Die Matie 26 April 2016

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Stellies’ fave flower lady

DINSDAG 26 APRIL 2016 | GR ATIS

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Has history caught up with oom Jan? 5 9

Dr Rocker oor sy dubbel lewe

Dié sop gaan (Afrika)burn

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OPINIONS Students have their say about campus safety

How do you feel about Campus Security?

Kelcy Kennedy BA Humanities II

Megan Engelbrecht BA Humanities II

Kyle Van Soest BSC II

Charl Theron B.Rek I

Setshaba Aaron BA Humanities II

“The security is very bad.

One night I asked Campus Security to take me home because I was afraid to walk alone, but they told me that they couldn’t.

G4S took me home after I was rejected by Campus Security.”

“A few weeks ago I phoned Campus Security to take me home and they said no.

This really upset me because I thought that it was their job to ensure the safety of students.

“My friends were at Eendrag one night when they were robbed at gunpoint. The security guards just sat there and did nothing to help. I don’t feel safe even if security guards are around because I can’t trust that they will protect me.”

“Ná die insident by harmonie is daar baie meer sekuriteit, veral G4S voertuie.

Hierdie voertuie moet orals geplaas word en nie net in areas waar daar ’n insident was nie.”

“Nothing has been done even though incidents were reported. They are just replaced by new incidents and the cycle continues. The problem is not that there aren’t enough security guards, it is the fact that they are not efficient.”

Nuraan Mitchell LLB II

Meghan Mosalisa BA Humanities II

Jeremy Green Marketing III

Monde Petje LLB II

Waldie Kuhn Conservationist Ecology I

“There is no security between Victoria street and Fharga as well as between Metanoia and En Route. The security was only around during the time when Van der Sterr burnt down. I’ve asked to be escorted home many times, but Campus Security always rejects me. As a female having to walk home alone at night, I fear for my safety.”

“Men in black have been around more frequently this week.

Last night I was at the library untill late and there were at least four security guards around.

Security has definitely improved since the rape incidents occurred.

I think that the university felt obligated to improve security on campus.”

“Security on campus is okay.

Dark roads where students need to walk home at night are never monitored.

There should be security in every road to ensure that students get home safely after studying late at night.”

“There are so many ‘Men in Black’ during protests, but they disappear once the hype has faded. This makes me think that one needs to go very far in order to feel safe. Only when the lives of women are endangered, protection is offered and this only lasts for a while for the sake of ‘putting up appearances’ of so called safety and security.”

“I don’t feel threatened when I’m on campus at night. I do however feel that it is extremely dangerous late at night.

As a student town we are targeted because attackers know that people are out late at night and there are many potential targets. When people need security, however, they are never there.”

Neila Cunningham BA Humanities III

Sarfaraaz Ganie LLB II

Lauren Weir BA Humanities II

Henk Neethling B.Rek I

Lauren Van Rensburg Opvoedkunde I

“The beggars on campus are getting out of hand. They are extremely rude and make you feel very uncomfortable if you don’t give them what they ask for. Homeless people are all over campus and are granted as much access as students.

This is dangerous for our safety and security should be around during the day to monitor the situation.”

“One night my friends and I sat outside Admin B in our car eating McDonalds. An unmarked white vehicle approached us and we drove away.The vehicle followed us and we later found out that it was Campus Security. Why are their vehicles unmarked?

Students cannot trust unmarked vehicles because anyone could claim to be security and we wouldn’t know.”

“The security has significantly improved since last year. I have seen security guards everywhere.

I do, however, feel that the parking lot at Humarga is extremely dangerous and have felt threatened numerous times after studying there late at night.

I have never seen security around there.”

“Ek voel sleg vir meisies wat snags alleen huistoe moet loop.

Ek dink studente moet reël om ná toetse in groepe te loop want dit behoort baier veiliger te wees.

Die drank-kultuur affekteer studente se veiligheid.

Dit beïnvloed jou oordeel.

As jy dronk is sal jy nie aan jou veiligheid dink nie.

As studente moet ons meer versigtig wees.”

“Ek het onlangs by kampussekuriteit ’n klag gelê oor ’n man wat my aanhoudend teister wanneer ek huis toe loop.

Hulle het my verseker dat hulle my in die toekoms huis toe sal neem as ek onveilig voel.

Ek het ’n tydjie daarna hulle gebel, maar hulle was nie juis baie gelukkig om my huis toe te neem nie. Hulle het my soos ’n oorlas laat voel.”

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Much Joy for miss VC

FLOWER POWER “Flowers are essential to mankind”

Behind the Blommestalletjie bouquets JOAN VAN DYK

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ie Blommestalletjie flower stall in Andringa Street is a bloom of vibrancy amongst the monotonous neon lights of the commercial outlets around it.

Most Stellenbosch residents will have come into contact with the woman behind the bouquets, Gaye Barbour.

“Flowers are essential to mankind,” says Barbour.

“When people stop buying flowers, that should be a clear indication that the world is ending,” she quipped .

Originally from Zimbabwe, Barbour moved to South Africa to complete a B.A. in Drama at the University of Cape Town.

She transitioned to floristry because “ag, there are flowers in the family”.

Barbour’s aunt sent her to train under Joan Pare, a famous florist who was in charge of the flower arrangements for many former heads of state, but whose main claim to fame was her arrangements for American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

“She was an awe-inspiring mentor,” Barbour added.

According to Barbour, working in the flower industry is a matter of passion.

“When people walk into a flower shop their emotions are heightened.

I see the whole spectrum of human emotion every day.

“It’s very touching to meet somebody at that point of need.”

“I have learnt more about people in the past two years than in the rest of my life,” she adds.

“The greedy, the grumpy, the ugly and the abnormally beautiful all want fresh flowers.

I should write a book about it. The value of each individual has become so clear, I’m humbled by it all.

“The flower industry is a prima donna,” says Barbour.

“Last year the rose industry of the Western Cape collapsed when big companies started buying roses from Zambia.

Photo: HENK OETS

FLOWER POWER Gaye Barbour at Die Blommestalletjie in Andringa street.

“What’s more, the sunflower season started seven weeks late.”

She attributes these issues to climate change.

She is worried that small businesses like hers will struggle because they are more vulnerable to inflation of flower costs than commercial outlets.

Nonetheless, she is convinced that the flower industry will survive.

“We need to stay in contact with

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nature,” she added.

Barbour speaks fondly of both the happy and sad memories she’s collected in her three years at the stall.

“A poor lady who was very ill came into the stall. A mother of six.

“She got pneumonia and none of the children were willing to help her.

She bought a R100 bunch for the lady who nursed her back to health and burst into tears when she paid.

R100 was worth a million to her.

“That’s the power of a flower.

“Then there are the young couples in love, best friends buying each other flowers and husbands spoiling their wives. I try to create a portrait of each customer in my arrangements, which I often enhance with aromatherapy.

“But creation is a never-ending process, you never know what you’ll end up with.”

LAYKIN RUDOLPH

Joy Mashego, a student from Stellenbosch University (SU), was crowned Miss Varsity Cup for 2016 on 11 April.

On a dreary evening for FNB Maties, Mashego’s crowning was a silver lining after the home team lost the Varsity Cup final to FNB NWU-Pukke.

Mashego went from being Miss Varsity Cup Stellenbosch to the overall winner of the beauty pageant during the half-time break.

The respective universities had individual competitions and chose a winner who then competed for the overall title of Miss Varsity Cup. Mashego, a third year B.Acc student, needed convincing to enter and it was the community service aspect that motivated her.

“Miss Varsity Cup didn’t have a deeper meaning to it, I thought it was about who has the longest legs, bluest eyes, or nicest weave,” she said.

