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DieMATIE WOENSDAG 21 SEPTEMBER 2016 | GR ATIS

VYF-EN-SEWENTIGSTE JAARGANG | NO 6

Helshoogte residents ankle deep in urine

Huis Nassau skerp sekuriteit op ná 4 verkragting

Black empowerment and Steve Biko’s legacy

Strippers versnel polssale in Nu’Bar 10

Heart centre in the making for SU

Attempts to shut down campus after SU ‘welcomes 8% fee increase’

Fees Must Fall reloaded HAYLEY GRAMMER

rotestors at Stellenbosch University’s (SU) main campus were successful in shutting down the BA building after disrupting lectures yesterday. Shortly after, the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences confirmed the shutdown. The library remains closed on main campus and some tests have been cancelled. Students from SU’s medical campus also decided to implement a campus shutdown yesterday, preventing classes from taking place. In an open letter to SU’s rector’s management team, the Tygerberg Student Representative Council (TSC), demanded free decolonised education for all students. “Higher education should not be a privilege reserved for the wealthy. The current trend of escalating tuition fees is not in accordance with SU’s vision and is a barrier to the accessibility of higher education. “We strongly urge De Villiers and members of the rector’s management team to stand firm in their support of the realisation of free, quality and decolonised education for all.” It is unclear at this stage how long attempts to shut down SU campuses will continue.

Reason for shut down

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Photo: DENISE ROBERTSON

#FEESMUSTFALL FULLY RELOADED Students protesting in the BA building yesterday after they occupied the Wilcocks building since last week. “Critical building and transforming of our post-apartheid universities has to be supported, however starving our universities of funding is not the way to go.”

Occupation of the library

On 12 September protesting stuDr Blade Nzimande, minister of dents occupied the library on SU’s higher education and training, shifted main campus, calling for the fall of responsibility over to universities to university tuition and subsequent fee decide on fee increases for students in increases. the upcoming academic year. Protestors remained at the library In a statement given on Monday, until Friday 15 September when they Nzimande were eventually said that uni“Everything is more expen- able to engage versities have with SU rector sive today than it was this carte blanche Wim de Villiers. time last year. over how much “The only fees increase engagement we That is the reality of as long as it had before Friinflation.” - Nzimande doesn’t exceed day was with the 8%. newly employed “Everything is more expensive dean of students who spent a signifitoday than it was this time last year. cant amount of time at the library on That is the reality of inflation. Tuesday promising that management “We have looked at the challenges and De Villiers intended to engage at hand from all sides and have conwith us and that no interdict would be cluded that the best approach would served against the students, and that be to allow universities to individuno violence would occur.” ally determine the level of increase According to a statement released that their institutions will require. by the Facebook group Fees Must “Our recommendation is that fee Fall 2.0, external security employed adjustments should not go above by the university (otherwise known 8%,” said Nzimande. as the “Men in Black”) handed over He added that the situation is a a letter from the university informing fine balancing act and that everyprotestors that they were in contraone must participate, whether at the vention of section 1 of the Trespassnational level, in university adminising Act 6 of 1959. trations, or as student leaders. “It is in “We disagree with this, as we the nature of these balancing acts that believe we were within our rights to if one falls, all fall.

peacefully protest as per section 17 of the Constitution.” The statement continued that students who attempted to stand and block the closing of the corrugated metal door of the library were physically manhandled until they were outside the entrance, at which point the head of external security began pepper-spraying students. “SU continues to make this space violent for black students. It is very distressing that management construed this morning’s events with total disregard to the safety and well-being of the students. “We are drowned in student debt from loans and the university states they provide bursaries, yet not all costs are covered by these bursaries.” Protesting students also disrupted test venues, ripping up test papers and dancing on tables.

Statement from students

On 17 September De Villiers addressed protesting students.

It was noted by protestors that the meeting was not well attended by students because of it being a Saturday morning and them not knowing that De Villiers would “pitch at all”. “SU students were finally able to address their issues and concerns directly to De Villiers. It was the first time since the Fees Must Fall shut down last year that students were able to access and speak to the rector.” Fees Must Fall 2.0 then released a second statement outlining points covered in their discussion with De Villiers. The statement, compiled by students, urged Stellenbosch to rethink its role in South Africa. “Being an internationally renowned research institution cannot be SU’s first priority. “Given the history of this university, as both the birth place and think tank of apartheid, we argue that SU has a larger responsibility to address and actively fix the problems it created.”

De Villiers has been given until Friday to address students again.

Response from SU management

In response to Nzimande’s statement, De Villiers said that the university fully supports fee-free quality higher education for poor students. He however added that a zero percent fee increase is not feasible in the current economic climate without a substantial additional investment from government. “Universities still require cost sharing from government grants plus tuition fees from those who can afford to pay. These recommendations will be included in our 2017 budget proposal for final approval by our university council. “We support the sectoral approach of a proposed 8% increase in tuition fees for 2017. This increase in income will assist SU to continue providing bursaries to financially needy and academically deserving students,” he said.

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NEMESIA SLEEPOVER

Trial period promotes women empowerment

HAYLEY GRAMMER

he lifting of the curfew for female residences isn’t an attempt to sexualise residences, it’s about promoting gender equality and the right to choose. This, according to Nemesia’s vice prim Jana Vosloo, is what made implementing a trial period for the extension of visiting hours an important step in promoting women empowerment. “We feel that women should have the right to choose who visits them in their own space. It’s a lifting of curfew because we are against restrictions,” she said. On 22 August Stellenbosch University’s (SU) female residence Nemesia released a detailed statement outlining what they wanted to achieve by implementing a trial period for the extension of visiting hours at the residence. According to the statement, the motivation for the trial period was to take a stance against unmerited policies surrounding sleepovers and visiting hours in female residences. “Until now, female visitors have been allowed to stay over in our house. This said, formal procedures are in place that govern to ensure for safety, order and convenience. The trial period, extended these procedures to also address the nature of male visits and sleepovers, be it a family member or a friend.” According to Vosloo, the conversation surrounding the extension of visiting hours has come a long way since when she first joined Nemesia in 2014. “This year we came to a point where we got to have visiting hours every day from 10am to 11:30pm,” she said. University spokesperson, Mar-

tin Viljoen, said that it is difficult for the university to comment officially on the extension of visiting hours in female residences because there are many viewpoints on the issue. He added that the university welcomes critical debate on campus as it is a way of challenging prevailing norms. “It is clear with this initiative that Nemesia participates practically in a discourse aimed at investigating and questioning societal norms pertaining to women. “Via the Center for Student Structures and Communities (CSC), the university is currently in discussions with Nemesia on their initiative. “There have been constructive talks between not only the CSC and the residence, but also discussions in other residences and between residences. “Nemesia has also appointed a Task Team to work through the feedback that was received and to make recommendations on the initiative,” he said.

Pierre Lombaard, a member of the prim committee at SU, said it is important to realise there is no rule saying women are allowed to sleepover in men’s residences but men aren’t allowed to sleepover in female residences. “What may make things easier for male residences is that we don’t have someone checking up on us all the time, for example we don’t have to sign in visitors,” he said. Lombaard added that he is proud of the progress Nemesia has made in terms of initiating conversation around equal rights for women. “I’m not saying the sleepover policy will definitely happen in every single residence, there is still a lot that needs to be discussed. “The main concern is student safety, however there are people arguing that it is more dangerous for women to walk around male residences on their own. This in turn opens up a completely different argument. “By assuming that females are unsafe within male residences you are

accusing all males of being harmful, which isn’t the case,” he said. Pieter Kloppers, director of the Centre for Student Communities, said that conversations, such as the one held at Nemesia, are important because they help promote a widely accepted culture on campus and enable students to broaden their world view. “We keep seeing a whole range of conversations emerging on various levels, all asking the question ‘do we still want the university organised as it is?’ “The conversation taking place at Nemesia is a front runner of a much broader conversation and is the first step in solving more problems. “Nemesia made a valid point about wanting equality and decided to do something practical about it. “By initiating a trial period, they were able to remove all emotion from their decision and actually gave the lifting of curfew a proper chance,” he said. Kloppers emphasised the importance of continued conversations surrounding various issues on campus. “This is essential so that a decision can be made that best suits everyone and encompasses what the majority of students want. “We also need to ask whether sleepovers are necessary, are the visiting hours not enough? “Another question is whether we change the practice in both male and female residences or only in the female residences? And do you change the policies in every residence, or only in certain residences? “A misconception a lot of people have is that the university has already made a decision, which isn’t the case. “We are experimenting so that we

can find out what works and what doesn’t, that’s why trial periods are so important. We are at a stage where students are calling for a shift, which makes having conversations so vital to progress.”

EFFECT ONRAPE MUSLIM NASSAU STUDENTS

Pierre Lombaard, a member of the prim committee at SU, also highlighted another issue facing female residences if visiting hours were to be extended. “Another concern for female residences is having males in the residence with female Muslim students, because that would require them to constantly have to wear a headscarf in their own space. That’s a big concern.” Minerva’s outgoing prim, Tatiana Hermabessiere, raised the same concerns as Lombaard with regards to Muslim students. “One of the biggest issues raised was about Muslim women who cannot be uncovered in front of men. “Should they now have to wear their head dress in their own home?”

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21 September 2016

SEWERAGE FLOOD Blocked drains cause basins and uinals to overflow in residence

Helshoogte residents ankle deep in urine

ARLEEN STONE

tudents from Helshoogte residence were surprised when urinals and basins on the building’s first floor started to overflow with sewerage, leaving seven rooms ankle-deep in urine. One resident described how he was woken-up at 08:00 on the morning of 10 August by a bubbling-sound coming from the basin in his room. “When I stepped outside my room, urine was flowing out of the bathroom and into the hallway in the direction of mine and my neighbour’s rooms.” The student immediately informed the residence’s head of management after which he started cleaning up the urine. Rubbish bins were placed underneath the basins in the rooms to contain most of what was overflowing and residents constructed barriers from toilet paper and duct tape in an attempt to keep most of the sewage from flowing into the rooms. After the student made some inquiries he was told that the pipe system connected to the urinals is also connected to the pipe system of the basins. Maintenance was since asked to fix the problem. Shortly afterwards maintenance arrived with old curtains to create a “dam wall” to block the sewerage. Eventually the flooding stopped but the residence’s cleaners refused to help clean the bathrooms, leaving the residents to clean the sewage themselves.

