists, however, have also approached the group themselves via Instagram to have their art displayed and put up for sale. Speaking from their own experiences, Du Plessis and Klopper both said that it is daunting when you are a young artist of only nineteen or twenty years old and you have to show your work to other people. Through Outlines Art they hope to create a space where young artists like themselves can be eased into the idea of displaying their art for the world to view without being terrified of the commentary it will attract. In the near future the group plans to have a proper exhibition, though for now they are content with the balance they have struck between managing their academics as well as their new business. To view the works that are available for purchase students can visit the group’s website, outlinesartcollective. wixsite, or their Instagram page: @

Campus Closet Students who haven’t allowed the weather to keep them down. Don’t let a little rain dampen your mood. Get a few tips from Janique Amber Oliver. Quirky Cat It would be awfully unfair to the return of the sweater to only feature one, so here is another sweater style. She’s wearing the stars as the navyblue sweater is dusted in sprinkles of white. No doubt she’ll glow in the rain. Is that a hint of Christmas? The not-exactlymatching-but-matching red and green scarf is hinting at a winter Christmas style, and I love it. And as I also appreciate the pairing of a leather satchel and pair of leather shoes, I must admit this is done well. To round of this last rainy day look, she is showing just the right amount of knee in this kneeripped blue jean. However, that is not the star – please turn your eyes to those quirky socks. I will always approve of a quirky pair of socks. Peace Ninja A master of the arts always has an appropriate weapon, and this gentleman uses his well. With a subtle, and perhaps unintended, cohesion, his look has just the right amount of layering and colour compliments. What speaks louder than a red bandanna you ask? One with a message, and peace is his. Did Raphael dig into Leonardo’s closet because I’m getting Ninja turtle vibes as the bright blue medallion around his neck compliments the matching blue kicks. And yes, you can pair a preppy sweater with a branded windbreaker – in this case it just works. Layers will be your friend as you can be as creative and crazy as you want, or equally simple and low key. Either way you will be warm. Hints are just as important as bold statements and make just as big an impact. S o gather your hints and layer up.

Sweater Weather No better time to rock your favourite comfy sweater than stormy weather. While staying warm, conforming to trend (in the best way possible) and showing your love for knitted treasures you can make simple fashionable. She wears this green sweater well and with a smile – can I be her friend? And once again you can never go wrong with a plain black T and a good pair of blue jeans. When you’re wearing a pop of colour sometimes simple is the way to go and gets you through a long day without any outfit stresses. She’s definitely got the handbook for key accessories to surviving Stellies’s weather. An Umbrella, and it’s a bold blue. We can learn a thing or too Maties – always have your Umbrella with you. And to round off the look, a cool pair of black shoes to keep you walking.

Grey Queen The key to a successful neutral tone look is to stand out while blending in. And this lovely lady does it effortlessly. With a combination of greys and black she does simple classically. In sleek black pants and black booties, she is a girl on mission – mission to impress and turn heads that is. Black will always be in style as it just refines any look and upholds a classy appeal. I am living for this grey jersey as it looks super cute and comfy. The patterned scarf is a unique twist for this look as it creates an illusion of colour, yet still maintains the blend of grey and black. And speaking of colour, the pink rose embroidered on the scarf is the perfect example of subtle yet effective, while the black head wrap pulls the sleek and clean look together. Like they say, with a little class comes a little sass.

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Res or flat: The best route to student life?

Students give their opinions whether a flat or a residence is more convenient in Stellenbosch. Saarah Abrahams asked a few students on what they think about their living place and what is concidered more convenient.

Sandra Mbatha BA (International Studies) Irene Ladies Residence “For me Irene is the defined epitome of a home and a community. Living in Irene for me has been great – there are structures available that support students, and the people are all driven to find their purpose in university and also in the world at large.”

Terri Harker BCom (Mathematical Science) Heemstede Ladies Residence “Living in a residence is a really nice way to meet people – like you and unlike you – and that’s why I like it. You have older people or students who can advise you and guide you through this transitional phase in your life, so you're never really alone.”

Kuko Culture Fest craze Competition hosted by Wordfees, Kuko, and Musicultus. Got FOMO for Rocking the Daisies? Blaine Josephs, the chairperson of Don’t worry, we got you. the SRC’s Kultuur Komittee, believes This year, the Kultuur Komittee in the importance working with the of Stellenbosch University hosts other cultural societies on campus to its first Culture Festival – created create a better environment. to give people a space to express “Everything seems so detatched,” themselves, and as a chance for all Josephs said, “whereas we can students to appreciate the cultural operate as one body”. achievements of the year. The Festival will be supporting It will take place over September the #Move4Food campaign. In and October and it is expected that addition to the purchase of a ticket, an event will be staged each week. a non-perishable food item must be The SU Acapella finalists will brought for donation. perform once more in a gala evening, Josephs admits that it has been along with Study Notes, Kukopella, quite ambitious to undertake another and Tygerberg’s ensemble Synergy. big Advert event so soon after SU Acapella, 1 Nurture Matie 2018_04.pdf Among the performers at the but is excited at what the Festival has other events will be the winners to offer, and envisions it only growing of Toneelfees, Musicultus and in the years to come. Dismaties’ Talent Show, and the winners of the Open Mic LAUREN WESLEY-SMITH

Marco Marais BEng (Chemical) Metanoia Mixed Residence “I think living in a mixed res is kind of cool. You get to interact with the opposite sex. Generally people think that mixed reses could be problematic, but with the way the floors are divided in Meta there aren't that many problems. Mixed reses are cool. Mixed reses are the future.”

Natalie Kiernan LLB postgraduate Flat “I enjoy living by myself as it gives me a sense of independence where I have no one else doing things for me. Cooking my own food and cleaning up after myself, by myself with no other people to worry about, is a good way to live my life.”

Yusheel Rampearie BEng (Chemical) Flat “It’s good in a sense because you learn how to be independent and you have to be self-sufficient. It allows you to grow up more, and in a flat you have your own privacy, so you’re not interacting with a lot of people which is a plus and also a minus.”

Matie musicians give back through arts RENÉ ESTERHUYSE

As part of Kuko’s Culture Festival, The Platform, a nonprofit music and dance campaign, presented Motion and Music – an evening music compositions accompanied by black and white dance film. The Platform was founded by Kirsten Adams in 2017, who said: “The idea of The Platform is to reach out, through the arts, to both the performer and the society. It is also a means of garnering the cultural life of Stellenbosch and the university – trying to add to the cultural life, and perhaps encouraging other people 2018/06/14 9:49 AMto start things like this as well.” The money raised by the evening’s ticket sales will go to the Anna Foundation – an organisation that addresses the education and

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MUSIC IN MOTION allows performers to flourish. social needs of children in the rural Raithby area. Non-perishable food items were also collected for the #Move4Food Campaign. Blaine Josephs, chairperson of Kuko, says about their collaboration with The Platform:

“I think the Platform is a great initiative, as it gives both musicians and composers the opportunity to express their talents. I’m looking forward to more collaborations like this in the future and I believe that we can push even further boundaries in terms of artistic expression next year.”