“I thought I’m not beauty pageant material. I then did my research and found out Miss Varsity Cup is associated with lots of community service and this made me enter.”

The judging panel consisted of a representative of Varsity Cup, Legit (an official sponsor) and the votes from the public that was done over Facebook.

Mashego grew up in a township in Mpumalanga and got involved in community service at a very young age.

“I was that kid that wasn’t involved in many activities, in high school I dedicated most of my time to community service. I come from a disadvantaged background, I know what it’s like to struggle and to see how people don’t have hope for a better future.”

Mashego will continue with community work this year. As Miss Varsity Cup she will work at the safe house, L’Abrie de Dieu in Stellenbosch. They provide housing to women and their children after they have fled cases of domestic violence.

One of her biggest aspirations is to go into motivational speaking. She has started mentoring Miss Kayamandi and wants to reach out to many more girls. “What I want to do is give them hope and share my story of coming from a township, so they can relate to me.”

NEW HOPE SUMMIT

Transformation extends beyond race student leader structures.

Their relevance was called in to question and debated at length. he New Hope Summit InkuluFreeheid is a non2016 gave student leaders profit organisation that is led from various institutions by volunteers who aims to the opportunity to engage with deepen democracy, enhance the issue of transformation and social cohesion, and solve major decolonization. economic challenges.

Stellenbosch played host to The organiser of the summit, the two-day event which saw the Gwenn Fynn, student leaders from eight The goal was to use the emphasised that the goal was to institutions avenues of student lead- use the avenues across the of student leaders Western Cape ers to get everyone on the to get everyone discussing same page on the same page various topics and geared towards the common and exchanging ideas. goal that is transformation and According to Kgotsi Chikane, decolonization. student activist & national Language was also a “hot president of the InkuluFreeheid, topic”. They looked specifically it is important that student leaders at the privileged status that be firm when campaigning for Afrikaans is given over, for change and not back down just example, isiXhosa & leaders because it makes some people voiced concerns about the effects uncomfortable. it would have if the status was The role of student leaders “taken away”. It was pointed came under the spotlight as some out that what looks like “taking recent protests were not led by the ANEL RETIEF

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away” from one language is actually just “levelling the playing field” and that policies should seek to protect and represent all languages equally. During lunch a conversation was overheard amongst a group of black SRC members from different institutions, they were all speaking English. They were asked why they did not use their mother tongue. The answer was simple but speaks volumes towards understanding and cultural compassion. They explained that everyone has different cultures so they use English to “include all in the conversation”.

Various other issues were also discussed including the importance of acknowledging that transformation extends beyond just “race”. Instead social differences such as gender and sexuality are all linked to one another and if a society is to transform, the public needs to be educated and embrace these differences.

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POTJIE SOP VIR JOU? ’n Middeleeuse wa met ’n struktuur daarop gemonteer om sonlig te konsentreer, het onlangs op die Rooiplein aandag getrek. Fisikastudente het ongeveer ’n jaar lank gewerk om dié struktuur saam prof Paul Papka te ontwerp en te bou. Die doel hiermee is om bewustheid van sonkrag te verhoog. Sop is in ’n 50 liter pot op die struktuur gekook. Die struktuur is op pad na AfrikaBurn in die Karoo, waar dit aan die brand gesteek sal word.

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BAKLEI SÓ

Selfverdediging ‘bepaal oorlewing of jou einde’ klei as met jou kaal hande.

“Daar is baie instrumente wat jy as uid-Afrika se misdaadsituasie wapen kan gebruik en ons oefen met gaan nié binnekort verbeter nie voorwerpe waarop jy vinnig jou hande en selfverdediging raak daarom kan lê,” het Coetzee verduidelik. net meer belangrik.

Coetzee het genoem dat voorDít volgens Riaan Coetzee van werpe soos skoene, selfone en opgeFortis Pro Active Defence Solu- rolde tydskrifte as wapens gebruik kan tions, ’n beveiligingsmaatskappy wat word. selfverdedingsklasse by universiteite “Ons kyk ook na hoe jy jou hande, regoor die land aanbied. voete en knieë kan gebruik om jouself Coetzee is deur AfriForum Jeug te verdedig. op die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) “Ek fokus veral op hoe jy alles in genader om selfverdedigingsklasse vir jou vermoë moet doen om nie op die studente te gee, ná twee verkragtings grond te beland nie, want in só ’n situonlangs op kampus gebeur het. asie is dit baie moeilik om jouself te Marle Odendaal, organiseerder van verdedig.” dié inisiatief, het gesê Afri-Forum Jeug Ingrid Kluckow, ’n eerstejaarstuvind dit ondent in BA “Ek fokus veral op hoe jy aanvaarbaar taal en kultuur, dat dit nie net meen egter dat alles in jou vermoë moet een keer nie, sulke klasse nie doen om nie op die grond maar twee voldoende is nie, te beland nie, want in só ’n keer gebeur omdat geen aanhet in ’n ge- situasie is dit baie moeilik om val op dieselfde bied wat eintwyse gebeur nie. jouself te verdedig” lik ’n veilige “Geen aanomgewing vir valler gebruik studente moet wees. dieselfde taktiek nie, die eksterne fak“Kampusveiligheid is die kampus- tore soos waar jy is en wat jy by jou bestuur se verantwoordelikheid en dus het gaan altyd verskil,” het Kluckow buite ons beheer, maar ons kan wel gesê. studente toerus om hulself tot die beste Coetzee meen egter dat die klasse van hul vermoë te beveilig en op ’n vroue se denkwyse oor gevaarlike gepaste wyse op te tree indien nodig,” situasies verander. het Odendaal gesê.

“Wat baie keer gebeur, is dat vrees Volgens Coetzee beplan hy die oorneem en vroue weerloos laat. klasse rondom verskeie gevaarsitu“Die opleiding gee vroue ’n basis asies. om op terug te val.

“Ons fokus eerstens op luister“Vroue wat selfverdediging ken, verdediging, wat behels dat jy bewus kan kalm bly. moet wees van wat om jou aangaan.

“Hulle is nie meer senuwee“Hoe gouer jy bewus is van ’n wrakke in gevaarlike situasies nie, probleem, hoe makliker kan jy dit want hulle het meer selfvertroue in hul vermy. vermoëns,” het Coetzee gesê.

“Daarná kyk ons na verdediging “Dit kan met enigiemand gebeur met voorwerpe in jou hande, want dis en selfverdediging kan die verskil tusbeter om met iets in jou hande te ba- sen oorlewing en jou einde beteken.”

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VAT SO Riaan Coetzee leer studente hoe om hulleself teen aanvallers te verdedig.

SSVO

Sentrum vir voorligting ondersteun 3 480 studente in 2015 AN-MARI SNYMAN

Studente besef nie hoeveel die SSVO (Sentrum vir Studentevoorligting en Ontwikkeling) vir hulle bied nie.

Só sê dr Munita Dunn-Coetzee, die direkteur van die SSVO, asook voorsitter van die taakspan wat kyk na die konsepbeleid oor onbillike diskriminasie en teistering.

Sy sê ook die studente is moontlik nie bewus van alles wat die SSVO bied nie weens ʼn tekort aan bemarking.

Die SSVO bestaan uit vyf onderskeie komponente.

Die Eenheid vir Gelykwaardigheid het onlangs deel geword van die sentrum en is ʼn uitgebreide kantoor vir die voorheen bekende MIV/Vigskantoor.

Dit sluit egter nou die bevordering van bewustheid asook opleiding op die gebied van seksualiteit, geslag en onbillike diskriminasie in.