Second occurrence

The pipes were allegedly treated with high-pressure water cleaners but started overflowing again later that same day. Residents had to keep their belongings safe from damage until 02:00 on Friday morning. An industrial vacuum cleaner was given to the residents to suck up the sewage, however students had to operate the machines themselves and empty the container into the showers. According to the residents they received no assistance from emergency services as emergency personnel were already on-call at another residence. By that time the bathroom were reportedly up to 10cm in sewage. The barriers that were initially put in place had not been able to keep the fluids out, resulting in more sewerage flowing into the rooms. Help arrived after 09:00 and the resident head, Luke Cuff, ordered affected residents to vacate their rooms for four days. Several directors of the university

reportedly had a meeting later that day to discuss the matter and another meeting was held in the residence’s dining hall. No temporary housing or any form of compensation was given to the residents who had to find alternative housing for the following four days. Some of them slept in the HK room while others stayed at friends or went home. “We pay to stay here and now they ordered us to leave without any compensation.”

University response

When approached by Die Matie, Cuff directed all questions to Martin Viljoen, spokesperson for the university. Viljoen was not aware of anything that happened at Helshoogte men’s residence but proceeded to investigate the matter thereafter. “We discovered that the flooding also affected the kitchen on the floor below the affected area. “The kitchen was closed immediately and meals were prepared at the neighbouring Sonop Residence. “Further steps taken in the kitchen included deep-cleaning the kitchen and getting the necessary sanitation certification in order to reopen the kitchen. “Our first priority was to ensure the safety of students and a decision was taken to move the students from the affected area to allow for a specialist disinfection team to enter the residence,” said Viljoen.

Inconvenience to students

Some students could not attend their classes or tutorials and had to make alternative arrangements with lecturers and tutors. The residents say they feel that seeing as both the university and Helshoogte took so long to react the first two times, the institutions tried to overcompensate with the evacuation. “It was a terrible situation, I would not wish it on anyone,” one of the residents said. Residents said their basic need for safety and housing was taken away from them. Residents also stated that they felt like a nuisance to both the university and the facility’s management whenever they asked for assistance. During the course of that weekend the pipes were opened and cleaned, and dehumidifiers and disinfectants were implemented. The residents were not allowed to return until the following Monday. They were told again that everything was fixed and that the main pipe would be replaced, which reportedly has not yet happened.

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DESPERATE MEASURES Urinals and basins in Helshoogte overflowed with sewerage. “There is nothing like having to go to sleep knowing that you might wake up, ankle-deep in piss,” one of the residents said.

Third occurrence

On 27 August the event occurred again and residents immediately put up defence mechanisms to block out the sewerage. They managed to keep the situation under control until maintenance came to flush out the pipes. Maintenance again reassured the residents that the problem was solved. “We still don’t know if the problem is fixed. I’m certain if the university and Helshoogte reacted fast enough the first time this happened, then everything could have been avoided,” a resident said. They also mentioned that the lack of initiative on the university and Helshoogte’s part gravely disappointed them. In one of the earlier occurrences, a student stated that he had to beg the head of maintenance to go to the bathroom to get a better understanding of what was happening. “Everything done to prevent damage was out of our own doing. The residence management and university made no effort to help us. “We had to pay for all the barrier materials ourselves which were subsequently destroyed by our own head of maintenance for not looking neat.” The residents were very upset at

how the story was kept under wraps, calling it a disgrace. Students however admitted that not all residents are innocent as they sometimes try to wash things like food

down the basin pipes, which may have contributed to the sewage problem. Out of fear for action to be taken againts them, the residents have requested to stay anonymous.

‘Afrikaans is vir almal’ sê nuwe, diverse Adam Tas-bestuur ARLEEN STONE

Die voortslepende ras- en taalkwessies by die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) het tot wanopvattings gelei oor die verband tussen ras en Afrikaans. Dit is dié kwessie wat die nuwe uitvoerende komitee van die Adam Tas Studentevereniging met hulle nuwe, diverse komitee wil aanspreek. Lauren Grootboom, die nuwe voorsitter, is in ’n swart huishouding met ’n Afrikaanssprekende pa en ’n Xhosa-sprekende ma grootgeword.

Sy het Afrikaans in haar huis gepraat en eers op skool Engels en Xhosa leer praat. Oor die jare het sy Zulu en Sesotho by ’n familielid aangeleer en ook Duits op universiteit geneem. Grootboom meen haar omstandighede getuig daarvan dat geen stereotipe van Afrikaanssprekendes moet bestaan nie. “Daar is ’n stigma rondom Afrikaanssprekendes van kleur dat ons dit (Afrikaans) by wit vriende aangeleer het. “Daar is geen kleur toegeken aan enige taal nie, enigiemand wat

in daardie taal wil praat kán en vlot ook.” Daar word ook vele tale onder die res van die komiteelede gepraat en hulle meen hulle dien as ’n uitstekende voorbeeld van grense wat oorskry kan word. Die uittredende voorsitter, Frederik van Dyk, het gesê hy is besonder trots op die nuwe komitee. “Ek dink ons het ’n ongelooflike stap geneem om soveel nuwe bloed, soveel nuwe mense, soveel nuwe gees in Adam Tas te kry met die verkiesing. Daar is ’n breë bewussyn onder

die komiteelede van die kwessies op kampus en hulle elkeen het sienings daaroor. Die feit dat hulle sienings het en standpunt inneem, is ontsaglik belangrik.” Van Dyk is oortuig dat die nuwe komiteelede se entoesiasme gaan help om Afrikaans op ’n inklusiewe, opbouende manier onder mense te bevorder. Hy meen ook die intellektuele kapitaal van Afrikaans moet gedeel word met ander moedertaalsprekers. Adam Tas beoog om hierdie

jaar kultuur op verskeie maniere te vier deur verskeie mediums. “Dit is om te wys dat Afrikaans ’n taal vir almal kan wees, vir mense van verskeie agtergronde. Ons wil die rigiede wanpersepsies oor Afrikaans verwyder,” het Grootboom gesê. Die uitvoerende komitee het reeds gesprekke met die rektor se bestuurspan gevoer oor die moontlikheid van samewerkende projekte om Afrikaans te bevorder en te behou as deel van die US se drietalige kommunikasiemedium.

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WOMXN IN POWER

HÄZZ

‘Stellenbosch Womxn in Business’ launched at SU

Häzz barista b(r)ou toekoms vir sy broer

ANINA VISSER

n the spirit of Women’s month this past August, a new women’s society was launched at Stellenbosch University (SU). Stellenbosch Womxn in Business (SWIB) was pioneered by two fourth year accounting students from SU and kicked off with an inspirational speaker series last week. Corene Van Rensburg, co-founder of SWIB, realised that there was a need to provide female students at the university with a platform that would equip them to excel in professional environments. Inspired by similar societies at universities such as Oxford and Harvard, Van Rensburg collaborated with Farai Mubaiwa, the SRc chairperson of women empowerment, to launch SWIB. “We want SWIB to serve as a network for enterprising female students who share an interest in business,” Van Rensburg explained. Mubaiwa, who is currently doing her honours in management accounting, said that women should praise and constructively criticise one another in order to develop. “As women we must continue to lift each other up as we climb,” Mubaiwa said. Mubaiwa hopes that SWIB will provide the platform for young enterprising women to network. Prof Rachel Jafta, chairperson of Media24 Limited and founding mem-

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BUSINESS WOMEN Corene van Rensburg, prof Rachel Jafta and Farai Mubaiwa. ber of Econex, was the honorary guest speaker for the SWIB launch. She shared her personal journey as a woman in business and all the obstacles and challenges that went with it. She encouraged young women to grab opportunities when they arise and to be the drivers of new ideas. “Comfort is not good so find something that motivates you and keeps you going,” she said. Prof Stan du Plessis, dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, highlighted two obstacles that women often face once they enter the work place. “Firstly, the glass ceiling problem is that women are often welcome up to a certain level in business environ-

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A FIRST FOR AFRICA

Professor Nyameko Barney Pityana (71), professor emeritus of law at the University of South Africa and president of the convocation at the University of Cape Town, said South Africa is missing out on a society of intellectuals and the promotion of a thinking society, without black consciousness. “Why is it that there is so much interest at an intellectual level in Steve Biko, but very little evidence in society in general and public life of his influence?” asked Pityana, as he addressed students and staff at Stellenbosch University (SU) on Tuesday, the day after the anniversary of Steve Biko’s death. According to Pityana, black consciousness should become a tool for conversation and for understanding the South African society today. “I wish it was a tool for framing much of what we are doing in South Africa today, for framing the new humanity which we are pursuing and what our constitution is actually about, for recognising that there is no future in the unequal society that we are today. There is no future in a society that has large numbers of poor people. There is no humanity in a society that is racist.” Pityana added that neo-colonialism, neoliberalism, individualism and greed have destroyed the humanity of

South Africans. “The current government of the African National Congress lacks an intellectual frame in which it can move South Africa forward,” said Pityana, who, in an open letter written in 2013, asked president Jacob Zuma to resign. “Black consciousness could affect leadership and values. It would provide leadership with tools for assessing what values are needed in our society.” Pityana noted that there is “a growing influence and articulation of black consciousness, a growing readiness on the lips of many, particularly young people and scholars, and a growing number of studies that are being done on Steve around the world”. Biko’s grandson, Avela Biko (19), who is in his first year of a Bachelor of Arts degree at SU, was also in attendance. He said that, as a young South African, it was overwhelming growing up with the knowledge that Steve Biko was his grandfather. “I never got the chance to meet him. It was always hard to hear things about him, but it’s been a pleasure growing up, getting more information and getting to know him. “It’s a privilege to be his grandson, because he did a lot for the country and his influence is still felt today.”

ments and no further. On the contrary, the sticky floor problem is that women struggle to launch their careers and often get discouraged along the way.” Du Plessis said that through the launch of SWIB social justice was in action. “In an environment such as Stellenbosch where stereotyping is a great challenge, it is crucial for women to become leaders in society and business.”