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26 September 2018

Dag & Nag

Liefde by die Dam maak ’n Kaapse draai RENÉ ESTERHUYSE

ink aan ’n paar van die beste ervarings in jou lewe. Hoe sal jy hulle in drie woorde beskryf? Ons het dieselfde tipe vraag vir Valiant Swart gevra oor die opkomende musiekfees, Liefde by die Dam. Sy antwoord?: “Liefde! Water! Rock ’n Roll!” Die gewilde Johannesburgse musiekfees, Liefde by die Dam, wat jaarliks by die Emmarentia-dam plaasvind, vind op die 17de November vir die eerste keer in die Wes-Kaap plaas. Liefde by die Dam, vernoem na ’n liedjie deur Valiant Swart, beloof ’n onvergeetlike musiekervaring te wees. Die doel van Liefde by die Dam is om ’n platform vir die beste plaaslike musiektalent te wees. Met ’n line-up van SuidAfrikaanse kunstenaars en bands wat Die Heuwels Fantasties, Francois van Coke, Koos Kombuis, Valiant Swart, Spoegwolf, Sunset Sweatshop, Tarryn Lamb en Early B insluit, en Schalk Besuidenhout as seremoniemeester, is top talent te verwagte. Liefde by die Dam vind plaas

by die Meerendal-wynlandgoed in Durbanville. Pierre Greeff, hoofsanger van Die Heuwels Fantasties, en lid van die fees se organisasiespan, sê oor die fees se Kaapse debuut: “Dit is uiteindelik tyd om ons dag vol musiek, goeie kos en samesyn ook Kaap toe te bring. Bring jou mense en kom en geniet die dag saam met ons by Meerendal met die wynlande en berge as prentjiemooi agtergrond.” Valiant Swart is ewe positief oor Liefde by die Dam in die Wes-Kaap. “Dis nog early days, maar die ouens weet wat hulle doen. Ek is seker daar is ’n langtermyn-visie ter sprake. Ek hoop van harte dit raak ’n instelling in die Kaap,” sê Swart. Danie du Toit van Spoegwolf sê hy is ook opgewonde en baie trots om deel van dié fees te kan wees: “Die Kaap is nie tradisioneel die huis van sulke groot shows nie, en dit sal cool wees om dit te beproef.” Du Toit beskryf die SuidAfrikaanse musiekbedryf in die algemeen as “amazing”. “Die bedryf laat ons regtig toe om onsself uit te leef, en ons drome het daarin waar geword. Ons kan net hoop

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DIT RAAK BETER Francois van Coke sing vroeër vanjaar by Liefde by die Dam in Johannesburg. dit kan so aanhou en dieselfde doen vir ander mense,” sê Du Toit. Liefde by die Dam bly ook getrou aan sy naam deur liefde vir ander aan te moedig. Die organisasie, Liefde Wen, vra piekniekgangers om hul komberse na die konsert agter te laat. By vanjaar se konsert in Johannesburg is ongeveer 800

komberse ingesamel en aan behoeftiges geskenk. Schalk Bezuidenhout se raad om die liefde te versprei, is: “Wees net nice. Dit is so maklik soos dit. Dis minder moeite en lekkerder vir almal.” Kaartjies beloop R195 elk en is by Computicket beskikbaar. Spesiale kaartjies sluit in die early

bird (R98) en BBP-kaartjies (wat ’n BBP-ingang, sitplekke naby aan die verhoog en gratis kos en drankies insluit) wat R495 beloop. Feesgangers kan met liefde piekniekmandjies saamvat, maar daar sal ook kosstalletjies wees vir diegene wat eerder nie hulle hande vol wil hê nie.

The Steezies: a colourful explosion of Afro-funk LISA DE CLERCQ

Photo: LEAH ROLANDO

THE STEEZIES are caught on camera mid-funk during a performance earlier this year.

Photo: PAIGE FIDDES

UMNGANI band members of The Steezies are excited to perform in Stellenbosch.

With the celebration of Heritage Day this past Monday, it seems fitting that attention should be paid to a band as diverse as The Steezies. This band describes itself as “a product of South Africa’s multicultural musical paradigm”, and admits that South Africa’s diverse cultures greatly influence its music. The Steezies were rated by Texx and the City as one of the top 10 sets at Rocking the Daisies 2017 and were also termed South Africa’s next big headline act by SA Music Scene. George Kirkinis, vocalist and guitarist of The Steezies, said the band formed in 2017 when he got hit by a sudden “now or never” urge to write his own music. “I wrote some songs and practiced with Katie (another vocalist of The Steezies) in her house. One day her house-mate overheard us and signed us up for a gig without even asking us,” said Kirkinis. According to Kirkinis, they then asked a few friends to help out in preparation for the gig and things “spiraled from there”. The band now consists of George Kirkinis, Katie Beard, Siyanda Ndude, Amava Mkuku, Siphosethu

Tyekana and Yolanda Mandisa on vocals, as well as Mark Davis, Bilal Ezzideen, Lauren Davis, Jono Prest, Luke Neville and Evan Froud on the instruments. According to Kirkinis, The Steezies was formed in order to support its members’ “habitual beer drinking and surf bum lifestyle”. As categorizing The Steezies’ music into a specific genre proves difficult, the band likes to refer to their music as an “attitude”. This “attitude”, and their music as a whole, ties in with the phrase “Khululeka” from Zululand which encourages individuality. The Steezies’ debut music video ‘Mina’, which was released in March of this year, also reflects the band’s so called “attitude”. The Steezies’ “big overall ambition” is “to play integrated shows and to help merge the informal settlement of Cape Town with the more affluent areas, using music as a catalyst”. Lots of “excitement, eccentricity and entertainment” can, according to Kirkinis, be expected 13 October at Stellenbosch Craft Beer Festival and 3 November at Befokte Fees, Stellenbosch, where The Steezies will be performing live.

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Oud-Matie laat ons lagspiere oortyd werk Met eksamens om die draai, is dit maklik om met tye moedeloos te voel, maar daar is geen beter manier om van daardie nare studentestres onstale te raak as om jou maag uit te lag nie. Willow-Ruby van der Berg gesels met Mariette Loubser oor haar vermoë om ons so lekker te laat lag.

et haar natuurlike sin vir humor en borrelende persoonlikheid is Mariette Loubser een van die vroue op die stand-up comedy verhoog wat jou laat skaterlag selfs twee weke na haar vertoning. Loubser het grootgeword in die Paarl en het haar dramagraad by die Universiteit Stellenbosch verwerf. Sy was al van jongs af betrokke by die vermaaklikheidswêreld en sy is nou al vir meer as ’n jaar besig om haarself te vestig as ’n top-klas komediant. Sy het verlede jaar voltyds begin optree met haar debuut stand-up comedy en kabaret, Wanneer trou jy?, wat onder andere hierdie jaar by Woordfees uitverkoop het en waarmee sy ook na wêreldstede soos Windhoek, Londen, Dublin, Utrecht en Amsterdam getoer het. Ná die sukses van Wanneer trou jy?, was Loubser geïnspireer om nog ’n vertoning te skep en dit gee toe geboorte aan Toeris-Toeris, haar nuutste komedie en kabaret wat onlangs sy debuut gemaak het voor ’n uitverkoopte gehoor in die Ou Meulteater in haar tuisdorp, asook in die Centurion-teater in Pretoria en by die Durbanville Ouditorium. “Comedy is as jy die waarheid hardop sê,” volgens Loubser en dit is presies wat jy kan verwag van haar vertonings. Sy sing ook tussendeur liedjies wat by die temas van die komiese tonele aansluit. Loubser is die improv-koningin

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MARIETTE geniet ’n lekker koppie koffie terwyl sy oor haar nuwe toneelstuk gesels. wat alles sê soos dit in haar gedagtes opkom. Sy het ook die tradisie om in haar show die gehoor te betrek deur vir hulle vir drie lukrake woorde te vra, wat sy en haar musiekgroep dan gebruik om ’n nuwe liedjie net daar mee te skep. “My persoonlike highlight van die improv-oomblik was toe ek vir my lovehandles sê om terug in hulle broek te klim, want soos ek op die verhoog

sit kan ek voel hoe my broek stadig afsak en ek dink toe net al hierdie mense gaan sien as ek my broek optrek so toe dink ek net I might as well give them their money’s worth,” sê Loubser na haar vertoning van Toeris-Toeris by die Durbanville Ouditorium. Enige iemand wat al te doen gehad het met Loubser sal met my saamstem dat dit ongelooflik maklik is om by haar aanklank te vind.