Volgens Dunn-Coetzee beskou meeste studente die eenheid vir Psigoterapeutiese en Ondersteuningsdienste as die belangrikste komponent van die SSVO. Statistiek toon dat die SSVO soveel as 3480 kliënte in 2015 gehelp het in ʼn totaal van 7816 sessies. ʼn Student se terugvoer op die

SSVO lui “die motivering is die gedeelte waarvan ek die meeste hou omdat ons geneig is om te vergeet om gemotiveerd te voel wanneer ons ‘depressief’ raak oor al die werk”.

Die SSVO is ook afhanklik van kampus se 24 uur-krisisdiens.

Indien daar iewers op kampus fout gaan en ʼn student benodig dringend hulp, kan die persoon óf die USBD óf die krisisdiens kontak.

In beide gevalle sal die diens indien dit nodig is, hul na die SSVO verwys. In die geval van verkragting sien kampus dikwels soos met menige ander tipes insidente, nie die werk agter die skerm nie.

In 2016 is daar reeds twee verkragtings op kampus aangemeld en sedertien verleen die SSVO bystand aan die slagoffers.

Die eerste twee tot drie dae ná die geval kry die slagoffer deurlopende bystand, daarna sal die SSVO die student ondersteun soos dit hom of haar eie behoefte is, maar die hulp kan tot etlike maande strek.

In die geval waar ʼn verkragting by die krisisdiens gerapporteer word, sal die SSVO onmiddellik ʼn sielkundige aan die slagoffer voorsien.

Dunn-Coetzee meen omdat verkragting so ʼn breë term is, is almal nie altyd seker of dit wel verkragting is nie en daarom huiwer

sommige slagoffers om dit aan te meld.

Sy sê ook verder dat baie slagoffers eerder swyg om dit nie aan te meld nie weens die stigma wat daar rondom verkragting is.

Dunn-Coetzee het verder gesê sy is beskikbaar vir alle studente en sy hoop om die SSVO toeganklik as moontlik vir almal te maak.

Die vyf komponente waaruit die SSVO bestaan: 1. Die Eenheid vir Gelykwaardigheid

2. Die Eenheid vir Gestremdhede 3. Die Eenheid vir Akademiese Voorligting en Ontwikkeling 4. Die Eenheid vir Psigoterapeutiese en Ondersteuningsdienste 5. Die Eenheid vir Graduandi-loopbaandienste 24 uur Krisisdiens: 082 557 0880

Só werk mediese proses vir verkragtingslagoffers beter bekend as die “sexual assault evidence correction kit”, om die Die situasie rondom verkragtings ondersoek te doen. het die afgelope paar maande Enige bewyse móét in ʼn opspraak op kampus gemaak. spesifieke bewyssakkie met die Dr Lizette Albertse, ’n oudpolisie se wapen op geplaas word, Matie en die algemene praktisyn anders word dit nie in die hof van die Stellenbosch-Franschoek aanvaar nie. area, het studente Donderdag Indien ʼn slagoffer ná die toegespreek oor wat gebeur as ondersoek ʼn kledingstuk saambring verkragtingslagoffers mediese hulp wat die persoon reeds uitgetrek het, nodig het. is dit noodsaaklik om dit nie in ʼn As algemene praktisyn is plastieksak te vervoer nie.

Albertse die Dit moet persoon wat Enige bew yse móét eerder in ’n bruin die mediese papiersak geplaas in ’n spesifieke bew ysondersoek sakkie met die polisie se word. ná ʼn “Die DNA wapen op geplaas word, moet asemhaal”, verkragting doen. anders word dit nie in die het Albertse gesê Daar is en bygevoeg dat hof aanvaar nie. drie maniere bewyse verlore waarop ʼn gaan indien dit verkragtingslagoffer by haar kan nie korrek en versigtig hanteer uitkom. word nie. Die pasiënt ontvang ook Die polisie kan pasiënte na haar medikasie vir die voorkoming van bring of verwys, die krisisdiens kan seksueel oordraagbare siektes, die dieselfde doen, of laastens kan die “morning after pill” en HIV/Vigspasiënt haar direk kontak. voorkomings-medikasie.

Die mediese ondersoek is die Hierdie medikasie word gratis suksesvolste indien dit binne 72 uur aan die pasiënt voorsien en die ná die verkragting plaasvind. persoon ontvang ook medikasie vir Alberts het beklemtoon hoe die volgende 28 dae. gouer die slagoffer mediese sorg Albertse sê egter dat sy nie kry, hoe beter. alles op een slag voorsien nie. om Daar word gebruik gemaak sodoende kontak met die pasiënt te van die sogenaamde “Rapekit”, behou.

AN-MARI SNYMAN

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J.H. MARAIS SU academics gives perspective on history and its statues

Has history caught up with oom Jan? ARLEEN STONE

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ince the start of the #RhodesMustFall campaign early last year, statues, specifically those depicting colonial and apartheid South Africa, have been placed both under a microscope – and on a chopping block.

Recently the statue of J.H. Marais which has been watching over the Rooiplein of Stellenbosch University (SU) for decades, has also come under crossfire.

However, when students on campus were asked about J.H. Marais, in his time known to all Stellenbosch as Oom Jannie, very few knew.

Some, requesting to stay anonymous, had varying opinions, ranging between him being “[t]he image of colonialisation and white-privilege on campus”, the “man who gave enough money for the University to be the place it is today”, and “someone who really has no influence on the lives of students currently studying at Stellenbosch University”.

But who was J.H. Marais?

Marais was born in 1851 on the farm Coetzenburg – today the well-known sports grounds.

At the age of 19 Marais, along with three of his older brothers, decided to try their luck in the diamond rush.

After being cheated by a disgruntled associate, the brothers were more successful thanks also to Jannie’s keen business sense, and after moving to Kimberley, diamond capital of the world, the brothers were extremely successful.

In 1881, after returning to Stellenbosch, Jannie bought Coetzenburg from his mother.

Marais excelled as a business and community leader in Stellenbosch.

Although quiet-spoke, in 1899 he represented Stellenbosch in the Cape Legislative Assembly, and after the 1910 Unification, became member of the House of Assembly.

Marais and two of his brothers wanted to see Dutch and its descendant, Afrikaans, flourish, and in 1895 gave medals to students at Victoria College (SU’s predecessor) who excelled in Dutch.

In 1898 the prizes were converted to bursaries, and in 1902 into a loan fund. Altogether £70 000 was

invested into this fund which the Bureau for Economic Research estimates to be roughly between R14,42 and R19,25 million.

In his will Marais stipulated that funds were to be used to promote education in Afrikaans in both its forms, thus including Dutch.

cal and economic situation in the country.”

The former Head of SU’s History Department, Professor Albert Grundlingh, is a graduate of the University of the Free State and began his career at UNISA in 1973 where he also obtained the MA and D Litt et Phil degrees.

Stellenbosch today In 2001 he moved to the SU as Being situated in the Western Cape, Head of the History Department. with its majority Dutch Afrikaans According to him monuments and speakers from both European and statues are stitting ducks in the face mixed descent, Stellenbosch became of political correctness. the hub of Afrikaner intellectuals “Most individuals don’t make throughout the 20th century. the distinction between history and In part, though certainly not heritage. History is so wide that in exclusively so, some justification for fact, we cannot fully grasp it. apartheid emanated from the SU. Heritage has to do with a parThe recent campaign across many ticular moment and how a group of university campuses to decolonise culturally aware individuals perceive both the curriculum and the campus a person as important enough to be itself, also moved towards Stellenimmortalised in the form of a statue.” bosch.