“My broer het dié jaar sy BRekgraad by die Walter Sisulu UniverLoyiso Mkonto, ’n bekroonde barista siteit gekry,” het ’n trotse Mkonto by die Häzz-koffiewinkel in Ryne- gesê. veldstraat, het die kuns van koffie Mkonto was nog altyd lief was bemeester om sy broer se studies vir koffie en het by Origin Coffee koppie vir koppie te betaal. Roasting in Kaapstad begin werk. Mkonto het in 2014 die prys vir Dit is hier waar hy die kuns van die beste latté-kunstenaar in die Wes- koffie ontdek het en opgelei is as ’n Kaap gewen, wat deur die Spesialis barista. Koffie Vereniging van Suid-Afrika Justice Shamba, ’n kollega van (SCASA) toegeken word. Mkonto, het bygevoeg: “Koffie is Mkonto, ’n kuns wat “Ek moes egter my studies party mense wat grootgeword het staak omdat ek my jonger broer natuurlik kan in Queensbemeester en finansieel moes ondersteun town in die ander nie.” en nie meer my studies kon Oos-Kaap, Vo l g e n s het in 2005 Shamba het bekostig nie.” na Kaapstad hy self al baie verhuis om joernalistiek aan die geleer by Mkonto. Kaapse Skiereiland Universiteit van “Om ’n perfekte koppie koffie Tegnologie (CPUT) te studeer. te maak, kort jy passie, oefening en “Ek is lief daarvoor om koerant te konsekwentheid,” het Mkonto sy lees en sou veral oor die sake van die sukses verduidelik. dag wou skryf,” het Mkonto gesê. “Koffie is soos wyn, omdat jy “Ek moes egter my studies staak moet leer en bestudeer om die veromdat ek my jonger broer finansieel skil tussen ’n espresso en ’n amerimoes ondersteun en nie meer my cano te kan proe.” studies kon bekostig nie.” Mkonto het gesê hy sal graag in Sedertdien het hy sy broer al drie die toekoms weer joernalistiek deur jaar op universiteit finansieel onder- UNISA wil studeer, maar dat hy vir steun. eers gelukkig met sy werk is. ANINA VISSER

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21 September 2016

HUIS NASSAU Sekuriteit opgeskerp ná man glo deur voordeur toegang kry

Student in privaatkoshuis verkrag NICOLE BRUMMER

ie privaatkoshuis Huis Nassau het hulle veiligheidsmaatreëls opgeskerp nadat ’n student na bewering in haar kamer verkrag is. Die man het glo daarin geslaag om by haar kamer in te kom. Dié voorval het in die vroeë oggendure van 20 Augustus plaasgevind toe die student wakker geword het met ’n vreemde man wat langs haar in die bed lê. Die man het haar verkrag, waarna hy die student van haar skootrekenaar en selfoon beroof het en die gebou deur die voordeur verlaat het. “Tot dusver het die polisie dit duidelik gemaak dat daar niks tekens gevind is dat die persoon by die gebou ingebreek het nie en geen skade is aan die sekuriteitstelsel gerig nie,” het Pieter Horn, eienaar van Huis Nassau, gesê. Die koshuis maak gebruik van ’n vingerafdruk-sekuriteitstelsel, maar veiligheidsmaatreëls is ná die voorval

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VRAE OOR VEILIGHEID Nassau-studentekoshuis in Pleinstraat waar ’n student na bewering in haar kamer verkrag is. opgeskerp. “ ’n Wag is aangestel en daar word rekord gehou van alle besoekers wat die koshuis binnekom en verlaat,” het Horn gesê. Nuwe besoektye is ook geïmplementeer en studente moet nou weeksdae om 22:00 aanmeld en 00:00 oor naweke. Gaste wat oorslaap word ook nou verbied.

“My hoop is dat hierdie insident die studente meer bewus gaan maak om oplettend te wees wanneer hulle veral in die aande rondloop,” het Horn gesê. Volgens Elsje Schoeman, Huis Nassau se woordvoeder, sterk die student by haar familie aan en ontvang sy berading. Die saak word tans deur die poli-

sie ondersoek. Geen verdagtes is al in hegtenis geneem nie. Die Eenheid vir Psigoterapeutiese- en Ondersteuningsdienste kon nie teen druktyd vir kommentaar bereik word nie. Die universiteit het ’n 24-uur nooddiens vir sielkundige ondersteuning. Jy kan die nooddiens skakel by 082 557 0880. Kampussekuriteit kan ook geskakel word by 021 808 2333.

SU LEADS

Gemengde gevoelens oor gelykheid by sessies LUMÉ VENTER

Die jaarlikse SU Leads-konferensie het vanjaar vir die sewende keer plaasgevind. Vanjaar se oorkoepelende tema was Decolonise, Re-imagine, Co-create. Die konferensie skep vir nuwe studenteleiers by die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) ’n platform om aktiewe deelnemers te wees in kwessies op kampus, in Suid-Afrika en die res van die wêreld. Vanjaar se konferensie is weer deur die Frederik van Zyl Slabbert-instituut aangebied en verskeie organisasies op kampus het drie maande aan die geleentheid beplan. Daar is egter gemengde gevoelens oor die konferensie met sommige leiers wat dit as ’n “ongemaklike ervaring” beskryf het. Volgens Leslie van Rooi, hoof van Simonsberg-koshuis en ook een van die organiseerders, het egter gesê dis presies waarvoor die organiseerders van hierdie kursus gemik het. “Al hoe hierdie uncomfortable spaces gemaklik gaan word is om in gesprek te bly, almal van ons. En dit is moeilik, ek weet dit self. “Maar dit is nodig. Ons het mekaar tog so nodig. Maar dan moet almal van ons-swart en wit- genoeg spasie laat om gehoor en verstaan te word,” het Van Rooi gesê. Die gesprekke word gehou om die US se Institusionele Voorneme en Strategieë 2013 - 2018 te help realiseer. Volgens mede-organiseerder Renee Hector-Kannemeyer sluit dit in om die universiteit se belofte van die skep van inklusiewe en diverse ervarings te vervul. “Verder is dit ook ’n geleentheid om ’n gelyke kapasiteit te skep om onsself te sien met ander, om onsself uit te daag om te dink buite die ruimte waarbinne ons onsself vind, om hierdie model ’n droomplek vir SuidAfrikaners en veral vir die US te maak,” het Hector-Kannemeyer gesê. Terugvoer oor konferensie blyk egter te wys dat gelyke geleenthede

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SPASIE VIR KWESSIES Studenteleiers by die jaarlike SU Leads-konferensie. nié vir almal geskep is nie. Frederik van Dyk, ’n student aan die US, het in ’n artikel op die webwerf Rational Standard uit-latings gemaak oor sy ervaring. Volgens van Dyk het hy beleef hoe ’n fasiliteerder aan die gehoor sê wit mense “moet f*kken stilbly”, waarna die fasiliteerder voortgegaan het met

die aanbieding. Alle lede van die gehoor is ook glo nie die geleentheid gegun om hul opinie te lewer nie en het ’n sessie ontsteld verlaat, eerder as met die “nuwe oë” wat belowe is. “Ek dink dit was meer verrykend gewees, omdat dié van ons wat laas jaar die kursus bygewoon het kans gehad het om in onsself te gaan delf en

die gesprekke te evalueer. “Ons het hierdie jaar ingestap met ’n vars uitkyk. Nie almal kry dit reg om oopkop te kyk na hierdie soort van dinge nie, ’n mens se eerste reaksie is gewoonlik dat jy wil hol eerder as om die vrede te ontstel. “Maar soms moet ’n mens maar die vrede instel om gehoor te word.”

MFM wins big SUZANNE KOEN

MFM won the Best Campus Media Award at the annual Responsible Drinking Media Awards (RDMAs) on 31 August. “I truly believe that we are the best campus station in the country,” said station manager Charita van der Berg. Biannually, MFM launches a safety campaign that focusses on crime and drinking, especially drinking while driving. According to Van der Berg, entering for the RDMAs and receiving the Best Campus Media Award for their coverage on responsible drinking was a natural extension of taking on an initiative which is very relevant and necessary in Stellenbosch. “It’s something we do regardless but it’s nice to see that we are getting recognised for the efforts we put in.” Initiatives included evoking shock among students with a car wreck exhibition on the Rooiplein as well as entertaining listeners by having people play Grand Theft Auto and drink on air to test driving impairment. The award is given based on both the impact the station’s campaign has on its target audience, as well as its sustainability. Presenter JM Henning said that MFM’s campaign is successful because it maintains a good balance between information and entertainment. “We aim not to have it be preachy. We want to get a clear cut point across while still keeping it as entertaining as possible.” By focusing on alternative ways of dissuading students from drinking, MFM’s approach to responsible drinking is refreshingly realistic and honest. “Connecting with students on an emotional level is what gives MFM the ability to get their point across so effectively. “We all like having a drink but it’s about doing it responsibly,” said Van der Berg. The significant impact their campaigns tend to have can also be attributed to the varied content listeners are presented with. “All of us are or have been students, which helps us keep up with what works,” said presenter Cato Louw. Louw agreed with her colleagues that each presenter brings different ideas to the table, with each show’s content and presenter’s personality contributing in a unique way to the station’s conversation about a common theme. “We are very diverse at MFM, that’s what makes us so relatable,” she added. MFM has shown that the importance of campus radio stations in stimulating necessary conversations about relevant issues should not be underestimated. “This is where people get shaped. This is where people decide who they are and what their future is going to entail. “If you can grab someone’s attention here, you can change everything ahead,” said Van der Berg. In terms of goals for future achievements, MFM hopes to claim the title of Campus Station of the Year at next year’s Radio Awards.

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TYGERBERG

Tygerberg plants trees for good cause HAYLEY GRAMMER

ygerberg Medical campus celebrated 60 years in practice by planting trees to offset carbon emissions on campus. The trees, planted by staff and students, also serve as a reminder of those who have passed during the year. “I think the dean’s division thought that if we’re planting trees anyways that it would also be a good way of commemorating people who have died. “So we’re here to offset our carbon sins but also to remember people that are no longer with us. “It’s an annual event that has been happening for at least five years now and we’ve had a reasonably good turnout of people each year. “However, the tree planting really started on campus because of our desire to offset carbon emissions,” said prof Bob Mash, member of the Green Committee and head of the family medicine and primary health care division.

According to Mash, the planting of trees was an initiative started by the Green Committee and serves as a symbolic gesture. “It shows people that we are taking some responsibility for the environmental harm that we’re doing through our research and education. “When anybody on campus buys an air ticket through the faculty, an amount of money comes to the Green Committee and we use that to offset the carbon emissions of air travel on our campus.” Christine Groenewald, project coordinator of the Green Committee, said that program’s such as the tree planting are important at universities because it is a visual reminder for students about their responsibility in terms of sustainability. “For the students that participated today, whenever they walk past the trees it will serve as a reminder of what we did and why we did it. “I think just creating the awareness and conversations around that is crucial in educating our students.

Photo: HENK OETS

IN MEMORY Students and lecturers from Tygerberg campus planted trees to offset carbon emissions. “There’s still a lot that needs to be that energy going into other spaces and those who were being remembered. Trees were planted in memory of done in terms of educating people but that is creating a lot of good results for colleagues Jack Peterson and Myrna we’ve got a really exciting group of us, so we’re really excited,” she said. staff and students at our core that creBefore the planting began, vice van Zyl, and students Harry Frauenates a lot of energy. dean of management, prof Nico Gey stein and dr Annemarie Heymann, “We’ve already seen spill offs from van Pittius, gave a short speech on who died earlier this year.