Sy is so gemaklik in haarself dat sy jou sommer net so gemaklik in jou eie vel laat voel. Met die grootste hart probeer sy werklik om ’n verskil te maak deur haar vertonings. “Ek love dit as ek kan deel wees van iets wat vir iemand laat voel hulle is geliefd soos wat hulle is. Ek voel dat elke platform wat ons het ’n geleentheid is om vir mense hoop te gee. So, elke platform wat jy het

kan jou laat bou of breek aan ander mense se lewens en vir my is daar die ongelooflikste mense in ons land wat sulke mooi harte het. Dan is daar ’n klein persentasie wat nie wil help bou nie en hulle is dies wie die meeste air time kry. Ek sê nie that they’re not allowed to have a voice. Al wat ek sê is dat elke platform ’n manier is om die mooi mense in ons land te vier en kyk hoe mooi kan ons verhoudinge wees met al die verskillende mense in ons land,” sê Loubser. Sy is een van die min mense wat kans sien om haar drome te volg en alles in te sit wat dit vat om uiteindelik sukses te behaal. Die pad na sukses is wel nie altyd ’n maklike roete nie, Rome is immers nie in een dag gebou nie. Sy moes byvoorbeeld couch surf in Johannesburg om binne haar begroting te bly terwyl sy toer en verder werk aan haar projekte. “Partykeer het jy net sulke uitdagende situasies en dan wonder jy: Hoe gaan ek dit hanteer? Ek kan nie jok nie, girl, dis net een ding en dit is dat sonder die Here het ek niks om te gee nie, want ek het gesien wanneer ek platgeslaan is en sonder hoop is, dit net Hy is wat dan daardie guts vir jou kan gee om op te staan,” sê sy nadat ek haar uitvra oor wat sy geleer het tydens hierdie uitdagende oomblikke. So, wees op die uitkyk vir die besonderse Mariette Loubser en haar nuutste projek, Toeris-Toeris, waar daar gesing en geskerts word oor die skoonheid van diversiteit.

Sick announcements from Medicine Boy Stellenbosch Rotaract hosts “Charioke” in aid of Cloetesville High School ROXANNE MOONEYS

Very few people would have thought it possible to hear “Fall” by Davido being sung to the tune of ABBA’s Mamma Mia, or that Frank Ocean’s “Thinking ‘Bout You” can be turned into a visual performance alone when the singer starts getting out of tune with the words. But that, and more, happened when Rotaract Stellenbosch hosted a “Charioke” event on 20 September at The Happy Oak. As the name suggests, the event was a karaoke evening in support of Stellenbosch Rotaract Club’s aims to raise funds and stationery for under-resourced schools in the Stellenbosch area. The Rotaract Club is a community organization for 18 to 30-year olds to better develop themselves and their communities. Those attending the event were asked to either pay an entrance fee or instead donate stationery. The event was hosted in collaboration with Red Sky Brew and The Happy Oak. Red Sky Brew also offered a free beer tasting on the night for those present. Free beer was also awarded to best performance, best dance and wooden mic. Luke Waltham, a BA Law student who participated in the event, said that for him it was a fun and unique

way to get students together to raise money for charity and make a difference in someone’s life. It also served as a good way to end the first week of the new term for those students who did not have much of a break over September recess. The money raised on the night will be put towards buying stationery to donate to Cloetesville High School. The school is in need of mathematic sets for their Grade 8 learners, and general stationery for learners in Grade 10. “The school has received donations from other benefactors that enabled them to purchase some stationery, but they have quite a large student body and thus cannot provide for everyone”, says Kaylon Weppelman, one of the mebers of the Stellenbosch Rotaract Club who organized the event. The Rotaract Club also hope to receive more donations to add to the funds from the Charioke evening so that they are able to purchase more stationery. If you want to find out more about the Stellenbosch Rotaract Club, or if you are interested in assisting the organization with their fundraising efforts, you can reach out to them via their Facebook page (Stellenbosch Rotaract).

Photo: ADRIAAN LOUW

BRACE YOURSELF Medicine Boy are making waves on the international music scene. MARIE MJACU

The Cape Town Dream Noise duo, Medicine Boy, have decided to move to Berlin as their careers takes off. The psychedelic rock band is making the move after booking tour dates in nine different countries and signing with UK-based record label Fuzz Club Records. The group also has an album coming out on 5 October entitled Lower. The duo, comprised of Andre Leo and Lucy Kruger, has already released two songs from Lower, and both have been received well by fans. The singles ‘Water Girl’ and ‘Bottom of the Blue’ deliver different, yet equally ambitious, sounds and hint

at an album that will be their most diverse and ambitious to date. On the album itself, the duo says that it is “a web of introspection and interpretation” that tackles wider themes and attempts to “find some kind of beauty in the underworld”. The group has recently chosen to move to Berlin because of the touring possibilities that it opens up for them. They have already been booked to play shows in Cape Town, Denmark, France, the UK, Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Spain and Portugal. The tour is to promote the release of Lower and build up their fan-base around Europe. It is also the first tour that they will be doing since being signed with their

new label, Fuzz Club Records. Being signed with the UK label was like “coming full circle” according to the duo as they have been admirers of the label for a long time. Medicine Boy recently performed some of their new music at Fuzz Club Eindhoven and received overwhelmingly positive reviews. Clashmusic is cited as naming them “the best band of the night” and praises them for delivering a “jaw-dropping show full of atmosphere which is both ominous and meticulously-crafted”. They will be bringing this same energy to Cape Town in November when they headline the Endless Daze festival – a festival which the duo says is “very close to their heart”.

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Ancient cultures: the great minds behind it Professor Annemaré Kotze and Amy Daniels are two of the brilliant lecturers that the Ancient Cultures department have working between their fossils and sculptures. Kathryn van den Berg and Ewan-Nize Gerber found out more about these two intriguing women. Ewan-Nize Gerber took her camera along.

s you walk into the Department of Ancient Cultures on the third floor of the Arts and Social Sciences building, the first thing you notice is a row full of heads… literally. Among these very much mummified and sculptured dead heads, very much alive and brilliant minds are at work. Professor Annemaré Kotzé was raised in the little town of Albertinia (west of Mosselbay) – a town which nurtured her mind and allowed her to eventually write three lemmas in various encyclopaedias. Her name, Annemaré, was influenced by her grandmother’s – Anna Maria. Although the meaning was not really relevant yet, she soon grew into it – now, her grace and elegance are among the first things one notices about her. Kotzé’s parents were teachers and decided that, contrary to popular belief, a small-town education was the best sort. Among her school subjects, Kotzé chose to study languages, mathematics and physical science – she studied neither Latin nor Ancient Cultures during her school career. Her father however, did, and she still uses his books to this day. With a wide variety of subjects on her matric certificate, Kotzé was faced with the dilemma of choosing what to study. She had no idea what she wanted to specialise in, and even less of an idea that she would end up as an acclaimed academic. Kotzé decided to pursue a degree in Music, as this was one of her extramural subjects in school, and received a bursary to do so. When asked about her experience as an undergraduate student, Kotzé exclaimed that “it was a totally traumatic experience throughout the whole BMus”. This is also the reason why she “has such sympathy for students who struggle with their degrees.” After receiving her BMus degree in 1978, Kotzé became a music teacher. On the topic of teaching piano and singing, she said with a mixture between a sigh and a laugh that these classes “are traditionally the ones in which boys would misbehave”. Kotzé decided that she would put her teaching career on hold and pursue Honours in Music Therapy at Stellenbosch University (SU). However, she had French as a subject during her music degree which she thoroughly enjoyed, and when it came to it, she decided that if she were to study again she would start all over with a second undergraduate degree – BA Language and Culture instead of Honours in Music Therapy. The lecturers, who saw her dedication and talent for language, allowed her to complete her BA in two years by doing different year modules simultaneously. Because of the speed at which she completed the BA undergraduate she landed in hot water with the administrators of the degree who did not want to award her the qualification unless she stayed enrolled for the entire three-year period. Following this clash, Kotzé took her concerns right up to the vicerector’s office where a compromise was made – she would receive her BA degree at the end of three years regardless of her completion of the course within two. She would remain at SU and use