According to Grundlingh, heriThe Rooiplein and Marais’s statue tage is the “show business side” of therefore behistory, “almost like came the stage a video clip depicting “History is messy and and backdrop a sliver of the past”. for students They are a not therapy.” and workers reminder “that some - Prof Bill Nasson alike to voice individuals, though their opinions. products of their Two pre-eminent SU academics times, rose above the common herd in history were approached for some and were prepared to invest in the perspective. general good.

Professor Bill Nasson studied at “The notion of the ‘general good’ the Universities of Hull and York in changed of course over time and Britain and obtained his PhD from today it is much more inclusive than the University of Cambridge. He before. Currently everyone can benejoined the SU’s History Department fit from Marais’ legacy.” in 2009.

To regard Marais’ statue as a Regarding the history around the symbol of British imperialism is, acMarais and Rhodes statues, he said cording to Grundlingh, short-sighted people “must get used to the fact and ill-formed. that history is messy and that it isn’t On the contrary, it can be retherapy”. garded as an anti-imperial statement He continued: “History isn’t there reflecting the need of Afrikaans to to make you feel good about yourself. escape “from the jaws of unilingual It is there to make you think that the English speaking university in Cape world in which you live is very comTown which was in the offing”. plicated and there are things about it Grundlingh explained that the that you may not like but we have to antagonism between Afrikaners and accept them and deal with them.”

English speakers in the wake of the Regarding the #RhodesMustFall Anglo-Boer War played a part in the campaign, Nasson remarked that need of Dutch-Afrikaans to assert students had been walking past the itself culturally and intellectually.

Rhodes statue at UCT for decades “It does not of course imply,” and did not take notice of it. He feels he concludes, “that the subsequent that it has to do with “outside” rather inglorious dimension of racial disthan “inside” forces within South crimination can be blithely ignored, African universities. but to fully understand how this “I think that it is the present level university was established one has of disenchantment with the politito view it empirically in the context

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OUR BENEFACTOR The statue of J.H. Marais on Rooiplein. of 1916 to 1918, and not consider the origins of the university in the light of current concerns.

“To do that is to create a giant optical illusion.”

What about the future?

South Africa’s complex present is the result of its complex colonial and apartheid past.

The question remains: How can our past result in a harmonius future?

The generation currently studying at universities across South Africa must find that answer in a shared perspective.

So: How can the “Rainbow Nation” become a whole rather than have separated lines of a distinct (colour specific) history and heritage?

De Akker weer in aksie De Akker is al vir byna twee weke weer aan die gang en volgens die entoesiastiese nuwe eienaar, Simon Matthysen, is dié bekende, historiese kroeg weer in sy volle glorie terug.

De Akker was vir drie maande gesluit ná die vorige eienaars die restaurant verkoop het.

Matthysen huur nou dié kroeg en het die afgelope paar maande hard gewerk om die plek te herstel.

“Reëls en regulasies het heelwat verander en De Akker het baie aanpassing nodig gehad,” het Matthysen gesê.

As gevolg van opgraderings in die kombuis, wat onder meer gasinstallasies insluit, is die restaurant nog nie oop nie, maar volgens Matthysen werk hulle hard om besoekers se honger mae binnekort te stil.

Die kombuis moet ook só ingerig word dat dit aan streng gesondheidsregulerings voldoen.

Volgens Matthysen is ’n deel

van De Akker se nuwe visie ook om liefde en respek tussen sy werknemers se bou. Byna al die huidige personeel is nuut aangestel. “ ’n Nuwe span is altyd lekker,” het Matthysen gesê.

Volgens ’n skoonmaker Bongisisa Mzizi het die kroeg baie verbeter.

“De Akker lyk baie netjies en ons is baie trots daarop.

“Die werkers hier het baie ervaring in kliëntediens.

“Ons verseker altyd dat kliënte so vinnig en doeltreffend gehelp word, sodat hulle die kroeg tevrede verlaat en gou weer terug kom,” het Mzizi gesê.

“Ons hoop om die geliefde volgelinge van De Akker te behou, maar wil ook definitief nuwe mense lok na die oudste kroeg in Stellenbosch,” het Matthysen gesê.

De Akker is ook die derde oudste kroeg in die land en Matthysen glo die gewilde kuierplek sal nog lank bly voortleef, solank almal wat die kroeg besoek “net lekker en trots is!”

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STUDENTELEWE

REFINERY

Jay Jays-hoek geraffineer met nuwe baadjie

BEA LINGENFELDER

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ie geliefde Jay Jays, op die hoek van Eikestad-winkelsentrum, het hulle deure aan die einde van 2015 toegerits, maar vanaf 31 Maart is winkel nr. 29 geraffineer met ’n nuwe baadjie, Refinery.

Volgens Jamie Kleinsmidt, bestuurder van Refinery Stellenbosch, is daar ongelukkig geen meer Jay Jays in Suid-Afrika te sien nie.

Sy verduidelik dat die aanvraag na Jay Jays-klere al hoe minder geraak het en dat dit tyd was vir ’n nuwe aanslag.

Modes verander gereeld en besighede moet daarby aanpas.

“Refinery is egter nie die nuwe Jay Jays nie. Ons is ’n hele nuwe besigheid met hul eie styl en verskaffers,” beklemtoon Kleinsmidt.

Refinery is ’n nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse handelsmerk wat hoofsaaklik kopers tussen die ouderdom van 18 tot 28 akkommodeer.

Die teikenmark is nie meer die “meisie en ou” nie, maar die moderne “dame en heer.”

Refinery het egter ’n nuwe invalshoek aangegryp.

Die hoofproduk en -styl van hierdie winkel is denim.

“Denim is tydloos en ’n verstekmode. Ons klere word uitgekies om spesifiek met denim te pas en om alledaags gedra te word.

Ons probeer afwyk van die eksentrieke loopplankuitrustings, maar probeer ons klere steeds met dieselfde

elegansie van die loopplankstyle te balanseer,” het Kleinsmidt gesê.

Visser Gildenhuys, Sportwetenskap-student en verkoopsassistent by Factorie in Eikestad-winkelsentrum, sê die kombinasie van olyfgroen en swart kleure is ’n gunsteling en hy hou daarvan dat die winkel 50/50 tussen mans- en vroueklere verdeel is.

“Die klere laat my dink aan die modeblogger, Magic Fox. Daar is vir elke voorkeur ’n verskeidenheid hemde, truie en broeke.”

Kleinsmidt sê as daar nuwe klere afgelewer word, word al die takke se winkelpoppe dieselfde gestileer om die nuwe items te adverteer.

Tussendeur wissel hulle die poppe se uitrustings met ’n mengsel tussen nuwe en ou items.

“Ons herorganiseer ook ons winkel daagliks, sodoende lok ons verskeie kopers,” sê Kleinsmidt.

Gildenhuys beaam dat die winkelpoppe sy oog eerste gevang het. Hy hou daarvan dat sommige items binne die winkel ook op halwe mannekyne vertoon word – veral die hoede.

“Dit gee die koper ’n idee oor hoe die kledingstuk op jou lyf sal lyk.

Sommige winkels hang hul hoede, en dan rek die vorm dikwels skeef, maar Refinery stapel hulle hoede bo op mekaar en die vorm word mooi behou.”

Tydloos, modern en outentiek – dís hoe Refinery bestempel word.

Boonop is die items bekostigbaar en selfs die studente-sonder-sente sal hulself kan bederf met ’n aankopie of twee... of drie.

WINTERKOPIES WAG Refinery fokus veral op kledingstukke wat by denim sal pas.

Foto’s: HENK OETS

STREET STORE

PET ADOPTION

With great pets come great responsibility Straatwinkel bewapen behoeftiges teen winter GIZELLEDE GÖTZ

Being a private-living student, not having the company of fellow students like in a residence, you tend to get a bit lonely.