BEURSE

Eerste Botman-beurse toegeken INGRID HEŸDENRŸCH

Drie studente se lewens is onlangs danksy die Russel Botman-beursfonds baie makliker gemaak. Randall van den Heever, Soné Reens en Sandiso Sogula het elk R85 000 vanaf die Russel Botmanbeursfonds ontvang om hulle te help betaal vir hulle studies. Hulle is die eerste studente wat beurse ontvang vanuit hierdie fonds. Die Russel Botman-beursfonds is op 18 Oktober 2013 deur wyle prof Russel Botman, voormalige rektor en visekanselier van die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US), gestig. Botman het sy vriende en familie versoek om bydraes tot hierdie beursfonds te maak in plaas van om geskenke vir hom te gee op sy verjaarsdag. ’n Amptelike beursoorhandiging gaan by die jaarlikse Russel Botman-gedenklesing op 18 Oktober plaasvind. Volgens Van den Heever, ’n tweedejaar-rekeningkundestudent, is hierdie beurs die antwoord op al sy gebede. Hy sê hy het nie eers verwag dat hy die beurs gaan ontvang nie, aangesien hy deur iemand van die beurskantoor genomineer

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R85 000 RYKER Die eerste ontvangers van die Russel Botman-beurse. is daarvoor en hy dus nie bewus was daarvan nie. Van den Heever sê dat hierdie beurs sy familie se stres aansienlik sal verlig. “Ek kan nou my volle potensiaal bereik en nie bekommer oor befonding vir my studies nie.” Van den Heever het bygevoeg dit voel nogsteeds soms vir hom asof hy in ’n droom is. Reens sê die toekenning van hierdie beurs wys dat haar harde werk vrugte afgewerp het. “Bianca Andrews het my genomineer vir hierdie beurs, so my werk moes dus ’n indruk op haar gemaak het.”

Reens sê dat sy gebruik gemaak het van die NSFAS (National Student Financial Aid Scheme) lening vir hulp om vir haar studies te betaal, aangesien haar ouers nie kon bekostig om vir haar te betaal nie en sy ’n suster het wat ook tersiêr studeer. “Ek kon dit nie eers glo toe ek die beursuitbetaling op my studenterekening sien nie,” sê Reens. Daar word beplan om verdere toekennings vanuit die Russel Botmanbeursfonds in die toekoms te maak. Prof Elna Mouton, voormalige dekaan van die Fakulteit Teologie en Botman se dogter, Roxanne, moedig mense aan om aan te hou met hulle skenkings.

JONG EINSTEIN Wynand Goosen, ’n doktorsgraadstudent by die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US), het tweede gekom in die Einstein-kompetisie vir jong navorsers. Goosen, ’n student by die departement vir molekulêre biologie en mensgenetika, moes sy navorsing in ’n twiet (140) karakters opsom. Hy het R5 000 met sy beskrywing losgeslaan. Hy het sy navorsing, wat handel oor ’n oplossing vir tuberkulose (TB) onder grootwild, só beskryf: “TB vermoor sonder vooroordeel van mens tot grootwild, maar binnekort is dit iets van die verlede. Superheld gevind!” Die kompetisie is deur die akademiese joernaal LitNet Akademies aangebied en 212 navorsers het ingeskryf.

STEAM

5 on Ryneveld now steaming ahead with new punk lounge CATHELYNNE WALKER

Nestled between Milieu and De Stomme Jonge on Ryneveld Street is Steam, the new punk lounge and restaurant taking the student town by storm. It’s in the same building as the well-known 5 on Ryneveld, and serves steaks and burgers like 5 and is designed to be homely and relaxing like 5 – but it is not 5. Renovations to the restaurant began on 1 June, closing down the establishment to reopen its doors again three months later under a new banner.

When clients walked in on 19 August, they were greeted with top hats, the soft melodies of a distant piano and a distinct industrial atmosphere. “Our inspiration came from Truth [Coffee HQ],” said Olivier de Boever, co-owner of Steam. The Bulgarian owner co-runs Steam with his wife Sabine. Prior to opening Steam, Sabine owned several restaurants in Swellendam including De Vagebond and La Belle Alliance. Her decision to relocate her efforts was due to a number of factors with the vibe and tourism of Stellenbosch

coming out on top. “When you have a business you must also think about what a town can bring to you,” she explained. The steampunk style of the restaurant fuses the energy of two very unique owners. Upon asking what their last meal would be Sabine answered “lobster or crayfish” while Olivier proudly declares “mash and fish sticks”. The classy atmosphere of Steam is cleverly paired with down-to-earth food and friendly staff. They are well-known for their steak and burgers, but also market

a full menu of tapas and salads. The Belgian influence does not go missing here as a quick flip to the back of the menu offers real Belgian waffles as well as a wide range of Belgian beers. Their specialty dish, The African Trio boasts a portion of lamb casserole, Cape Malay chicken curry and bobotie - all on one plate. Upstairs in the lounge area of the restaurant, the former 5’s cinema has been fully transformed into a comfortable, low-lit paradise of steel cogs and leather. The bar offers a range of products, from cocktails to fine whiskey and the

entire room seems to breathe hushed intellectual conversation. With a closing time of half-pasttwelve and a kitchen that operates until eleven, this is surely the best stop for a late night gourmet burger. While many may mourn the loss of 5 on Ryneveld, it is clear from various sources that the restaurant was in serious need of a fresh start. “You always have to, at around four or five years, start renovating or do something new. 5 had been left un-renovated for eight years,” said Sabine. “We put our heart in this place,” Olivier concluded.

S’COOL BEANS

Maties se sjokoladesmeer maak skoonskip oorsee JANA WENTZEL

jokoladesmeer van ’n span studente in voedselwetenskap by die Universiteit Stellenbosch het algeheel tweede in die International Union of Food Science and Technology-kompetisie geëindig. Cenette Bezuidenhout, Carin-Marie Engelbrecht, Nicholas Grobbelaar, Taryn Harding, Shannon Howell en Megan Kleyn het ŉ sjokoladesmeer ontwerp wat spesifiek op die laeinkomste groep en veral skoolkinders geteiken is. Volgens Bezuidenhout het hulle die naam S’coolBeans vir hulle sjokoladesmeer gekies om die term “cool beans” en skoolkinders as teikenmark bymekaar te bring. S’coolBeans verskil van ander sjokoladesmeer op die rakke omdat dit geen neute bevat nie. “Dit is is propvol proteïene, minerale en vitamiene om te verseker dat skoolkinders in die lae-inkomste groep alle nodige nutriënte inkry. Hierdie gesonde opsie bestaan uit suikerbone en patat en bevat ook net ’n kwart van die suiker wat in kommersiële sjokoladesmere gevind word. “Die gedagte met die smeer is om vir die kinders iets voedsaam te gee wat ook lekker smaak,” het Bezuidenhout gesê. S’coolBeans is besig om met verskeie maatskappy te onderhandel oor die moontlikheid om die produk te kommersialiseer.

STUDENTELEWE

21 September 2016

Suzelle DIY gives study tips for Silly Season Die Matie asked DIY queen Suzelle for some study tips for silly season. Here’s what she had to say: - You don’t always have to be the ball of the belle, you can miss some parties. Having an element of mystery is good! If you’re at every party people will never have the chance to miss you! Tips for looking fresh even when you don’t feel fresh: - Learn a good upstyle for when you don’t have enough time to wash your hair! - If you don’t have time to brush your teeth, eat an apple. - A clever trick is to keep makeup remover tissues in your bag, incase you don’t get to sleep much in between a night out and an early lecture. Study tips:

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S’COOL BEANS Die sjokoladesmeer wat Matie-studente ’n tweede plek besorg het by die International Union of Food Science and Technology. Indien die sjokoladesmeer wel die rakke bereik, sal die span se volgende doel wees om dit na Afrikalande te stuur om sodoende nie net Suid-Afrika se hongersnood te beveg nie, maar Afrika s’n ook. Drie van die spanlede werk reeds in die voedselindustrie en die ander drie is voltydse meesterstudente. Volgens Bezuidenhout sit al die spanlede baie tyd en moeite in die

produk om dié konsep uiteindelik die wêreld in te stuur. Die International Union of Food Science and Technology-kompetisie is op 24 Augustus in Dublin, Ierland aangebied en spanne van onder meer Indonesië en Singapoer het deelgeneem. Die wenners was ’n span van Costa Rica wat ’n tortilla-mengsel ontwerp het wat spesifiek op swanger vroue gemik is.

- Organise study groups so that you can feel like you’re still being social while studying. - Put a sweetie or chocolate at the end of each paragraph or section you are studying as a reward (don’t tell Tim Noakes I said that). - I know this one is difficult guys, because you just can’t stop watching YouTube videos, but turn your phone off while you’re studying, or at least turn it on to airplane mode and check it during your study breaks.

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Dagbreek barista sells coffee artworks in residence A joke led to an entrepreneur in the residence Dagbreek making and selling his own coffee. Now the 20 year old Garrick Blok also runs a succesful brand new coffee company called IFill Café. He describes his product as “simply the best, no compromise.” Jana Wentzel spoke to him about this thriving business. How did you come up with the idea of making and selling coffee in Dagbreek?

At the end of last year I was having dinner with my parents when my father remarked that I had spent almost all my money on coffee in November (obviously during exams). He then joked saying that it would be a good idea to open a coffee shop from my room and I took him a little bit too seriously.

Has it always been your dream to open a coffee shop?

I guess you could say so. My dream has always been to qualify as a lawyer and go into business. I’ve always wanted to be successful in my career and then perhaps maybe open a small coffee shop one day. I really take joy in serving people. And I love coffee so it’s the perfect match.

Do you find it difficult to compete with other coffee shops in Stellenbosch?

For the time being I am not competing with other coffee shops since I am running it from my room [in Dagbreek] and catering for a unique market. I would not say that I have a wide customer base yet, but I definitely have extremely loyal supporters who love my coffee. I am grateful to say that the number of these loyal customers is gradually increasing.

Seeing that you are still a student, would you say that your prices are reasonable for other students? I believe they are. I made sure that my products are priced at around the same prices one would pay at places in the Neelsie. I decided that instead

of going cheaper I would go for better quality, only using top quality beans. It tends to always surprise people when they taste the quality of the product I’m selling from my room at affordable prices.

What does the future hold for IFill?

IFill was founded from a love for coffee and a student budget that couldn’t afford it. For this reason, I am just seeing where my passion for coffee takes me. It started by just serving Dagbrekers, then it expanded to some people outside of my residence. Maybe one day I will be able to serve a larger number of Stellenbosch students. Who knows where it will go from there.