the third year to ‘informally’ study Honours. After that, Kotzé completed her Masters at SU on the topic of a narratological analysis of Tacitus’s Annals which is, in very short summation, about the history of the Roman Empire. She then went on to do a PhD on “someone who really interested me.” She chose to focus on the historical figure of Augustine, whom she discovered during her informal year of Honours. She was “fascinated by the fact that there did not seem to be any consensus among scholars on his work” and decided to pursue this interest to the completion of her PhD in 2003. As a result of her academic excellence, Kotzé received the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers in 2012, which allowed her to conduct research in Germany for nine months. Before 2012, however, she had already received the Rector's Award for teaching (2009), a Golden Key Award for teaching (2009) and a teaching award based on nomination by one of the top 30 first-year students at SU (2008). After 2012 she received yet another teaching award based on nomination by two of the top 30 first-year students at SU in 2016/2017. Kotzé has built an international network and excellent reputation through her studies and career. She has presented numerous papers at national and international level, and it seems

“She landed in hot water with administrators who did not want to award her a qualification unless she stayed enrolled for the entire three-year period” that, although her motto is “nothing is that bad” nothing is impossible for Professor Annemaré Kotzé either. If you walk across the Ancient Cultures department, you shall find Amy Daniels probably sitting in her chair surrounded by seemingly neverending rows of books. When asked about her name, Daniels explained that her mother looked up the name ‘Amy’ and, finding that it originated as a nickname from the Latin amo amare amata, meaning "to love" decided that Amy she will be. Daniels’s family mentality, which was to look up whatever you didn’t

PROFESSOR ANNEMARÉ KOTZÉ Her life motto is that ‘nothing is that bad’. know – be it a word or how to spell it – played a large role in developing her love for languages. She matriculated from Rhenish High School in Stellenbosch in 2004 – a school which “honed her gifts” according to Daniels. She pursued her interest in language at SU through studying a BA in Language and Culture, completing an Honours in German and finally, in 2012, Daniels received her MPhil in Ancient Cultures. She was awarded all her degrees cum laude. Daniels stated that, “in my family, until some of my younger cousins broke the mould, it was simply assumed that we would all go to university. We will all get good matric results and then all go off to university because the previous generation just fought too long and too hard for us to squander it.” When asked about her education, Daniels stated that she views herself as being very privileged as the schools that she attended moulded her language and education, which ultimately allowed her to succeed in her academic field as she has done. On top of her academic education, Daniels’s skills in music were developed through lessons in classical guitar and piano. She also reflects on how lucky she was to have travelled the world with the choirs in which she sang. Her passion for music has only grown throughout the years, resulting in her ability to play guitar, bass guitar and drums (just to name a few).

SET IN STONE Some of the sculptures on display in the department.

Daniels, although having a great love for learning, realised that her true calling lay in teaching. She said that, “academics was an obvious choice in the sense that I got to work with people in this very critical phase of life, but a lot of them don’t really know what they want to do.” When asked about her motivation to teach, she says that “I teach a subject that is not necessarily going to give students a job straight off the bat: nobody is going to be very impressed when you say that you know how to read hieroglyphics. But they [Daniels’s students] go through these processes throughout their studies where they have to learn difficult things – Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Ancient Cultures – they need to decipher things that are completely alienated to their own world. It is my job to install in them the confidence to take that on – and that, that makes my eyes glimmer.” Before becoming a lecturer at SU, Daniels taught English to SouthKorean middle schoolers. This decision was partly motivated by her interest in teaching, and largely motivated by her desire to become

independent and “get out of my parents’ pockets”. This experience taught Daniels that she has the ability to build a community anywhere and to never stop developing your teaching skills. This, she said, is why some of her students still remember her “walking up and down the BA building with a glockenspiel”. While in South Korea, Daniels remained in touch with her Masters supervisor who enthusiastically encouraged her to consider doing her PhD. Daniels, however, “very cheekily kept sending her [supervisor] articles on why PhDs are a waste of time, and how evil the academy is”. However, when her supervisor heard that Daniels was applying to universities in Korea to teach English as a foreign language, Daniels was told to come back to SU where there would be a job waiting for her. Amy Daniels is currently busy with her PhD, while lecturing in SU’s department of Ancient Cultures. Daniels also runs the podcast ‘DiaLogical’ in which academics speak informally about a given theme or topic.

AMY DANIELS Surrounded by her never-ending rows books.

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Editorial WHEN THE STRAINS OF STUDENT LIFE GET TO YOU Many of my friends are experiencing a plethora of difficulties at the moment – if it’s not the excessive amount of work they have to do, there is always another cause for concern. These concerns sometimes include family crises, relationship problems, self-esteem troubles or just feeling anxious. I’m sure I’m speaking to the masses when I say that we all feel the pressure of being a student from time to time. Being a student is not like it seems in the movies. It may just be this time of the year when most of the exciting events are either coming to an end, or students are losing interest in going to these events. This leaves students faced with the ever growing amount of work and deadlines in order to either advance to the next year of study or graduate. It is therefore imperative that we, as students, speak up about the difficulties we are going through – chances are other students are going through the same struggles. I’m sure that this Mental Health Awareness month has been harder on some than others, but one should never downplay another’s hurt just because one thinks that we are hurting more. We should try to be compassionate and understanding. Try not to live within yourself by opening up every now and then. A beautiful aspect of being a student is that we are constantly

surrounded by our peers and people who want to help us. We have not completely been thrown in the deep end of adulthood, and the adults we are surrounded by stayed on at university for a reason – they either understand students, or at least they try to. Many structures or societies on campus were created to include as many students as possible so that everyone has their space and group of people to feel at home with. This is not mentioning the personal and academic support structures that the univerity offers. I hope that through the chaos that is the fourth term, everyone who is feeling that being at university is getting them down will find something that’ll keep them going. Whether it is that summer is almost here, holidays are around the corner, or that you’re almost done with university, may it be enough for you to smile every once in a while. Even though exams, the core cause of anxiety at this stage, is around the corner, the end of exams is also around the corner. I’m not saying that students should wish away their student lives, but sometimes by taking things step by step and reminding yourself of the cliché ‘this too shall pass’ is just what you need to move the mountain. I would also like to encourage students to seek help with whatever they’re struggling with. It is always worth the while.