Yes, you might have a flat mate, but most of the time flat mates are just there to help pay rent.

There is an easy solution to this loneliness - pets! (Only if allowed by your land lord of course.)

And sometimes it happens that you find a stray cat or dog on your way home and just cannot bare the thought of leaving them there to perish. Of course this is a huge responsibility, but I’m sure if you can hand in an assignment on time that you will be able to feed a cat or dog twice a day. The problem, however, occurs when having to pay for the food, vaccinations and neutering with a students’ allowance.

Being a cat owner of recent and a student, I have investigated cheap ways to care for our four-legged friends. Depending on your monthly income, you can have pets vaccinated and neutered at the Animal Welfare Society Stellenbosch.

Just take a trip down to the welfare and have a chat with them about your circumstances and form of monthly allowance.

If mom and dad is your source of income, you may have to make use of a private vet.

Either way, please make sure you have your pet neutered!

Prices for neutering at a private vet may vary from R800 to R1 200 and vaccinations from R300 to R500.

When buying food you obviously want to give your bundle of fur the best and most nutritious daily meal.

Ladies and gents, the chances of you

KARIN HAMMOND

Photo: HENK OETS Photo: GIZELLEDE GÖTZ

BUNDLE OF FUR It’s possible to care for your pets on a student budget. being able afford Hills on a monthly bases are slim, but don’t fear, because cheaper options are near.

There is nothing wrong with Pick ’n Pay or Checkers bought food like Montego, Whiskas or Purina.

Most vet shops that are Hills supplied have a free Hills starter pack for puppies and kittens with a 400g bag of dry food pellets and other goodies.

And don’t be shy to ask for food samples at vet shops (and no, you can’t ask for samples every week at the same vet shop).

It is also important to get your fluff ball a de-worming pill, as well as some anti-flea supplements.

Products like this are available at any pet shop and they will help guide you in the right dosage for both considering the age and weight of your pet.

The Animal Welfare Society of Stellenbosch is located in Devon Valley Road and you can contact them on 021 886 4901.

Don’t be scared to adopt a furcoated fellow, just do it responsibly.

Die studenteraad van Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) se Sosiale Impakkomitee beplan ’n Street Store vir Woensdag, wat op die ingenieursfakulteit se grasperk gehou sal word.

Die organiseerder van Street Store Maties, Kylie Kuhl, verduidelik dat hulle heinings gaan oprig waarteen hulle die klere sal ophang.

Elke persoon sal vyf items kan uitkies en vrywilligers sal elke groep mense wat ingelaat word help om klere te kies wat die beste pas.

“Ons mik om 7 000 tot 10 000 items in te samel en maak reg vir sowat 1 000 tot 1 500 behoeftige mense,” het Kuhl gesê.

Straatlig, Kruiskerk se gemeenskapsorganisasie en Kuhl het onlangs vergader en gaan ná Woensdag databasisse vergelyk.

Volgens Kuhl hoop hulle om in 2017 hulle geleenthede verskillende tye van die jaar hou.

Om Street Store Maties te ondersteun kan studente tweedehandse klere, skoene en serpe in die bokse by hul koshuise, fakulteite of PSO’s gooi of by die studenteraad se kantoor afgee.

Sowat 220 minderbevoorregtes van Stellenbosch het van oor tot oor geglimlag toe hulle vroeër in die maand tweedehandse klere kon uitkies by Straatlig se derde Street Storegeleentheid.

Die tafels in Kruiskerk se onthaalsaal was oorlaai van klere en skoene wat studente, gemeentelede en besighede geskenk het.

Behoeftiges kon om die beurt met die hulp van ’n assistent vir hulself onder meer een broek, ’n baadjie en ’n paar skoene uit te kies.

Handdoeke, beddegoed en sagte speelgoed is ook uitgepak.

Sonja Olivier, hoofadministratiewe beampte van Straatlig, sê hulle bied dié geleentheid jaarliks voor die winter aan.

“Dis nie noodwendig net vir straatmense nie; dis vir almal wat te min inkomste kry om van te leef.”

Sy verduidelik dat Straatlig ’n databasis het waarop hulle aanteken wie al watter klere gekry het.

So kan hulle sien wie al byvoorbeeld ’n paar tekkies gekry het.

“Dis om ’n sin van verantwoordelikheid by mense te skep,” het Olivier gesê.

Nicky van Rooyen*, een van die behoeftiges by die geleentheid, het gesê dat die klere vir haar baie beteken.

“Die klere gaan my help in die winter, elke dag.” *Skuilname is gebruik

HOE WERK STREET STORE? Street Store is ’n tipe opwipwinkel waar haweloses verniet inkopies kan doen.

Street Store is in 2014 in Kaapstad begin en word nou onder dié handelsmerk in dorpe wêreldwyd gehou.

Kartonplakate met gapings in word gewoonlik teen ’n heining opgesit en dan word klere deur die gapings opgehang.

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‘Slaapkamersessies’ met Deon Meiring Die Afrikaanse musiekwêreld het die eerste keer van Deon Meiring kennis geneem danksy Glaskas en Dans Dans Lisa. In 2013 het hy met Die Slaapkamersessies begin, waar hy elke week vir tien weke ’n nuwe liedjie geskryf het en op YouTube vrygestel het. Meiring is tans besig om die land met Die Slaapkamer Sessies te deurkruis.

Ingrid Heÿdenrÿch het met hom gesels. Henk Oets het foto’s geneem.

Was dit van die begin af jou idee om Die Slaapkamersessies verder as YouTube te vat en ’n CD en toer daarvan te maak?

Dit was nie ’n ding van ‘ek gaan hierdie doen en dan word dit groot en dan word dit ’n show nie’. ’n Mens laat maar toe dat alles bietjie hulle voete vind soos dit aangaan. Die aanvanklike doel was net om myself uit te daag om tien nuwe liedjies te skryf en dit op YouTube te sit.

Soos dinge gevorder het, het ek besef dat hierdie dalk iets groter kan wees. Ek het besef mens kan ’n show hiervan maak wat meer intiem is, waar jy oogkontak kan maak met mense.

So dit het baie natuurlik oorgevloei.

Verkies jy die intieme shows bó die groter rock shows soos wat jy saam met Glaskas doen?

Glaskas en Dans Dans Lisa is groter oor die algemeen.

Dis flippen lekker. ’n Mens raak gewoond aan ’n groot crowd wat responsive is.

Maar dan voel mens partykeer ‘man, ek wil net bietjie chill, ek wil hê mense moet luister na die lirieke’.

Mens kan nie eintlik kies nie.

Op die oomblik is ek in ’n fase waar ek daarvan hou om stories te vertel, om in te zoom op die musiek.

Ek het nog altyd gesê my musiek is liriekgedrewe, maar dit is nie altyd waar nie.

Met Glaskas wil mens net lekker rock en roll en lekker jam. Maar die stories was nog altyd belangrik en nou kom die stories na die voorgrond. Mens kan dit vir langer doen.

Dis baie anders om op jou eie te toer as met ’n band.

Was dit ’n uitdaging om te beweeg van die band na om alleen op die verhoog te wees?

Dit was definitief ’n uitdaging.

Jy dink eerste wat gaan almal

dink daarvan. ’n Mens het altyd ’n band gehad om agter te skuil, nie dat ek skuil agter Glaskas nie, maar daar is twee ander dudes, so as ek ’n fout maak op stage kan ek omdraai en lag vir hulle.

Nou as ek ’n fout maak, is dit ek en die gehoor. Maar mens moet dit doen, jouself uitdaag en nuwe goeters doen, anders stagneer jy.