On your Facebook page you describe coffee as a work of art. Would you describe yourself as an artistic person?

I’m not sure whether I would describe myself so much as ‘artistic’. I would rather lean more towards ‘passionate’. It is this passion for coffee that I channel into creating each cup that makes it a “work of art”. I have a love for good coffee. To me, coffee making is a form of art and in that area I do believe I am artistic.

Photos: GARRICK BLOK

DIE MANNE JAAG! Garrick Blok says he takes joy in serving people good, affordable coffee.

STUDENT LIFE

Campus Closet Hierdie lente staan baie studente waarskynlik elke oggend voor hul klerekaste en vra “wat dra ek vandag?”. Om die antwoord bietjie makliker te maak, het Nicole Brummer meer gaan uitvind oor vanjaar se lentetrends en met ’n paar modewenke voorendag gekom. Volgens Emzi Smit, bestuurder van In-Decent Fashion

Emporium, is blomme en helder kleure nou in die mode. “As jy gaan kyk na Dolce & Gabbana word daar baie blomme en prints gebruik. Die catsuit is steeds in die mode, maar kontrasteer met laasjaar se minimalistiese en eenvoudige prints.” Hier volg ’n paar modewenke vir die Stellenbosse lente:

1. Stellenbosch ervaar vier seisoene in ’n dag. ’n Ligte jean met ’n printed hemp en denimbaadjie of truitjie vir vroue, is ideaal vir enige wisselvalligheid in die weer. 2. Patrone – veral strepe – is in, sowel blomme en geometriese vorms. Dit is ook by hierdie jaar se New York Fashion Week gesien. 3. Khaki is ook ’n gewilde

kleur op die loopplank vanjaar. (Ja, dit kan gedra word sonder om te lyk asof jy op safari is.) 4. Die hipster look vir mans is steeds ’n trend. Knopieshemde met prints en ’n bomber jacket op kouer dae lyk altyd goed. 5.“Om enige styl bymekaar te sit, vorm bykomstighede ook ŉ belangrike deel,” sê

Smit. Accessorise dus jou uitrusting met ’n hoed, kopband of juwele. Hoede is hierdie lente, veral vir mans, in die mode. The bolder the better – dít is die slagspreuk om hierdie lente te onthou. Moenie bang wees om met helder kleure en patrone te eksperimenteer nie.

Food specials for every day of the week Monday

Food Lovers Market: Prego steak roll R39 La Romantica: Burger/pasta & soda/beer R50 Spur: 2 for 1 burger – Price depends on burger Helshoogte Spar: 2 for 1 three piece chicken w/chips & onion rings R49.99 Wimpy: 2 for 1 Wimpy Breakfast R45 Julian’s: Gourmet burger R45.99

Tuesday

The Armory: 2 for 1 pizzaprice depends on pizza Helshoogte Spar: 2 for 1 Sushi - depends on sushi Panarotti’s: 2 for 1 pizza depends on pizza Julians’s: Buy any pizza and get a free draught - price depends on pizza

Wednesday

Friday

Foodlovers: Fish & chips - R29 Helshoogte Spar: Buy 3 pizza’s and get cheapest free - depends on cheapest pizza Steers: Wacky Wednesday’sR42.90 Spur: Ribs R89.90 Julian’s: Nachos R42.95

Food Lovers Market: 2 Pizza slices & smoothie R49 Helshoogte Spar: 2 for 1 double beef patty burger R29.99 Wimpy: 4 Wimpy Burger Meals & jugg of soda R159.99 Julian’s: Margarita special R29.95

Thursday

Saturday

Food Lovers Market: Beef/ chicken burger w/chips R39 Helshoogte Spar: 2 for 1 calamari & chips R49.99 Panarotti’s: All you can eat – R69.90 Trumpet Tree: 2 for 1 pizza’s (2pm – 5pm) – depends on pizza Spur: 20% off steaks - price depends on steak

Food Lovers Market: Calamari & chips R29 Helshoogte Spar: 12 Pieces crumbed chicken & chips, rolls, 2l Coke R129.99

Sunday

Food Lovers Market: Lasagne R8.99 per 100g Helshoogte Spar: Buy 2 get 1 free Monster PizzaR199.99 each

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STUDENT LIFE

21 September 2016

PART-TIME JOBS

Students juggle part-time jobs and academics GIZELLEDE GÖTZ

tudents are all too familiar with the line, “Bra, I’m so broke,” usually heard on a Thursday morning, after the previous night’s shenanigans. It’s not easy when its halfway through the month and you have to explain to your parents why you need extra cash just so that you can buy food. Luckily there is a way to spare yourself the time of coming up with the next excuse: a part-time job. Waitering, bartending or au-pairing are all options that enable students to earn a little extra income while studying. The most common part-time job because of its flexible working hours is waitering. It also has the added benefit of receiving tips. If you have a lot of afternoons free and you quite enjoy being around or working with children, you might be

interested in au-pairing. This will most likely entail fetching from school, making lunch and helping with homework. Stellenbosch is also home to a lot of bars and clubs, which makes bartending a great part-time job. (Tip: make sure you get the Wednesday shifts). Located on the South African Wine Route, Stellenbosch also provides students with a lot of job opportunities on wine farms. Wine farms often look for students to help with wine tastings. It’s a parttime job worth considering, especially if you know a thing or two about wine. Start compiling your CV and make sure to accompany it with a copy of your class schedule so that your employers know from the get go how available you are. Bear in mind that you will have to find a good balance between work and academics. Your studies should always take first priority. (At least tell your parents that).

Photo: HENK OETS

BALANCING ACT Students working at The Hussar Grill for extra money.

GET FIT FAST When swimsuit season (and the Neelsie) is right around the corner

Summer body makeover in six simple steps JANIE DU PLESSIS

The words “summer is coming” have never been this scary. Summer is here, and there is nothing we can do about it. There is no more time for making excuses or covering the winter-gains under coats and long pants. But that body is not going to build himself, so let’s get going! This is a full body workout that will kick start your

road to summer-body success. Do this at least three times a week, for two weeks and you will already start feeling the change. And off course there is no use in working out like crazy, if you are not going to also adjust your diet accordingly. So no more late night McDonald’s or hot chocolates before bed or snacking every 10 minutes! Drink lots of water, because it will keep you from getting hungry so quickly after you’ve eaten. Have only two snacks per day, such as fruit or peanut butter on cracker bread.

You can also go to ezdieting.co.za for easy-tofollow personalized diet plans, they are based right here in Stellenbosch. You should do as many repetitions of each exercise as you can in one minute. Do all six exercises and then rest for one minute. Go through the cycle 4-5 times. If you feel like taking it slow in the beginning, you can rest for two minutes rather than one. If you feel like the workout wasn’t intense enough, you can add another set.

1. Lunge twist

2. Burpees

3. Bum raise

Do a normal walking lunge, with a weight in your hand. (If you do not have a weight you can use anything else you have, eg. a pack of sugar). While in the lunge position, twist your body to the side. Always twist to the side of the leg that goes to the back. Swop sides and repeat.

Stand upright and start by bending towards the floor. Put your hands on the floor and kick your legs out straight behind you. Bring your legs in again and jump up. Repeat.

Begin on your hands and knees hip distance apart. Lift your one leg to the back at a 90˚ angle, so that it is in line with your body. Bring it down and squeeze it up again. Do not lose the 90˚ angle in your leg. Do the one leg for 30 seconds and then the other for another 30 seconds.

Photos: MICHAEL MONSIEUR

4. Mountain climbers

5. Side leg lift

6. Jack knife

Put your hand on the floor in front of you, while balancing on your toes. Your body should form a straight line. Do not arch or round your back. Bring the left knee to the left elbow and then alternate. Do this as fast as you can while keeping your back straight.

Use a small exercise ball to lean on (if you do not have one, you can use any elevated surface, like your bed). Lean sideways on the exercise ball, and keep your hips in the air so that your body forms a straight line. Lift the top leg off of the other and bring it back down. Do the one leg for 30 seconds and then the other.

Lie flat on your back on the floor. Lift your right leg and left arm and touch your toes with your fingers. Go back to the starting position and alternate for one minute. Do not let your legs go all the way over, but rather use your abs to get your arm higher up.

DAG & NAG

Polsslae in Nu’bar opgejaag JANA WENTZEL

olssale is onlangs in baie Maties se gusnteling uithangplek op Woensdae, Nu’Bar, opgejaag toe die klub deur Pulse, ’n All Male Extravanganza ingevaar is en tonele soortgelyk aan dié in die fliek Magic Mike afgespeel het. Die manne was nie skaam om lyf te wys en studente met danse te vermaak nie. Die gehoor het ook nie net teruggesit en gekyk nie, maar aan speletjies deelgeneem en party is Foto: selfs op stoele tuisgemaak om onverdeelde aandag vanaf die dansers

te kry. nasionaal optree as ontkleedansers. Volgens Nu’Bar se eienaar, Volgens Stephan is daar ’n groot Stephan Osborne, is die geleentheid vraag na vermaak wat spesifiek op aangebied as ’n Ladies Night en die vrouens in Stellenbosch gerig is. Hy vroue het dit meen Pulse het hul goed baie geniet. van hul taak gekwyt om “Die ouens het “Die die eerste vertoning van interessante maniere hul soort in Stellenbosch vroue het gekry om die meer kon- te wees. glad nie omgegee “Die ouens het baie serwatiewe meisies uit om op die interessante maniere gekry hul kassies te kry.” verhoog om die meer konserwate dans en tiewe meisies uit hul kasrondgeswaai te word nie” het Tenika sies te kry” het Tenika gesê. Osborne, ’n werknemer van Nu’Bar, Pulse beloof om volgende jaar gesê. Pulse bestaan uit ’n groep talweer ’n verskyning in Stellenbosch te entvolle mans wat plaaslik en intermaak en selfs beter as die eerste keer.

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LADIES NIGHT ’n Ontkleedanser vermaak studente by Nu’Bar.

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OE-LA-LA Ontkleedansers in aksie by Nu’Bar se Ladies Night.