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GORRELKOP Dagga’n almal chill Toe Gorrel ook Gorrel se erfenis op Maandag gevier het, het Gorrel lekker gelag toe een van die gunsteling opinies was dat die regering nou dagga wettig moes maak om almal in die land chilled te hou. Gorrel wonder net hoe gaan die universiteit nou verhoed dat studente soveel dagga kweek dat dit soos ivy teen die mure groei. Gorrel was onder geen illusie dat hierdie lekker-tye-kruie nie reeds gewild onder studente en veral sekere koshuise was nie, maar Gorrel wonder wanneer die dag gaan aanbreek wat Gorrel daai kenmerkende reuk naby Admin A ruik. Gorrel hoop hierdie daggaverwikkeling sal die bottelnek by die SSVO oplos. Humarga-kluisenaars Gorrel was uiters verbaas om te hoor dat sekere studente verlede week in geboue vasgekeer was. Gorrel is egter baie jammer vir hierdie studente oor iets wat nie met

The gossip behind the news. The truth behind campus politics. Die kommentaar waarvoor almal bang is. Gorrel is nie verantwoordelik vir enige ongerief veroorsaak nie.

die bogenoemde te make het nie. Gorrel kry hierdie studente jammer, want hulle het nie lewens nie. Wat maak hierdie studente nog so laat op kampus? Daar is soveel meer in Stellenbosch as die voorkant van ’n nuwe Humarga-rekenaarskerm. TV’s wat vlieg Gorrel het Gorrel boeglam geskrik toe ’n TV eweskielik by ’n Helshoogtevenster uitval terwyl Gorrel op pad na ’n tut toe was. Gorrel kan nie verstaan wat hierdie Hellies besiel het nie. Hulle het dan reeds ’n soortgelyke eksperiment met hoenders probeer, het hulle dan gedink dat ’n TV ’n groter kans staan om die val te oorleef? Eeufees-bederfies Soos Gorrel elke dag in Victoriastraat afstap, kan Gorrel nie help om al die Eeufees-bordjies op die lamppale raak te sien nie. Al probeer Gorrel deesdae om meer conscious te lewe, kan Gorrel nie altyd Gorrel se gedagtes in toom hou nie. Hoeveel geld het die universiteit

aan hierdie krismisversierings spandeer? Gorrel ken ’n paar outjies wat met ’n miljoen sou kon doen. Veral sy goeie vriende by Die Matie. Almal weet hulle werk sonder vergoeding en Gorrel dink hulle doen kampus nogal ’n guns (veral deur ons liewe rektor se fikse fietsrygewoontes vir die wêreld te wys). Gorrel vra nie dat die bordjies afgehaal moet word nie, net dat los sente in die toekoms beter aangewend sal word.

Kort vakansies en lang naweke Gorrel weet nie hoekom die universiteit studente opgewonde maak met die vooruitsig van ’n vakansie en ’n langnaweek as dit bloot gebruik moet word om take en leerwerk op datum te kry nie. Dosente verwag dat Gorrel uitgerus en op datum moet wees ná die vakansie - daar is net nie tyd nie! Gorrel moes nog bonop ’n braaidagvleisie ook inwerk. Dit is Gorrel se burgerlike plig! Daarom het Gorrel nie tyd gekry vir rek of ekonomie of AELS nie.

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mfundo sesona sitixo esivula amasango empumelelo kwaye neyona nto ethembisa ikamva eliqaqambileyo emntwini kodwa kule mihla, ikwa yinto edala amangcwaba amatsha, ingakumbi kulutsha. Uninzi lolutsha lusiwa kwiidyunivesithi ngethemba lokuba kwiphulo lokuphucula ubomi babo kunye nobo bosapho. Olulutsha luye luzifumane kwizikolo ezohluke kakhulu kwaye umsebenzi uye unyuke kakhulu ebunzimeni, kunomsebenzi webanga leshumi. Uye umntu abenazo iingcinga zokuzithandabuza ngokwendlela asebenza ngayo kwaye lonto idala nokuzibona umntu ekwizimo ezichaphazela ingqondo eziquka iDepression kunye ne-anxiety ngelasemzini. Umbutho onceda abantu abaphila nezizifo zengqondo, i-SADAG ibhengeze kwikhasi layo lonxebelelwano ngoninzi lwabafundi kunye nolutsha-jikelele eMzantsi Afrika, oluphila nokukugula kwengqondo. Kwimbhalelwano yabo, lombutho uyalukhuthaza ulutsha luze ngaphambili ukuze lufumane uncedo kwangethuba. Lo mbutho, unika abantu abathe baziva bephantsi okanye benakho ukugula okunje, iingcebiso zokuphila nokulawula ukuphila nazo. Izigulo ezifana nezi zikwadalwa sisikolo. Njengomfundi ose dyunivesithi, bukhona ubunzima endikhe ndibuve, kwaye kubakho umsebenzi omninzi esiwunikwayo ngabafundisi. Uthi usajonge le, ube umsebenzi wenye into ungena okanye efuna ukufundwa kuba kukho uvavanyo lwayo. Enye into exhaphakileyo kubafundi, ingakumbi abamnyama kule dyunivesithi yase-Stellenbosch lukhuphiswano olukhoyo nabafundi abamhlophe kwaye lonto idala uxinzelelo. Uxinzelelo lwesikolo ludalwa zizinto ezininzi. Lukwadalwa lusapho, umntu alushiya emva. Usapho lubanalo ugalelo ngoba lulinde uxanduva kuwe xa wathi wathweswa isidanga sakho, ukwazi uphucula ubomi bosapho. Enye into edala uxinzelelo kwaye nezingcinga ezichaphazela ingqondo kakubi ikwazezi bhasari esikuzo thina bafundi kuba zifaka uxinzelelo oluthile oluquka umgangatho umfundi ekufuneke afikelele kuwo. Abanye abafundi baye bangakwazi ufikelela kulemigangatho iqulathiweyo kwaye oko kudala umntu azive ephantsi kwaye noxinzelelo. Esinye isizathu esenza abafundi babekwiingcinga zokudakumba, kukungabinayo inkxaso evela kubazali. Umfundi uye azive eyedwa kwaye exakiwe ukuba aye kubani na. Oku kwenza umntu azivalele, angakhangeli uncedo kuba esoyika ukuhlupha abantu. Lento iye idale umntu ahlale yedwa kwaye kubekho neengqokelela yeengcinga ezidakumbisayo. Ngamanye amaxesha umfundi uye atsibele kwezinye iingcinga, eziquka

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ukuzibulala okanye ukuzilimaza ngokuba bengasiboni isizathu sokuphila kuba bengakwazi ujongana nokwahluleka kuba bengaqhelanga. Idyunivesithi yase-Stellenbosch ikwiphulo lokuncedana nabafundi abaye bazibone beziva bephantsi kweengcinga zocinzelelo ngokunikeza abafundi uncedo ngokunxibelelana noo-gqirha abasebenza ngengqondo, iiPsychologists ngelasemzini. Abagqirha baqeshwe ngeenjongo zokunceda abafundi abaye bathi bazifumana bengakwazi ukumelana nomsebenzi wesikolo ngokuthi bancede ngokuza namacebo okojongana nobunzima besikolo kunye nocinzelelo oluza nokuhlala eStellenbosch. Njengomfundi, ndingathi isikolo siyichaphazele kakhulu ingqondo yam. Ndizifumana ngamanye amaxesha ndidinwe ingqondo luxinzelelo umsebenzi wesikolo ondifaka kuwo. Ndizifumana ndixinekile engqondweni, ndikwingcinga ezidala ukudakumba. Isikolo sinalo igalelo emntwini somenza angazithembi kwaye ukuzijongela phantsi. Ndikunyaka wam wesithathu kule dolophu yase-Stellenbosch kwaye njengomntu omnyama, kubakho amaxesha apho ndizive ndikhethekile. Oku kuvela ngokubona abafundi abamhlophe bekwazi ukumelana nezifundo kuba benawo amathuba okuphisana ngamaphepha amadala xa izimviwo. Enye into yinto yokuba abafundi ibangathi abawuva ubunzima kwaye lonto iyakwazi ukwenza umntu aphosane neenjongo zakhe zokuphumelela edyunivesithi. Abazali kufunekile bafundiswe ngobungozi bezizifo zengqondo kuba banakho ukuzijongela phantsi okanye bathi zizifo zabelungu. Lento ibangela uninzi lwabantwana bangakwazi ukubhenela kubazali babo xa bedinga inkxaso noncedo. Abazali bethu, ingakumbi abamnyama, abafundiswanga ngokumelana nomntwana oziva edakumbile kwaye kubekho nokungahoyi kubo kuba becinga umntwana uyadlala okanye uyazenzisa. Lento yenza umntwana angavuleleki emzalini. Umama wam yena xa ndithetha naye ngendlela isikolo sidala umntu angaziva elungile ngasengqondweni, uye anditshatshalaze, ngokuba akafuni uthetha ngalomba kuba ukholelwa kwinto yokuba thina bantwana