Gebeur dit ooit dat jy liedjies skryf en dan besef dat jy dit nie kan vrystel nie, omdat dit dalk te persoonlik of te kontroversieël is?

Ja, baie keer. Veral met Die Slaapkamer Sessies het dit baie gebeur, omdat ek net vir ’n week lank daaraan gewerk het.

Byvoorbeeld met die tweede Slaapkamer Sessie, die liedjie se naam is Moeilikheid.

Ek is nie iemand wat vloek in my musiek nie, dit klink nou preuts en dis gladnie waarvan ek vandaan kom nie, maar ek is net nie gewoond daaraan om permanent iets kras in te sit nie.

In die liedjie gebruik ek die woord “bliksem”.

Dis vir my ’n woord wat op ’n daaglikse basis gebruik word maar toe ek dit in die liedjie sit...

Toe wonder ek of ek dit regtig kan publish. Die grap is mense is chilled oor sulke goed, hulle ontvang dit want hulle relate.

Wat sou jy sê is die grootste verskil tussen die Afrikaanse musiekbedryf toe jy begin het en nou?

Ek dink toe ons begin het was ons lucky in die sin van ons het ’n goue era gevang met MK en daai goed.

Ons het ’n platform gehad.

Afrikaanse radio speel nie rockmusiek nie. MK het dit oopgemaak vir ons, skielik was ons in almal se sitkamers.

Maar nou het ons die online-ding.

Suid-Afrika se bandwydte raak baie groter, so dis maklik om op YouTube en so nou dinge te kry.

Die probleem is daar is baie clutter.

Danksy die aanlyn-ding het Spoegwolf byvoorbeeld hulle verskyning gemaak.

Ouens soos dit is post-MK. Daaroor is ek so opgewonde.

Hulle maak dit happen.

Ek dink ons peak nog nie weer soos ’n paar jaar terug nie, maar dis fine, dis normaal. Ons moet weer op ’n soektog gaan om nuwe goeters te ontdek.

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Dink jy dat die clutter die goeie musiek wegsteek?

Ja, daar is mense wat regtig talentvol is wat weggesteek word, omdat hulle nie ’n groot company het wat hulle back nie.

Mens dink hulle talent sal hulle laat uitstaan, maar dit werk nie so nie.

Op sosiale media is dit ’n gewildheidskompetisie.

Party ouens ly daaronder, wat hartseer is.

Maar ek wil nie negatief klink oor die bedryf nie.

Mense regoor die wêreld sukkel, dis nie net in Suid-Afrika nie.

Jy moet maar net aanhou werk, aanhou grind, aanhou songs skryf en hoop iemand hoor jou.

Dis maar hoe dit gaan.

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Tickle your taste buds JAY-DEE CYSTER

Walking through the green doors of Taste Bud Food Pantry & Eatery is like walking into a space designed to make your day feel a little less cluttered and chaotic.

With a friendly staff, reasonable prices, good coffee, a wholesome menu, and an owner who values interaction with her customers, Taste Bud focuses on the little things and gets them right.

Taste Bud, situated at 44 Ryneveld Street, boasts a menu of more than 50 meal options. You are able to enjoy breakfast, brunch, lunch and a sweet treat at the eatery.

Breakfast is served until 11:30am.

The signature Taste Bud Breakfast, consisting of a tasty English breakfast and a free filter coffee at only R30, is a favourite among students and Stellenbosch residents alike.

Taste Bud offers sandwiches, salads, wraps and burgers all made with fresh, organic, and preservative free ingredients.

Owner, Michelle Barry, says she wanted to do organic, home-cooked food that everyone wants to eat.

“All our food is unpretentious, good and wholesome including our cakes that are made from real ingredients. It’s all about real food,” said Barry who sources all her ingredients locally.

This “real food” philosophy is most evident at The Taste Bud Harvest Table Feast served at 12:00 every weekday.

The Harvest Table dishes, consisting of among others, vegetables, lasagne, chicken pie and salads is a wonderful option for those looking for a wholesome home cooked meal.

If you have a large sweet tooth, Taste Bud offers cakes, muffins, and

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UNPRETENTIOUS It’s all about real food at Taste Bud. cupcakes that are freshly baked every morning. The eatery’s New York Cheese Cake should be featured in a cheesecake hall of fame, it’s honestly that delicious.

Taste Bud’s commitment to wholesome, fresh and real food is a wonderful step up from the fast and unhealthy food synonymous with the student lifestyle.

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In baie gevalle is hierdie kritiek geregverdig.

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meer ’n leerskool vir groentjiejoernaliste, ’n plek waar ons koppe stamp terwyl ons leer om soos die groot honde wag te hou.

Hoewel daar nog baie lesse is wat ons moet leer, is die ideaal waarna ons as jong joernaliste ook streef akkurate en regverdige beriggewing.

Ons besef die verantwoordelikheid wat op ons skouers rus.

Ons gee groot dele van ons sosiale lewens en akademiese tyd

prys om te verseker dat ons hierdie verantwoordelikheid so goed as moontlik nakom.

En ons probeer om, onder alle omstandighede, so na as moontlik aan dié belangrike akkurate en regverdige ideaal te kom.

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Use energy to enhance, not destroy So many opinions are running around regarding the new language policies that are taking universities by storm as if it is a new fashion trend.

Sure, we must take into consideration that nine of our of ficial languages were not developed academically due to the apartheid era, where one of the eleven was favoured in a substantial way.

The other was deemed successful as it was brought about by Western culture, a universal language.

Afrikaners have always strived to further education, as is evidenced by the amount of Afrikaans universities in South Africa. Yes, they do have an advantage, apartheid was in their favour. Now, years later, the trend is to keep hating the Afrikaners for apartheid af ter the white flag was raised, instead of accepting that it is over and rebuilding our country from the ashes. The fact is that apartheid was a very sad time for our country, but breaking down another culture will never further your own.

Therefore, a counter proposal must be laid down where, instead of crucif ying dif ferent cultures for the past, we develop another one of our eleven languages.

When the third language is fully developed as an academic language, we can move on to develop the nex t and so on.

Instead of using our energy to destroy culture we must strive to enhance it. Otherwise we will lose our individuality, the very thing that makes us unique as South Africans.

Die Matie is terug vir die wêreld buite die Bos Die New York Times berig die week oor die jongste protesaksie op die Groot Appel se grootste en oudste kampus: Columbia.

Die studentekoerant daar het ’n artikel geplaas oor ‘n nuwe standbeeld wat reg voor hulle 80-jarige biblioteek opgerig gaan word.

Die koerant het ’n warboel van opinies op kampus ontlont: die standbeeld lyk soos ‘n pterodaktiel; ’n spinnekop; ‘n monster.

Opinies oor ’n standbeeld in ’n kampuskoerant het genoeg mense ontstel dat dit uiteindelik in ‘n nasionale koerant, of dan internasionaal erkende nuusbron, beland het.

Aan die einde van die artikel word ’n voorgraadse student aangehaal wat sê: “Columbia loves protesting. So this is just another protest.”

Dieselfde kan sekerlik oor Stellenbosch gesê word.

Stellenbosch is lief vir optogte en dikwels is Die Matie ’n element wat opinies aanwakker; wat mense kwaad maak; wat mense laat betoog.

Om hierdie rede is ek bly om te sien dat daar na ’n lang stilte weer lewe is by Die Matie om die spreekwoordelike fakkel aan die brand te hou en die wêreld te laat weet dat wat ookal op Stellenbosch gebeur, dit eintlik maar net nog ’n optog is.