BTK: Stap nou, werk later JANA WENTZEL

Die Universiteit Stellenbosch spog met ’n verskeidenheid klubs waarby studente kan aansluit. Een van die klubs wat veral populer onder talle avontuurlustiges is, is Die Berg-En-Toerklub (BTK). Die klub se geskiedenis strek oor byna 80 jaar en sy trotse missie is nog altyd om’n kans en ’n veilige omgewing te bied vir diegene wat ’n liefde en waardering het vir die natuurskoon van ons land. Vanaf 3 tot 7 September 2016 het 60 studente ’n toer na die Gifberge net buite Van Rhynsdorp deelgeneem, wat hulle die kans gebied het om die natuurskoon van Suid-Afrika te ervaar. Blommekyk en swem was ook op die lys van aktiwiteite. Volgens Schalk Marais, bemarker van die BTK, was die Gifberge-toer definitief een vir die boeke gewees. Die BTK het nie net toere nie, maar ook ’n wye verskeidenheid daguitstappies vir diegene wat nie “kamp-slim” is nie en boonop is dit baie bekostigbaar. Die mees gesogte uitstappie onder die Stellenbosch-studente is die daguitstappie waar die Pieke-berg uitgeklim word.

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BTK’ANERS Die Berg-En-Toerklub bied bekostigbare uitstappies. Marais meen die BTK is ’n plek waar vreemdelinge vriende word en waar ou vriendskappe versterk. Volgens Maretha Steinmann, voormalige lid van die BTK, kan die klub se tradisie in een woord saamgevat word: bedagsaamheid - teenoor die natuur, mede-BTK’aners en ander avonturiers. Die nuwe bestuur van die BTK

is onlangs verkies en daar is groot afwagting onder die avontuurlustiges van die Stellenbosch-omgewing om te sien waar die volgende toere hul heen kan neem. Vir meer inligting besoek hul webtuiste by http://blogs.sun.ac.za/btk of gaan doen navraag by hulle kantoor op die derde vloer van die Neelsie.

DAG & NAG

21 September 2016

WILLOWS VS MAJUBA

Musiek of sport bo-aan jou sosiale kalender? EMRIE HUMAN

waalf koshuisspanne, ses klusterspanne en hope gees. Dít is wat Majuba se jaarlikse sewestoernooi volgende maand inhou. Op 1 Oktober gaan manskoshuise dit op Coetzenberg uitspook om as die nuwe sewesrugby-kampioene gekroon te word. “Dit is ’n lekker geleentheid vir almal om heeldag saam te kuier en goeie rugby te geniet. “Die beste van alles is, daar is geen entrance nie,” het Duan Mostert, HK-lid van Majuba, gesê. Die rugby begin reeds om 09:00, met MFM DJ’s wat vir vermaak gaan sorg en vir diegene wat vinnig honger en dors raak gaan daar ’n snoepie en kroeg wees. Die Majuba-sewestoernooi vind op dieselfde dag as Vic Meyer se kluster-sportdag plaas. Die organiseerders van die toernooi het dit daarom goed gedink om dié twee geleenthede te kombineer. “Die wenners van die kluster-sportdag gaan by die sewestoernooi aangekondig word,” het Lampie Fick, voorsitter van die toernooi-komitee, gesê. Die wenners en naaswenners van die toernooi se pryse sluit in geskenkbewyse en natuurlik die gesogte Majuba-sewes-wisseltrofee. Volgens Fick is daar “min events waar so ’n klomp manskoshuise op een dag teen mekaar deelneem en die gees is great.” Hy meen die geleentheid behoort beslis ’n hoogtepunt op almal se sosiale kalender te wees.

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TOUGH CHOICE Wilgenhof en Majuba se groot sosiale geleenthede vind binnekort plaas.

“If you were wondering what Willows is all about – come check it out,” is volgens Gideon Joubert die rede waarom almal hierdie jaar Wilgenhof se Carry Six Packer-fees moet bywoon. Op 24 September vier Carry Six Packer sy agste bestaansjaar en groot name soos aKING, Haezer en Monark maak ’n draai in Wilgenhof se quad. “Vanjaar het ons besluit om korter tydgleuwe vir elke act te gee sodat

New band taking the Stellenbosch music scene by storm

New on the block: Opposite the Other

ANINA VISSER

Cape Town based band Opposite the Other (OTO) is shaking up the South African music scene as they climb the local and international charts. Despite being less than a year old, the alternative pop group has already topped the 5fm charts and secured their spot on the main stage of Rocking the Daisies this year. Sam Burger, lead singer of OTO, said that the band started quite naturally between himself, his brother Dan and their two friends Matthew Budden and Robbie Spooner.

ons meer acts kan inbring. “Die vibe is ook meer alternative,” het Joubert verduidelik. Volgens Joubert trek die fees ook vanjaar ’n nuwe baadjie aan. “Ons wil die atmosfeer en image van die fees bietjie verander. Ons wil dit meer van ’n musiekfees maak – nie nét ’n rockfees soos almal dit ken nie.” Nóg veranderinge waarna studente kan uitsien is kosstalletjies, ’n ontspanningshoekie en kompetisies om aan deel te neem. “Min mense weet dit, maar Carry Six Packer het as ’n kriekettoernooi in die quad begin, met ’n band wat daarna gespeel het en later het dit meer oor die bands as die krieket gegaan,” het Joubert bygevoeg. “Ons wil vanjaar die publiek bietjie deel maak van die krieket, so enigiemand kan die halfeindstryd en eindstryd op 23 September kom kyk.” Die twee vrouekoshuise wat ook hierdie jaar gaan deelneem, sorg vir selfs nog meer opwinding. Monica en Harmonie gaan mekaar die stryd gaan aansê en volgens Joy Louw, Monica se HK-lid vir sport, is dit die eerste keer wat hulle aan só iets deelneem en is die span baie opgewonde.

Eerste Rivier K1 / Anything That Floats Race Saturday, 24 September Hangbrug Adam Tas Heritage Braai Saturday, 24 September Silene PSO Franschhoek Uncorked Festival Saturday & Sunday, 24 & 25 September Haute Cabrière African Gala Evening Friday, 23 September SU Museum SU Choir Gala Concert Wednesday, 28 September Stellenbosch Conservatorium Rocking The Daisies Saturday, 6-9 October Cloof Wine Estate

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“We began making music together last year and I guess people just started liking our sound,” the 20-year old Burger said. Denzil Klerk, representative of The Project Room, said that he first noticed OTO after watching their first single Ride Away on YouTube. “I immediately liked their international sound and the fact that they weren’t a typical boy band,” Klerk said. Klerk, who now manages bookings for OTO, said that their online presence has attracted a strong following internationally especially

in New Zealand and Australia. Burger recalled hearing their song Stutter Love on the radio for the first time, he realised then that their music had potential. “We recorded that song in a bedroom and it just proves that you don’t need a lot of money to start a music career,” he said. OTO’s year has been marked by various new heights from reaching 1 million streams on Spotify to collaborating with Jimmy Nevis on a song for the Coke Studio. “It really has been a fun year,” Burger said.

Inspired by introspective thoughts and life in general, Burger writes most of OTO’s songs but said that it is ultimately a group effort. “We listen to a variety of music but three influential bands in particular are Coldplay, Bastille and Foster the People,” Burger said. OTO will be performing on the same stage as their exemplars, Foster the People, at Rocking the Daisies this year. Opposite the Other’s next performance will be at The Brass Bell in Kalk Bay on 1 October before they will head to Daisies.

EDITORIAL

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GOVERNMENT AND UNIVERSITIES PLAYING MUSICAL CHAIRS AT STUDENTS EXPENSE

Student fees has become a game of musical chairs between government and university management. After Blade Nzimande, minister of higher education, announced a 0% increase last year, universities had to cut costs to stay feasible. On Monday Nzimande announced that universities can increase their fees, but recommended that it should not exceed 8%. This shifted the pressure right

back onto universities, who cannot survive without increasing student fees, but are finding it difficult to operate with upset students protesting for free education. Nzimande also shifted some responsibility to Pravin Gordhan, minister of finance, forcing him to find money in the budget to fund higher education. Meanwhile, Matie students are occupying the Wilcocks building until their demands are met and

have given SU rector Wim de Villiers until Friday to respond. Given their comprehensive list of demands, it is unlikely that this will happen. Change is a lengthy process and something that can’t be rushed. Human nature exemplifies change as something that occurs over time. Think of bad habits you have tried to curb. There will be both good and bad days, and what it ultimately comes down to is finding

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amount of people in the least amount of time. Students need to understand that changes as big as they are demanding will not happen overnight, university management should take all students into consideration, not just protesting students, and the government should take joint responsibility for the empty promises about free education which is now catching up with them.

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a method that works. Universities must consider a wide range of views and opinions, so naturally finding something that works for everyone is going to take time. The game of blame shifting is not going to help anyone, less improve the lives of those students occupying the Wilcocks. We need to work from both sides to come up with realistic solutions that will help the most

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OPINION

21 September 2016

Perspektiewe

Stop the war on knowledge to make SA great T

here was some good news for Some have taken centuries to South Africa’s tertiary educabuild their prestige, while others have tion sector last week. relied on money and ambition. Four universities made it into Beyond resources and history, the the list of the top 500 universities in countries with the most high-flying the world in terms of the respected institutions have something else in Academic Ranking of World Univercommon: a hunger for knowledge sities. and an appreciation for the role of The top-ranked African instieducation in making a nation great. tution was the University of the In South Africa, excellence has Witwatersrand, which came in at 203 gone hand in hand with our history of 500. of privilege and disadvantage. The University of Cape Town, The institutions that occupy the Stellenbosch University and the top rungs are the historically white University of KwaZulu-Natal joined universities that in the past were well Wits in this hallowed company that resourced by the state and the domiincludes Ivy League giants and some nant business community. of Europe’s centuries-old schools. Committed academics tried hard Given that there are more than during the apartheid days to bring 200 000 such institutions around the historically disadvantaged instithe world – 5 000 of which are tutions (HDIs) to keep up with their considered very good and worthy of better-resourced brethren, but money mention in respectable company – always talked and still does. featuring in the top 500 is a big deal. With their scant resources, some That club is dominated by the US of these HDIs still continue to do and Europe, and features many instiwonderful work and, with time and tutions from the support, technologically could have “A well-intentioned assault cutting edge matched and countries in on symbols that represent the bettered the the East where richer sibcountry’s oppressive past innovation is lings down second nature. morphed into a dangerously the line. The domiSouth myopic attack on all things per- Africa’s nance of those countries is no “elite” ceived as Western and accident. It can universities, European.” be attributed however, to a number managed to of factors, not least among them soar in the post-apartheid era and are resources. throwing big punches in the broader Hundreds of millions and bilworld. They have attracted good lions have been poured into those brains from the continent. institutions of higher learning in past But now we are hellbent on decenturies. stroying that standing. In the past 18 The general rule has been that months, we have been waging war on the better resourced, the better the our universities. education and research outcomes, the A well-intentioned assault on more attractive the teaching experisymbols that represent the country’s ence, the more valuable the graduates oppressive past morphed into a danand the more prestigious the name. gerously myopic attack on all things

perceived as Western and European. Students who should know that knowledge is something that humanity has collectively accumulated through millenniums want to reject certain works because of that which they consider culturally and intellectually foreign. Now you have a movement that wants to decolonise the curriculum – as if there is a type of philosophy, a mathematics, an accounting and an engineering that belongs to a particular civilisation or culture. As if there are parts of the earth’s geography, such as Africa, that cannot lay claim to the development of modern society’s vast body of knowledge. This is an inferiority complex disguised as militancy. The devastating blow that will land the South African university sector in critical care is the mindless campaign for free tertiary education. Proponents of this campaign have taken an idealistic Freedom Charter promise that was turned into an ANC Polokwane conference resolution and turned it into an article of faith. With the myriad demands placed on it, the South African economy operating at the current levels of growth cannot afford to put every university student through four years of free education. Even if it were to recover to growth rates of the pre-2008 meltdown, we would still not be in a position to do so. Already, last year’s fee-hike freeze and the insourcing of services are beginning to compromise the health of faculties. A second year of no fee hikes or an inadequate increase will further erode the quality of educational outputs. From there it will become more and more difficult to arrest the decline. Let us dispel all notions that there