bangoku siyonqena kwaye yonke into siyityhola ezintweni ezingekhoyo. Ukwa kholelwa ukuba ezizigulo zezabelungu kwaye xa ikumntana wakhe, umntu ungenwe bubusathana. Ibonisa ntoni lonto? Ibonisa ukungabikho ko lwazi kubazali bethu. Kubakho iimini ndizifumane ndicinga ukuba ingaba isikolo sinyanzelekile na okanye thina bantu bamnyama, sixolela ukufela emfundweni kuba iyeyona nto esiyaziyo ekuphuculeni ubomi? Akumnandanga ezikolweni. Sidibana nezinto ezininzi kwaye ucinzelelo obuphuma kwizinto ngezinto lukhona kwaye lunawo amandla okugqugqisa. Kwezintsuku zigqithileyo, umfundi obefunda kwidyunivesithi yase-Stellenbosch, uTumi Kabi, ubhaqwe sele eswelekile ngabahlobo bakhe, kwindawo yakhe yokuhlala. Kukholelwa kwinto yokuba ebesiva ucinzelelo kwaye wathatha isigqibo sokuzibulala. Esi sehlo sothuse uninzi lwabafundi kuba wonke umntu ebemazi lomfundi. Esi sehlo sikhanyisele kubungozi bokungahoyi xa umntu emane ethetha ngokuba neminqweno yokuzibulala. Lo mfundi ebethetha ngofuna ukuzibulala ngaphambili kwaye kwelinye ikhasi lakhe lonxebelelwano, uye wabhala ngokufuna ukuzibulala. Into enje ibonisa indlela thina bantu batsha sesabanento yokungahoyi umntu xa ekhalalela uncedo. Lento idalwa yinto yokuba rhoqo ku makhasi ethu onxibelelwano, sithetha ngendlela esidinwe ngayo kwaye nokufuna ukuzibulala xa ubomi buthanda ubanzima kwaye wonke umntu uye ayiziqhele izinto ezinjalo kuba wonke umntu kule mihla yethu uthetha kanjalo. Xa thina singaxhuma kuqala kwaye sithathe amanyathelo kwangoko xa sibona umntu ethetha ngendlela ezinokwenza ukuba kudaleke ubuzaza, uninzi lungasinda. Mhlawumbi xa kunobakho ubhengezo olucacileyo kwiidyunivesithi zethu ngangendlela isikolo sichaphazela iingqondo zethu kwaye zona zithathe amanyathelo ekuzameni ukunqanda iizehlo ezifana nabafundi bebhenela ekuzibulaleni, ngenxa yoxinzelelo ababuva ngenxa yesikolo, kungangcono. Izikolo kufuneke zuthathe uxanduva ngobanesandla ekwenzeni abafundi bazive bephantsi.

ZIAN BLIGNAUT EN NATASHA HARMSE

ŉ Student loop op 19 September, ná dagga wettig verklaar is, by ’n klas in en wens medestudente ŉ happydagga-is-nou-legal-dag toe. Dit is opvallend dat sy nou vrylik en sonder skaamte aan haar portuurgroep kan erken dat sy dagga in haar vrye tyd rook. Die dekriminalisering van dagga deur die konstitusionele hof gaan juis daaroor: niemand hoef meer soos ŉ krimineel te voel oor die plant wat hulle kies om te gebruik – soos hulle wil – nie. Dagga is ŉ plant, nes die broccoli wat jy saans op jou bord gooi. Dit kan sonder veel moeite in ŉ agterplaas gegroei word. Sommige mense gebruik dit as gevolg van die mediese voordele wat dit vir depressie, angs en pyn kan inhou. Ander nuttig dit eenvoudig vir ontspanning. Dit is alles uiteindelik nou ŉ grondwetlike reg. Dit is ŉ stap in die regte rigting, maar daar is ook ander organiese middels, ook met oorweldigende voordele, wat steeds onwettig in ons land verklaar word. Kom ons fokus vir eers op die krui en nog nie op sy maatjies nie. Psigoaktiewe plante, elkeen met sy eie voordele vir mediese en rekreasie-doeleindes, soos ibogaïen en salvia divinorum is reeds wettig. Maar hoekom nie ook magic mushrooms nie? So, noudat dagga wettig is, hoekom is daar steeds so baie negatiewe reaksies daarop? Sosiale media het die afgelope week gegons met mense wat voel dat dit ŉ slegte voorbeeld vir kinders gaan skep, dat kinders in die skool nou almal gaan dagga rook, dat ouers hulle kinders gaan afskeep en uiteindelik gaan die rehabs vol wees én almal gaan sterf in karongelukke: ŉ klassieke slippery slope waar die saak uiters oordryf word en lei tot grootskaalse (maar fiktiewe) chaos.

Die publiek se persepsie bly steeds grootliks negatief. Die rede, volgens ons, is dat alkohol ’n aanvaarde dwelmmiddel in Suid-Afrikaanse kultuur is. Riglyne oor alkoholgebruik vorm deel van ons opvoeding en ons word blootgestel aan veldtogte soos Arrive Alive wat ons verder inlig oor die gevare van die misbruik van alkohol. Hoekom kan ons nie dieselfde verantwoordelike gebruikerskultuur rondom dagga skep nie? Ons [die skrywers] se grootste issue met onwettige plante is dat dit saam met ons op hierdie planeet groei. Mense gaan in elk geval die goed in die hande kry en gebruik as hulle wil. Dit is goed dat hulle in die uitspraak verwoord het “vir privaat gebruik”. Alhoewel hulle nog nie lekker gedefinieer het wat hulle met “privaat” bedoel nie, bly die punt staan: dit is elke volwassene se eie saak wat hulle met hulle lewe doen. Dit geld ook vir watter dwelms hulle wil doen, hetsy dit drank, sigarette, kafeïne, kos, sosiale media, pornografie, suiker, kokaïne, dagga of magic mushrooms is. We all pick our poison en net soos geloofsoortuiging, is dit iets intens persoonlik. Ons kan dalk iets by Portugal se grondwet oor dwelms leer. Daar moet vir dagga én sy maatjies ŉ platform gegun word. ŉ Oop gesprek oor dwelmgebruik moet gevoer word en probleme moet meer effektief opgelos word wanneer mense nie meer as kriminele hanteer word nie. Die dagga is nou op die tafel, langs die broccolli, en ons kan nou daaroor gesels. Dit is belangrik om ŉ kenniskultuur te kweek (pun intended). Ons sê nie almal moet nou dagga rook nie. Dit is immers nie iets wat vir almal is nie. Die punt is om ingelig te

*Blignaut is ’n MA-student in kreatiewe skryfkunde.

*Harmse is ’n BA (Geesteswetenskappe)-student in haar tweede jaar.