- André-Pierre du Plessis, Die Matie-redakteur 2006

- Madeleen Jansen van Rensburg, Kovsie-student

Perspektiewe ’n Plan van aksie teen wintersindroom Die winterkoue het skaars aangebreek en ek sit alreeds slaggereed met ’n pak Oreo-koekies om die nagskof aan te durf. Die eensaamheid en moegheid eet my op.

Ek het meer as een soettand en die geweldige Stellenbosch-koue maak ’n onvergenoegde drang na carbs in my wakker.

My eerstejaarsindroom is nog kraakvars in my geheue - selfs al het drie jaar intussen verbygevlieg en ek intussen in ’n gym-entoesias ontaard het.

Ek onthou hoe van my vriendinne van dag een af met groot smart en verdriet aan kropslaaiblare geknaag het. Van hulle het bedags gevas sodat hulle die aand ’n lafenissie kon geniet en ander het deurgaans ’n drink-dieet nougeset gevolg.

Ek was nooit só kranig nie, hoewel ek ’n wag voor my mond gehou het.

Die koue het my egter heeltemal onkant betrap.

Sonder dat ek dit eens besef het, het die paar vreugdes van die Neelsie en al die koffiewinkels op kampus se voorstoep, gou my slaaibak omgekrap.

Daardie “uur-af-muffin” en “klasruilwarmsjokolade” doen die wêreld se skade.

In die Junie-vakansie moes daar ’n paar verstellings hier en daar aan ’n paar van my kledingstukke gemaak word.

Ek moes ’n paar nuwe stukkies aanskaf. Gelukkig was ek nie die enigste een in die vriendekring nie.

Dalk was dit groepsdruk?

Dis juis hiérom dat winters my jaarlikse hekkie is. So atleties soos wat ek ook al mag wees, val ek nog altyd daar(v)oor.

Vanjaar hoop ek egter om nie aan wintersindroom te ly nie. My toestand is meer seisoenaal as enigiets anders.

Die idee is allermins nie om gewig af te skud nie. Inteendeel: rampbestuur in die verlede was heel suksesvol en is ek gelukkig met hoe dinge tans rol.

Dis meer instandhouding as enigiets anders.

Ter voorbereiding van hierdie winterleefstyl vaar ek kampus elke dag binne met ’n bottel 1.5 liter water in my hand.

Nie nét kan ek nie chococinos links en regs saamdra nie, maar die water sal my liggaam laat akklimatiseer.

Só sal ek gewoond raak aan die koue.

Ek sal nie aan doughnuts en croissants hoef te peusel om liggaamshitte op te bou nie.

Dis tog al hoekom ek tot nou toe beide geëet het.

Die natuurlike instink om te hiberneer, is ’n groot kwelpunt: om jou toe te wikkel in daardie snoesige kombersie, vanuit jou bed die uitdagings van universiteit te trotseer.

Dus, vanjaar het ek die snoesigste komberse by die huis in Riversdal agtergelaat en ’n kamerjas aangeskaf.

Nou is hibernasieAldu mobiel, produktief en oppit. Van “stilsit” kom “uitsit” – maar nie vanjaar nie!

My grootste uitdaging bly kos-kwota. Dis fataal. Soms wens ek net dit kon geblok word. Selfs al is dit op sekere ure van die dag.

As dit eers eensaam raak of my bloedsuikervlakke skielik val (wat gans te gereeld gebeur), skaf ek maar ’n tjokkie of tjippie aan.

Dis ekstra aanloklik omdat dit op die studenterekening is.

Dis al wat vanjaar se Desember-figure kan bederf.

Ek swipe my studentekaart meer by die Hubs as by Fhargha.

As jy hierdie winter my te gereeld raakloop by die Hub, doen jou tiende en help my om op die smal weg te bly.

ALDU DUMINY

Al sit ek nou klappertand met hierdie kosbare pak Oreos (en Twist, Lick en Dunk ek al te lekker) is dit nog tegnies herfs.

Daar moet nog baie blare in Victoriastraat rondwaai voor hierdie plan intree.

26 April 2016

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Canvas Canvas

Dr Schalk is Maties se eie Dr Jekyll en Mr Hyde Dr Schalk van der Merwe is baie meer as die dosent wat Donderdagoggende voor in die geskiedenisklas staan.

Hy is ewe gemaklik met ’n baskitaar in die hand en neem selfs gereeld sy plek in Karen Zoid se band of op Bohemia se verhoog in.

Ingrid Heÿdenrÿch het hom gesels.

Simoné Schoeman het foto’s geneem.

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anneer hy Schalk van der “Sy was besig om ’n album te skryf Merwe by die geskiedeni- en sy het my gevra om studiowerk te sklas uitstap, is hy moontlik doen op base vir haar. op pad om baskitaar vir Karen Zoid se “Daarna het sy vir my en Tim, die band te gaan speel, of na ’n vertoning tromspeler, gevra om deel te word van saam met sy eie band Bed On Bricks, alles.” of hy dink oor wat hy volgende op sy Volgens Van der Merwe sit dit nie weeklikse insetsel op RSG gaan sê. in almal se broek om so baie te toer, “Dit vat partykeer ’n bietjie brain- klas te gee én navorsing te doen nie. power vir ’n student om te besef dat ’n Hy meen egter dit het vir hom individu baie fasette kan hê. baie deure oopgemaak, veral op na“Dis hoe mense leef deesdae, hulle vorsingsgebied. is baie dinge op een slag,” vertel Van “Baie van die shows met Karen der Merwe in sy kantoor op kampus. my toegang gegee tot mense tot wie Net één ding is Van der Merwe ek normaalweg nie toegang sou gehad beslis nie. het nie.

Nie net is hy ’n akademikus nie, “Ons het byvoorbeeld shows gemaar hy het al baskitaar gespeel vir doen saam met Dorothy Masuka en dit van die grootste name in die musiek- was ’n manier vir my om haar bietjie bedryf en sodende ook vir homself ’n te pols oor Sophiatown in die 50’s.” naam opgebou.

Van der Merwe vertel sy fassinasie Sy studentejare op Stellenbosch en met geskiedenis het begin by al die die groep Billygoat was die begin van boeke wat hy as kind gelees het. sy loopbaan as baskitaarspeler.

“Ek het grootgeword in ’n gesin “Toe ek op varsity by Stellenbosch waar ek, my suster, my ma en my pa kom het ek by ’n band aangesluit. lesers was.

“Ek was in die koshuis, in Majuba, “Ek het ná skool in my gap-jaar geen daar het ek vir Schalk Joubert ont- toer in die Midde Ooste en dit het my moet. blootgestel aan baie ouer geskiedenis “Ons het vriende geraak en ek het wat nie hier is nie. sy band gejoin.

“Ek dink ek het my niche gevind.”

“Daardie band het toe opgebreek Sy liefde vir musiek en sy toegang en hy join toe Billygoat waarin ek was tot groot name in die bedryf het gesaam met ’n jarelange skoolvriend, die manifisteer in sy navorsing by die unihoofsanger van Billygoat,” vertel hy. versiteit.

“Ek het oorgeskuif van kitaar na Sy tesis het gehandel oor populêre baskitaar, soos alle baskitaarspelers Afrikaanse musiek vanaf 1900 en die maar begin. politiek wat daaraan gekoppel is.

“Ons het ’n toer gereël en ons moes “My navorsingsveld is ’n samesby Oppikoppi speel in my voorgraadse melting van geskiedenis en musiek. jare, maar ons baskitaarspeler moes op “Ek is baie geïnteresseerd daarin toer gaan saam met hoe populêre “Ek onthou een keer het Valiant Swart. musiek funk“Life happened twee studente ná klas na sioneer, op ’n met al die ander politieke en baskitaarspelers wat my gekom met ’n poster sosiale vlak. vir ons oudisie het, van Bed On Bricks om te “So as ek so toe moes ek base op toer gaan teken. Dit was awkward.” toe skuif. na Randfon“Ek hou toe daarvan, so toe bly ek tein of Lebalali of Bloemfontien of daar.