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MONDLI MAKHANYA

Mondli Makhanya, editor-in-chief of Cit y Press. is a chest of gold in Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s boot or tons of lucre in corporate South Africa’s secret vaults. South Africa is not wealthy and difficult compromises have to be made about how we spend our money. The heads of the universities of Limpopo and Venda warned this week that this headlong rush into offering free tertiary education would also further encourage dependence on government, with the consequent loss of academic freedom and operational freedom. We all know how that story turned out on the rest of our continent, where iconic universities were laid to waste by dictatorial govern-

ments who feared the free-thinking space that universities offered. Before South Africa gets bullied by the student movement, it should frame the conversation by asking the Fallists what they are offering society in return for all these things they want. Their answer should begin with them demonstrating a love of knowledge – something that has been lacking in these 18 months of burning libraries, destroying laboratories and boycotting classes at the drop of a fedora – and an ambition to make South Africa great and cutting edge. Mondli Makhanya is editor-inchief of City Press, reprinted with permission from City Press.

Hy’t oopgemaak, sy’t ingesit My eerste en tweede keer was met ’n vrou en dit was seer, baie seer. Ek het nog nie met ’n man nie, net omdat hulle baie meer aggresief is. Ek weet nie of ek dit gaan kan hanteer nie. Ek is maar ’n tingerige dingetjie. Ek hou daarvan as iemand dit stadig met my vat. Daarom verkies ek ’n vrou – vir nou. Ek weet ek is ’n man, maar niemand berei jou voor vir die knakkelknakkende pyn wat jy ervaar wanneer jy dit doen. Ek moet dit seker meer gereeld begin doen dan sal dit nie so seer wees nie. My eerste was ’n wit ouer vrou in haar veertigs, ’n suur ou dingetjie. Sy het nie eers gesmaail nie, ek weet in die eerste plek nie hoekom sy dit wou doen as sy nie gaan lyk asof sy dit geniet nie. Sy wou dit duidelik net doen om klaar te kry. Sy het vir my gesê ek moet lê en oopmaak. Ek wou eers ’n paar vrae vra, maar was te bang. Ek het maar gedoen wat sy sê het en gelê en oopgemaak – wyd oopgemaak. Sy het haar instrument gevat in dit ingesit – diep ingesit. Oe. Sy het eers stadig begin en al hoe vinniger en harder gegaan. Ek het gekreun. Sy het my nie eers jammer gekry nie, vir my gesê ek moet ophou. Ek het maar stilgebly en my bes probeer om die pyn te onderdruk tot sy klaar was.

PIET MATIPA Dit was na die tyd so seer en ek moes haar nog betaal het ook. Ek was opgeswel en het selfs gebl... sorry dit is te veel detail. Ek het myself belowe om dit nooit weer te doen nie. Ek het dit toe weer gedoen. Die keer met ’n jonger vrou en nogal ’n mooie ook. Nie dat dit saak maak nie, ek vat gewoonlik wat ek kan kry – beggars can’t be choosers. Ek het van haar gehou, al het sy my ook seer gemaak. Ek het ook gelê en sy het haar instrument ingesit. Elke keer as ek gemoan het van die pyn het sy om verskoning gevra en vir my gesê ek moet net uithou, sy is amper klaar. Ek het vasgeklou aan die bed. Sy het my deeglik gedoen. Die stomme ding het skoon gesweet toe sy klaar is. Sy was in en uit my, vir ’n uur so besig. Ek het respek vir haar dat sy so lank kon uithou. Dit was na die tyd seer, maar dit was darem beter as my eerste keer. Ek het geen probleem gehad om haar te betaal nie. Sy het dit verdien. Ek het breed geglimlag, want ek het baie beter gevoel. Dit was presies wat ek nodig gehad. Veral omdat ek dit solank terug gekry. Sy het vir my gesê ek moet weer terugkom, sy wil dit weer doen. Sy het my verseker dat hoe meer gereeld ek dit doen hoe makliker en pynloos dit gaan word.

Ons het dosente gevra wat is van die verskonings wat hulle al gehoor het as studente klas mis:

- Ek moet my boyfriend lughawe toe neem. - Ek het my hare gewas en kon nie met nat hare klas toe loop nie. - Ek is siek en my ma vertrou nie die dokters in die Kaap nie, so sy het my terug Gauteng toe gevlieg om ons huisdokter/my spesialis daar te gaan sien. - Dr Frenette Southwood Algemene Taalwetenskap / General Linguistics

Piet Matipa. So, van nou af gaan ek meer na die tandarts toe gaan! Oe, waarvan het julle gedink praat ek? Piet Matipa is ’n storielynskrywer vir die sepie 7de Laan asook rubriekskrywer vir Netwerk24.

Die beste/slegste verskoning wat ek al gehoor het, het nogal snaakse gevolge gehad. ’n Student was heel laat met die inlewering van ’n opstel wat hulle

toe by ons destydse (baie skerp) departementele sekretaresse moes inlewer. Die verskoning was dat die geyser gebars het, haar laptop beskadig het voordat die opstel uitgedruk kon word, al die inligting op die rekenaar was nou verlore ens. Toe vra die sekretaresse haar, julle het toe seker ’n loodgieter laat kom om die gebarste pype te laat regmaak? Ja, sê die student. Goed, sê die sekretaresse, bring my dan die kwitansie van die loodgieter as bewys van die geyser herstel. Uitgevang! - Prof WP Visser, Geskiedenis

CANVAS

Canvas Professor of science aims to improve society Award winning professor of physiology and Fulbright scholarship recipient Faadiel Essop excitedly explains his newest venture, a heart centre for Stellenbosch University. Hayley Grammer talks to him about his profession and plans. Henk Oets takes photos.

t will be a joint venture between the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Health Sciences. We still need to work out the logistics but it will straddle the two campuses. “The centre will have two key focus areas: the one would be excellent research to address some of the problems in our society. But what I think would make this centre unique would be post graduate student training. “It will be a place where we can harness the minds of students. I see it as a training ground for African students as well as globally.” He adds that half of the places for each course will go to South African students and the other half will be for international students. “Those positions would be fully funded; I just need to find the money. So if I’m a Nigerian student and I decide to apply and I’m suitable for the course and lucky enough to get accepted, I’ll get a scholarship covering both study fees and living expenses. “Hopefully by next year it will be up and running.” Essop comes from a humble background, growing up in the rural parts of the Western Cape. “I was born in Ceres, a beautiful little town but very small. It was fun days, I remember growing up playing bare foot in the streets. “We soon moved to Paarl, which was actually my parents’ hometown. We left Ceres because there was an earthquake and our house was destroyed.” Essop soon delves into where his fascination with science began. “I don’t recall having any particular interest in science when I started primary school. I think I got my eye smashed playing some sort of game and ended up in Groote Schuur Hospital, that exposed me to the scientific side of things. “I got to experience the big city academic hospital, all these people walking around in white coats and tests being done, it was fascinating to me. That’s my earliest memory of expressing an interest in the sciences.” His interest in science didn’t stop at mere intrigue, things started to get practical rather swiftly. “I had a pet rabbit when I was in primary school and one day I saw that he had died. I don’t know what got into me but I dissected him. “He was my beloved pet but I felt the urge to open him up and see, to discover on my own. “When I was in high school one of my friends nicked his foot on some glass. Before he got it treated I asked him for some blood so that I could look at it on a slide. He was furious, he was in pain and all I wanted was blood so that I could study it under the microscope,” he says. High school saw Essop develop a keen interest in biology, especially on the biochemical side of things. Unfortunately political upheaval disrupted his studies. “The best school that was available to me because of apartheid was Noorder-Paarl Secondary School, so I went there. The facilities weren’t very good and we missed out because of boycotts.