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Africa T20 Cup: Smashing season start

NATASHA RUSCH

he T20 Africa Cup seemed to be a Maties Cricket showcase this year. Five Maties Cricketers were selected to take part in the T20 Africa Cup held in Paarl during the weekend of 14 to 16 September. Playing for the Boland side was Kyle Simmonds, David Bedingham and Fritz de Beer. Selected to represent their countries was Ryan Murray, playing for Zimbabwe, and Gerhard Erasmus for Namibia. Murray, the youngest in the team, was also elected as ViceCaptain for his Zimbabwean side. He stated that this appointment as Vice “was quite surreal, but a massive honour and an enjoyable responsibility”. All five of these Maties cricketers played vital roles in their team’s success in the tournament as all three of their teams won three out of their four matches in their respective pools. Murray was wicketkeeper for Zimbabwe and also batted, scoring 153 runs overall and averaged 51 runs per game. Erasmus bowled well in all the matches for Namibia, but in particular he said that his best achievement was in the match against Mpumalanga as he bowled 3 wickets for 24 runs. Simmonds, a left arm spin bowler, took 6 wickets, Bedingham 72 runs

and De Beer, even though not a contracted Boland player, was given the opportunity to play one match. In reference to Zimbabwe’s team results, Murray said “I was proud of our team’s performance, despite not making the Semi-Finals. To bounce back after the defeat that we had in the first game, and then to thereafter win the next three games showed courage because we really did put up a good fight!” Murray also expressed that the highlight of the tournament was to recover from 7/3, chasing 148, in the last game, to score 77. In reference to this match Murray said “I was also proud because I played a massive role in us winning the game against South Western Districts, the hosts of the tournament.” Erasmus stated that even though his Namibian team is young, as they have recently lost two of their senior players, he was nevertheless still very proud of their performance. His highlight being their game against Border where “we chased down 180 to lead us to win the match”. The Boland players, Simmonds, Bedingham and de Beer also had a successful tournament. Simmonds, said that “because we were playing at home, we would have loved to go through to the Semi-finals, but beating the Northern Cape like we did on the last day was quite a big deal”. Representing Boland for the third time at the T20 Africa Cup, Simmonds

WICKET Simmonds in action.

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BOLAND Fritz de Beer, David Bedingham and Kyle Simmonds. said that he did feel a lot of pressure to perform, but also bowled and batted very well, as along with taking 6 wickets he achieved 80 runs in 16 overs. Simmonds and Bedingham have previously played for the Cape

Cobras, and so with their performances at the T20 Africa Cup all three of the Boland (Maties) players hope it will aid in them playing a few matches for the the Cape Cobras this year too. This T20 Cup was one of the

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first tournaments of the season. Murray said that “it was very professional in the way it was run – I really enjoyed all of the team’s vibes and the atmosphere”. The Intervarsity tournament will be held this weekend, and the final University Sports of South Africa Cricket tournament is to be held at Stellenbosch University from 3 to 7 December 2018. It will be Simmonds’s and Erasmus’s last season playing for Maties this year, and so with the Intervarsity tournament coming up this week, the cricketers indicated that the exposure from the T20 Africa Cup, along with the high performance set up and training from their highly experienced head coach Ryan Bailey, will hopefully aid in a Maties victory.

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FUN IN THE SUN Students smiling for the camera in front of the jumping castle.

International University Sport: days of fun in the sun TALITHA JOUBERT

The Recreation and Active Lifestyles Unit (RALU) from Maties Sport pulled out all the stops at this year’s International Day of University Sport. 20 September marks the International Day of University Sport, and activities were lined up at the Neelsie and Engineering Faculty from Monday 17 September all the way through to Thursday as Maties Sport turned one day of celebration into a whole week of fun. For the first time the engineers also had part in the fun with activities being lined up on their own grass lawn. Thursday was the perfect day to get out from behind those computer screens and get active as, due to the rain, the events meant for Tuesday and Wednesday were moved to Thursday.

That meant that three activities were taking place on each lawn. The Neelsie grass entertained students with the Parachute Rocket, Ga-ga ball and Gladiator Jousting, and Majozi showed up to grace the students with his magical tunes during lunch. The Engineering lawn played host to an Indian obstacle course, Zorb ball and Carnival Style Bow and Arrow. The two Zorb balls resulted in a lot of fun as friends chased each other on the lawn. The Carnival Style Bow and Arrow was also very popular. Kiran Maharaj, leader and manager of RALU, explained that their aim was to impart the importance of “being active and getting your heart rate up” while having fun. RALU was started four years ago by Maharaj with an aim to “engage

students that do not necessarily want to join the rugby club, volleyball club or the netball club, badminton or ultimate frisbee club”. “We as Maties Sport need to provide opportunities for students to get active,” Maharaj said. Thursday was not only a day of physical activity – an E-sports league was featured too. Students can register and show their Fifa, Dota and CS:GO skills on Monday and Wednesday evenings in an E-sport league on the third floor of the Neelsie. This, for a change, doesn’t use up your data, and participation is free of charge. Matthew Orolowitz, an Honours Bsc student in Biodiversity and Ecology, said: “it was a nice break – it’s a nice day to just be out a bit. “ And that is exactly what RALU’s aim for the week was. Maharaj

explained: “we’re so caught up in our little devices – social media – that this sort of encourages you to put down that device for ten minutes and actually have a conversation with somebody else.” “It’s a great cool-off from the stress and tutorials and classes.” Johan Hanekom, a second year student in mechanical engineering, said. Another second-year engineering student, Una Louw, said: “I think they should have it every day – it’s very nice.” Andiswa Znelibanzi, administrative officer at RALU, said that the International Day of University Sports encourages students, who would otherwise think that they won’t be able to pay for it, to participate. “It gives students the opportunity to be active,” she added.

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26 September 2018

Spoedrokers en Sauerbekers

CHRISTIAAN ESTERHUYSE

is weer daardie tyd van die jaar waar die koshuise van Stellenbosch ’n onrustigheid ervaar, waar die beste uitgestuur word om deel te neem en om hopelik as kampioene bekroon te word. Spogregte, trots en selfs beter, die Sauerbeker is op die spel. Die afgelope naweek het die kwarteindrondes plaasgevind en bekend gemaak dat Huis Marais, Eendrag, Simonsberg en Dagbreek verder sal vorder tot die semi-finale. Behalwe vir die naelbyt rugby wat verlede Vrydag plaasgevind het, het die koshuise mekaar nie net op die rugbyveld aangedurf nie. Gedurende die week het die koshuise deelgeneem aan aktiwiteite soos tafeltennis, down-downs, toutrek, armdruk en vele meer om die manne se gees op dreef te kry. Toeskouers en gewoonlik die inwoners van die betrokke koshuis kan vreeslik passievol raak duskant (en soms binnekant) die kantlyn van ’n rugbyveld. Maar moenie dink dat die derby week aktiwiteite enigsins minder passievol is nie, daar is nie ’n tekort aan toeskouers gedurende die aktiwiteite nie. Of dit nou quad-krieket is of spoedrook is – dié koshuisbrakke ondersteun hulle koshuis nietemin. Eendrag en Helshoogte het dit selfs ’n stap verder gevat en aktiwiteite soos rekenaar speletjies, poker en 30 Seconds deel gemaak van die derby week. Die inisiatief is geneem om so veel as moontlik deel te maak van

PUNTELEER Huis Marais 36 – 7 Huis Visser Simonsberg 29 – 7 Helderberg Eendrag 13 – 10 Helshoogte Dagbreek 36 – 0 Wilgenhof Elsenburg 35 – 12 Medies Majuba 22 – 14 PSO die oploop tot die finale kragmeting, oftewel derby, van Vrydag. Huis Marais het gewys waarom hulle al vir die afgelope 3 jaar in die Sauer finaal was met ‘n puntetelling van 36 – 7 teen Huis Visser. Dagbreek het vir Wilgenhof ’n paar latte gepluk met hulle oorwinning van 36 – 0. “Herman se beste tackle was op die ref,” het Arno du Toit (Dagbreek HK) gesê. Simonsberg het dit duidelik gemaak dat hul heel moontlik na ure hulle groot grasperk tot hul voordeel gebruik het nadat hulle Helderberg 29 – 7 geklop het. Rudolph Schaefer van Eendrag het na die eindsirene ’n strafskop oorgejaag vanaf net buite die 22-meterlyn om die punte telling op te jaag tot 13 – 10 teen Helshoogte na ‘n naelbyt wedstryd en ook so hul plek in die semi’s verseker. Na ’n week van pret en goeie rugby is dit nou hier waar dinge begin ernstig raak. Die semi-finale vind hierdie komende Vrydag by die Danie Craven Stadion plaas en dit is nie iets om mis te loop nie.