“It was very difficult for me to fo- others take it as an incentive to try cus on studies and I basically lost my things on their own. I was the latter. entire matric year. I learnt a lot on the “It was a chance to explore. I political side of things but matric is a would report back to him but I had alticket to university and that side suf- ready started to take ownership of the fered badly. project and I think perhaps students do “I passed well but not exceptional- less of that today.” ly because of all the disruptions. That A masters (MSC) degree wasn’t cost me my place at medical school.” something that Essop considered until After medicine didn’t work out, his father received a phone call from Essop decided to pursue science and his professor. moved to Cape Town to complete a “He called my dad’s shop and said Bachelor of Science (BSC) degree at that the university had a study grant the University of Cape Town (UCT). for me. So I registered for my masters “Being away from home was a and continued studying. You can also huge learning process, especially hav- upgrade to a doctorate (PhD), so I did ing to figure out buses and trains. and there I was doing a PhD. “You’re amidst all these smart peo“Many years had passed by now ple, people from top schools. I thought and my friends started moving on with it was great, despite coming in with a their lives, getting married and having backlog. babies. “We spent our first day of chemis“I viewed those who had left acatry in the lab and were required to do demia as the ones who were missing an assessment of inventory and look out. They were running around occuat all the equipment. I didn’t have a pied with other responsibilities whilst clue; I had never seen half of it so I I got to do all these fascinating things.” just ticked everything down. But you With a number of interests stemlearn quickly and catch up.” ming far and wide, philosophy has alAfter Essop graduated from UCT ways played a big role in Essop’s life. the question of “what next?” began to “I had a philosophical discussurface. sion group with some friends during “My students ask me the same my MSC and PhD years where we question all the would meet up once time and I give a week. For me it’s not about them the same “Science was the closed science in only a component of speech I was given back then. the lab, my life story will a larger world view. “You can eiwould stay up tell you that. It’s about how We ther become a into the early hours teacher by doing I can play a wider role in of the morning looka year-long diing at texts, engagsociety.” ploma or you can ing in fierce arguget into compaments and debates. nies such as the biotech industry and People would leave there angry, myuse the generic skills you’ve picked self included, egos bruised. up. “It forced us to check our argu“So I had the same choices as stu- ments again and strengthen them, dents have today. A lot of my friends a good skill to have in the sciences started to exit the system, branching because you have to consider all the into teaching and so forth. deficiencies in your work, see where “With no disrespect, it wasn’t you were caught out and make sure it enough for me. I wanted to aim for doesn’t happen again,” he says. more and I convinced my father to One day Essop noticed an adverallow me to stay at university for an- tisement in the paper for a post doctorother year.” ate fellowship in the heart unit at UCT. Essop explains that it is important By this time Essop was married and to trust in life’s plan for you, empha- had started having children. sising that when he started out he “I applied for the program purely never pictured himself being where he because it was interesting to me, it was is today. probably a bit a selfish but I’m lucky “It’s an important lesson I teach to have such a good wife because she my students. I was just following the didn’t stop me. journey of life; you have to go with the “So now I was in the top laboraflow. I didn’t have any preconceived tory at the UCT medical school, which plans. I always say ‘happiness is a was an important stage in my develjourney, not a destination’.” opment as a scientist. I received top He applied again for medicine just mentorship from Professor Lionel before starting honours and had to Opie which was fantastic because this choose between science and medicine. field involves a lot of learning from “I decided on honours in medical your mentors. biochemistry at the UCT medical cam“Opie was interested in the heart pus and I was happy. I had amazing and metabolism, that’s where I found lecturers and it was fascinating. My my niche, in the biochemistry of the professors there taught me things that heart. I still remember today. “Then I was awarded a Fulbright The professor tasked with super- scholarship and spent time in the vising his honours project was a clini- States,” he says. cian which meant that Essop was left After returning from America, to his own devices a lot of the time. Stellenbosch University (SU) made This enabled him to grow as a scien- some advances towards Essop but he tist. showed no interest in accepting a posi“I could have taken his absence in tion at the university. two ways, I see it now in my students. “It was probably arrogance and Some of them panic and ask for help, loyalty towards UCT that initially

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made me decline. “I went for the interview and was offered the job. It was closer to home so my family said that I had to take the position, until then I had been driving from Paarl to UCT and back every day. “At Stellenbosch I had the opportunity to build my own thing. I could get my own funding and make my own stamp in the sciences. “That’s how I could delve further into the heart and also my own interests. That’s what brought me here.” Essop became head of the Department of Physiological Sciences and held that position for 6 years until stepping down this year to refocus on research and teaching. “My approach to teaching is open minded, I wait for the student to approach me, to show initiative. If they have no passion, they shouldn’t be here. “I’m not the policeman, I’m here to inspire and stimulate you. To work together to create new knowledge, not to drive you. Although Essop says he has reached the pinnacle of his success, boredom has started creeping in, pushing him to look for a new challenge. “I’m working on a fresh project. The longer you continue down the path of academia, you begin seeing your influence spreading a bit wider into society and you start having a greater philosophical influence. “For me it’s not about the closed science in the lab, my life story will tell you that. It’s about how I can play a wider role in society.” Essop draws his attention to a poster, pointing out one of his favourite Dalai Lama quotes. It’s something that remains with him constantly, he says. “Man surprised me most about humanity. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. “Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. “And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”

What his students think: “He likes to pose burning questions that you have to prepare for and present in front of the class. By doing this he allows you to research the topic, ensuring you are well prepared for his lectures,” says Natasha Driescher, a PhD student. “Prof is an outstanding academic and a fantastic mentor. He has an unbelievable ability to simplify something initially horrifying and complex, making it accessible to whoever he's speaking to. His lecturing style stimulates an understanding behind physiology, and in doing so, he makes the complexities seem like small obstacles that just need a little bit of attention,” says Marco Saieva, a third year physiology student.

Sport

21 September 2016

Matie students perform at Paralympic Games

Photos: MATIES SPORT

Five Matie student athletes were chosen to represent South Africa during the Paralympic Games in Rio from 7-18 September. These athletes formed part of the team of 45 South African athletes that participated in ten different sporting codes. South Africa’s Paralympic team finished the games with a total of 17 medals: seven gold, six silver and four bronze.

Anruné Liebenberg Anruné Liebenberg, who ran in the T45/46/47 category as a left arm amputee claimed a silver medal in the 400m, finishing with a time of 58.88. Liebenberg also finished in 4th place in the 200m.

Dyan Buis Dyan Buis, diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, narrowly missed out on a bronze medal and placed 4th in the 100 m (T38) with a time of 11.29. Buis also obtained a bronze medal in the long jump with a distance of 6.58 m. On Saturday night, Buis won gold and also set up a new Paralympic Record in the 400m with a time of 49.46.

Roxy Burns

Hendri Herbst

Charl du Toit

The paracyclist, Roxy Burns suffers from a rare genetic progressive disorder, Ataxia Telangiecstasia. Burns participated in both the 3 000m individual pursuit for the category T1-23, where she finished in 11th place, as well as the 500m (C3) time trail which she completed in 45.071, placing her in 10th place.

The swimmer, Hendri Herbst, finished 4th in the 100m (S11) backstroke and 6th in the 50m (S11) freestyle with a time of 27.11. Herbst swam in the S11 category as a blind athlete.

Charl du Toit, diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, made it a double gold for South Africa, breaking a world record and a Paralympic record. Du Toit ran the 100m (T37) in an astonishing 11.42 seconds, setting up a new world record. He also finished the 400 (T34) meter in 51.13, breaking the Paralympic record.

GROOT SPORTS Organiseerders maak vrouebemagtiging die doelwit

Heemstede wen Eendrag Damestouch

DENISE ROBERTSON

Heemstede het Aristea vanjaar net-net in ekstra tyd geklop om as vanjaar se Damestouch wenners gekroon te word. Die toernooi is in 1981 amptelik deur Eendrag geskep om ’n geleentheid vir vrouekoshuise te skep om hulle touch rugbyvaardighede te wys. Verskillende vrouekoshuise ding om die kampioentitel mee onder die afrigting van verskillende seksies in Eendrag.

Die spanne speel dan uitkloprondes. Hoewel dit prettig en opwindend moet wees, is Damestouch ook gerig op die bewusmaking van belangrike kwessies. Volgens Karl-Hein Pool, organiseerder van Damestouch, het die doel van die toernooi oor die jare verander en is dit steeds aan die ontwikkel. “Watch this space. “Ons wil vrouebemagtiging en die bewusmaking van alkoholmisbruik onder studente ons doelwit

maak.” In Damestouch se beginjare het Huis ten Bosch gereeld die toernooi gewen. Volgens Leeann Louwrens, spanlid van Heemstede, was dit “regtig spesiaal” om vanjaar te wen, aangesien hulle verlede jaar in die halfeindstryd verloor het. Louwrens was in haar skik met vroue wat ook rugby kan speel. “Dit wys net dat ons ook kan doen wat mans kan doen. “Gelykheid manifesteer beslis deur die kompetisie,” het sy gesê.

Foto: VERSKAF

UIT DIE ARGIEWE Damestouch in vroeër jare.

Foto: DENISE ROBERTSON

WENSPAN Heemstede se span met hul wentrofee.

WEDNESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2016 | FREE

Goliath vs David in Varsity Netball match

Photo: SASPA

BATTLE FOR THE BALL Leanne Nigrini from Maties and Micaela Peters from UCT competing for the ball at the Coetzenburg Indoor Centre in Stellenbosch on Monday evening. Maties were the ultimate champions of the match and beat UCT with a massive 69-25 win.

Maties Sport Cluster Day

Huis Marais vs Helderberg in Sauer-koshuiseindstryd

Damestouch

On Saturday 1 October Maties Sport: Recreation and Active Lifestyle Unit (RALU) will host a Spring Day/ Cluster Day. The event will take place from 9:00 to 14:00 at the Coetzenburg Sports Ground. Maties Sport RALU will team up with Cell C and MFM 92.6. The event will feature six Matie clusters, AmaMaties, Rubix, Validus, Victoria, VicMeyer and Wimbledon. The clusters will be battling it out in Rugby 7’s, soccer, netball and hockey tournaments. There will also be a bubble soccer tournament in which everyone can partake in. MFM presenter, JM Henning will be doing a charity event by walking 50kms around Stellenbosch over a period of two days, to raise funds for local disabled athletes. His journey will end on Saturday at the Coetzenburg sport fields as the crowd welcomes him. Music will be provided by Stellenbosch’s radio station MFM 92.6. Presenters will also be entertaining Foto: FACEBOOK the crowd with numerous competiFEESVIERINGE Heemstede is die wenner van vanjaar se tions. Damestouch. Lees meer op bl. 15.

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Vrydagaand sal een van die grootste koshuisrugbykompetisies in die land se kampioene beslis word wanneer Huis Marais en Helderberg mekaar in die Sauer-eindstryd die stryd aansê op die Danie Craven-stadion. Ná ’n lang seisoen vol opskuddings en vuurwerke sal vanjaar se twee beste rugbykoshuise om die titel meeding. Huis Marais het verlede jaar in die eindstryd teen Dagbreek verloor, maar sal Vrydagaand daarvoor wil opmaak, terwyl Helderberg hierdie jaar op die einde van die groep fases momentum begin optel het en moes hulle op die laaste dag van wedstryde vir Helshoogte klop om hul plek in die top vier te bevestig. Helshoogte was vir die grootste gedeelte van die kompetisie bo-aan die punteleer, diematie.com

maar het verlede Vrydagaand in die een halfeindstryd vir die tweede keer agtereenvolgens teen Helderberg verloor, al was dit ook baie naelskraap. Helshoogte het net-net met 17-12 geseëvier. In die ander halfeindstryd het Huis Marais vir PSO Barbarians met 21-12 geklop, nadat PSO eers met 12-0 voor was. Huis Marais het die hele seisoen konsekwent gevaar en is dit eintlik geen verrassing om hulle weer in vanjaar se eindstryd te sien nie. ’n Mens moet dink dat Huis Marais die gunstelinge vir die titel is, oor die stabiele seisoen wat hulle die jaar gehad het, maar met die vorm waarin Helderberg tans is kan hulle enige span van sy troon afgooi en daarom gaan hulle Vrydagaand ’n baie gevaarlike teenstander vir Huis Marais wees. Die wedstryd begin Vrydagaand om 20:15 op die Coetzenburg-sportgronde. die_matie_student_life