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MANNE VAN DIE HUIS Huis Marais teen Huis Visser by afbreekpunt.

SNOEK Huis Visser eerstejaar. MATIES JUDO TEAM Maties Judo received a total of seven individual medals at University Sports South Africa (USSA). The team placed second in the team competition. Three members were chosen for the USSA team namely: Kenny von Romburgh, JeanMari du Plessis and Andreas de Jager. Their coach Howard Armour is also the USSA team’s coach. Luc Hill received two bronze medals, Kenny von Romburgh two gold, Andreas de Jager one gold, Jean-Mari du Plessis one gold and Alex Pryde one silver.

Maties vs Varsity Cup: conflict may conclude in court case ADRIENNE VAN DER MERWE

2018 rugby champions, Maties, are allegedly planning to take Varsity Cup to court. This is due to the tournament’s hesitancy to consent to one of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) potential sponsors. As recently reported by online news publication, Netwerk24, the Varsity Cup has ultimately established Maties’s intended sponsorship agreement with Namibian Breweries’ trademark, Tafel Lager, as being unambiguously in discord with their current SA Breweries agreement. This has been backed by former Springbok captain Francois Pienaar,

CEO of Advent Sport Entertainment and Media (ASEM), a trading company whose flagship product is the Varsity Cup. Pienaar commented that the tournament has a legal and ethical accountability of respecting its commitment to SA Breweries. Maties, who are at risk of losing millions needed for talent development if the agreement fails, have consequently consulted their lawyers regarding the matter. In addition to this, Maties seem to be discontented with the manner in which Varsity Cup allotted the funds of the SA Breweries sponsorship. As stated by the contemporary contract, the Maties teams receive a mere R38 000 per season from the total R5 million received.

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This follows the January 2018 withdrawal of Steinhoff International as a second tier sponsor due to the company’s financial irregularities which caused a drastic decline in its share price and the forced resignation of CEO Markus Jooste. Maties has won four Varsity Cup titles since its initiation in 2008, making them the most outstanding team throughout the tournament’s history. They have also secured the winning title of this year’s Varsity Cup. The tournament has played a considerable role in transforming rugby and has produced 44 Springbok players. Adequate funding of a sports team is necessary for the continuance and development of its talent.

DEURMEKAAR VERE Eendrag se arende teen Helshoogte se hane.

‘Gees’, trophy and final goodbye at the boat race Regatta 2018 NATASHA RUSCH

Nadja Reinmuth, a four-year member of the Maties Rowing team, coxed her last six races for Maties at the 2018 Boat Race Regatta – the last regatta of the season. Ending the Regatta with a bang, Reinmuth was awarded the prestigious “Most Strategic Cox” trophy – a well-deserved accolade. The 2018 Boat Race was held from 13 to 15 September this year in Port Elizabeth and Maties had four crews competing – a Men’s and Ladies’ crew for both the A Division and the B Division. Reinmuth told her teams that “regardless of the outcomes of the races, I know I am going to ball my eyes out because it was my last Boat Race”. In the A Division both the Men’s and Ladies’ crews came 6th, and in the B Division the Men came 3rd and the Ladies 5th. “Winning feels amazing”, said Reinmuth, in reference to the Men’s B team beating the Rhodes rowing team by a large margin. Yet, she also said that the Men’s A team race was more of a fight where Maties and Wits were head to head throughout the whole race. Reinmuth said that in this race they “had planned and strategized to have a blade crash with Wits at the start of the race” in order to push the crew over to gain position. Although

it was a true fight to the finish, Wits emerged the victor. Reinmuth was cox for three teams – the Men’s and Ladies’ A teams and the Men’s B team. Having taken part in the Boat Race for the past four years, Reinmuth said that experience was on her side. As cox, she said that you have to be strategic as the Kowie River is “a winding river and the fastest way from point A to point B is to take the straightest route” so she had to take into account “how close to the corner you can get, try to miss the sandbanks and think about the incoming and outgoing currents”. On their Instagram page - @ Maties_Rowing – the farewell post for Reinmuth said “we are very proud, and grateful for the past four years of having her skills, loud voice and quirky motivations on the water push us to be our best.” Aside from the results, the Boat Race is always filled with Gees. The different universities display their team spirit by dying and shaving their hair and this year the Maties Men’s B team wore brightly coloured ‘kiddies’ sun glasses. Reinmuth said that they are a really social club – a true family that knows how to celebrate, and ending each race with the downing of a beer. The Boat Race was the final competition of the year and Reinmuth said it was a great way to end her Maties coxing career.

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Koshuishokkie: Die dag breek oor ’n astro LEMUEL BLIGNAUT

agbreek se Badgers het ’n hokkiestokkie voor die manne van Helderberg se drome in die winterkoshuisliga finaal gesteek. Na ’n effens swak vertoning in die eerste helfte van Donderdag 21 September se wedstryd, het Dagbreek ’n baie goeie tweede helfte gespeel, om Helderberg net-net te klop. Helderberg het egter nooit teruggestaan nie, wat veroorsaak het dat die wedstryd eers na uitskietrondes, en toe na ’n valbylstel beslis is, met Dagbreek wat met ’n totaal van vyf doele geseëvier het, teenoor Helderberg se vier. Daniel Lombard, een van die skeidsregters in die finaal, sê dit was een van die beste wedstryde wat hy vanjaar oor beslis het, met beide kante wat uitstekend gespeel het. Vroeër dié aand, het Mediesmeisies ook hulle wedstryd gewen om as die wenners van hulle liga gekroon te word. Medies-meisies het teen die Oud Studente gespeel in hulle finaal. Vanjaar is dan ook die eerste jaar waar daar net twee ligas is, teenoor die drie van vorige jare. Die eersteliga bestaan uit die Super top 8 en dan die Challenge 8. Die besluit om die ligas so te verander is verlede jaar geneem. Die begin van die seisoen was effens deurmekaar omdat die astrobane nog nie klaar was nie, maar toe die bane eers voltooi is, het die liga gou spoed gevang. Jack Perret, Olympus PSO se onderprimarius, sê hy verkies die nuwe formaat van die ligas omdat “jy ’n groter verskeidenheid opponente kry, en dit die spelers motiveer om hulle bes te doen”. “Die enigste klagte wat ek sou hê met die organisering van hierdie jaar se seisoen, is dat daar nie genoeg skeidsregters was nie.” Hy voeg dan by: “Daar was al

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HAUER KOM HUIS TOE Dagbreek Badgers eindig bo-aan Winterliga. wedstryde waar ek moes uithelp, of van die spelers moes plekke ruil met spanmaats langs die veld, net sodat hulle kan help fluitjie blaas.” Robin Reed van Huis Marais se eerste hokkiespan sê dieselfde. “By twee van die ag wedstryde wat ons gespeel het was daar glad nie skeidsregters nie, wat veroorsaak het dat elke span een speler moes afstaan om daai rol te vervul.” Hy verkies ook die nuwe formaat.

“Dis meer kompeterend, die uitdaging is soveel groter.” Hy voeg toe by: “Dis ook die eerste jaar wat ons kit reg is, in die regte kleur, met ons name reg gespel.” By die vroue skuif Medies se tweedespan na die Challenge 8 groep. Olympus skuif na die Super top 8 en Goldfields na die Challenge 8. Regs: Dagbreek spelers kyk na die shoot out.