Potch kyk ek ook altyd met ’n akad“As gevolg van Billygoat kon ons emiese oog na die hele storie. ook die land toer en ons het ’n paar “Dis baie stimulerend, dit energize hits gehad.” my.”

Billygoat was egter net die begin.

Sy interessante loopbaan as musiIn 2003 het Bed On Bricks sy verskyn- kant en akademikus het ook tot ’n ing gemaak, met Van der Merwe as weeklikse insetsel op RSG gelei. een van die vier lede.

“Martelize Brink het êrens van my Liedjies soos “Funny” het die land navorsing gehoor, toe gaan chat ek aan die sing gehad en optredes by met haar een oggend op RSG. onder meer Kirstenbosch en CokeFest “Sy het toe gedink dit sal nice wees het hulle gevestig as ’n band om dop as ek so ’n paar insetsels kan doen. te hou onder Suid-Afrikaanse mus“So ek neem dit op en sy sny dit en iekliefhebbers. sit die musiek-clips in.

Die feit dat hy baskitaarspeel vir “Sy het toegang tot die SAUK se Karen Zoid op Die Republiek van argief so sy het daai musiek in elkZoid Afrika, het sy talente ook weer geval.” toeganklik gemaak vir ’n jonger genHierdie program help Van der Mererasie. we ook om sy werk as geskiedkundige “Ek ken vir Karen al lank van die toeganklik te maak vir die algemene musiek scene af, basies vandat sy be- publiek. gin het.

“Dit is een van die probleme wat “Om eerlik te wees kan ek nie eers akademici in die gesig staar: Hoe om onthou waar ons ontmoet het nie. hulle navorsing in die boeke oor te dra “Sy het Stellenbosch toe getrek en na buite. om die draai van my gewoon.

“As jy artikels van hoë akademiese

standaard publiseer, is daar baie min mense wat dit actually lees.

“Maar ook omdat my navorsing oor populêre kultuur gaan, het mense alreeds ’n verhouding met die subject matter.

“As ek praat van Gé Korsten op die radio weet mense van wie ek praat.”

Die kans dat jy Van der Merwe tydens ’n gig iewers sal raakloop is goed.

Hy is egter baie sku daarvoor om sy optredes self op sosiale media te versprei.

“Ek is nie een van daai ouens wat my eie persoonlike Facebookblad het wat sê ‘hier is Schalk van der Merwe se gigs en jy kan my awesomeness ervaar hier en daar op hierdie tye’ nie.”

Volgens hom kry studente egter soms snuf in die neus.

“Ek het al opmerkings gekry soos ‘was jy in ’n band?’ dan het hulle ’n foto van 2002 dan is hulle soos ‘wow dit was seker cool’.

Baie studente het ook nie DSTV nie, so hulle kyk nie kykNET nie en die Zoid Afrika-ding is seker maar dit wat my die meeste in die ‘publieke oog’ sit.

“Dis meer mense van my portuurgroep wat kanse sal vat.”

Hy sê egter studente “wow, wat?” onmiddellik as Bed On Bricks in Bohemia optree.

“Ek onthou een keer het twee studente ná klas na my gekom met ’n poster van Bed On Bricks om te teken.

Dit was awkward.”

Van der Merwe meen hy sal nooit die een wêreld vir die ander kan verruil nie, ten spyte van die min vrye tyd wat hy het.

As hy wel ’n blaaskans kry, benut hy dit goed.

“Familietyd.

“Dít is vir my baie belangrik.

“Ek het onlangs twee goed gekanselleer net sodat ek by die huis kan wees. “ ’n Mens moet bewustelik tyd maak daarvoor.”

As jy Van der Merwe in aksie wil beleef, loop die gerug dat ’n gig by De Akker moontlik deel van sy toekomsplanne kan wees...

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STUDENT LIFE

HOT YOGA

Yogis turn up the heat for extra flexibility JANIE DU PLESSIS

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o this week I decided to try something out of my comfort zone.

I went to the Hot Yoga Studio in Stellenbosch to see what all the yogi’s are raving about.

Hot yoga is performed in a hot room, heated to up to 38°C. Heated yoga gives you the extra push and flexibility, and helps detoxify your body.

It is a very intense, but relaxing workout and definitely worth a try!

“Yoga is great for any body type; young, old, skinny, round, short, tall.

It helps keep the body flexible and fit,” said Johannes de Villiers, owner of the Stellenbosch Hot Yoga Studio.

“It also helps with your self-discipline, patience and humbleness.

“It is addictive, and the best thing you can do for yourself,” he said.

De Villiers encourages students to do hot yoga, because it helps them de-stress.

“Especially when you spend a lot of time behind a desk (or behind the bar), it is a fun way to get your adrenalin-dose for the day,” he said.

“I would recommend starting yoga when you’re young, while your body is still strong and flexible.

“If you start young, you will be able to keep these good qualities when you are older,” said De Villiers.

There are different classes to attend, and most of them are beginners-friendly.

But if you are scared you won’t be able to do it, here are some yoga poses to work on, before you try the real deal.

To find out more about the Stellenbosch Hot Yoga Studio, you can visit their website at www.hotyogastudio.co.za.

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Photos: SAARAH SURVÉ

Move 1:

TREE POSE: Stand up straight, balancing on one foot.

Put the other foot in the inside of your standing leg.

“It is important that your foot is above or beneath you knee, and not on the knee,” De Villiers said.

For more of a challenge, take your hands above your head.

Move 2:

WARRIOR TWO: Your front foot’s toes points to the front, and your back foot is completely turned to the side.

Open your hips to the side.

Lift your arms high to open your chest.

Try to get your front thigh parallel to the floor.

“Do not let your front knee go over your front foot,” said De Villiers.

Move 3:

DOWNWARD FACING DOG: Put your hands and feet flat on the floor, hip distance apart.

Straighten your back and legs.

Tuck your chin and push your head as deep as you can towards your toes.

Try to get your heels as close to the floor as possible.

Move 4:

HIGH PLANK: With your hands and knees hip distance apart, lift and straighten your legs.

Do not hollow your back, but pull your pelvis in to activate your core muscles.

This will help keep your head, back and bum in line.

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What to wear Dress comfortably for your hot (or normal) yoga class, so you don’t have to adjust it throughout the class. Dress as if you are going for a long jog.

Women can wear tights and a sportsbra or a tight shirt. Men can wear tights or any other exercise pants, shirtless or with a wifebeater.

PARKRUN

Fun-filled and free fitness Saturdays await at Root 44 GIZELLEDE GÖTZ

Lately I’ve been noticing a lot of Instagram posts on my news feed about people running on farms.

What is this all about?

After scrolling through the hundreds of selfies at Root 44, I finally discovered what was going on.

Not only does Root 44 have an amazing market, but they are also hosting a parkrun every Saturday at 08:00.

Parkrun was founded by Paul Sinton-Hewitt in 2004 and the first event was held in the UK. Events now take place every week in Australia, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Singapore, the Czech Republic, the United States, Italy and France.

The first parkrun in South Africa was held in 211 and took place at Delta Park in Johannesburg.

The Stellenbosch version consists of a 5km running course through the Audacia Wine Farm.

Personally I see this as a form

of torture, but a lot of people enjoy this and actually do it for fun.

Being students, the word ‘free’ makes a lot of our senses tingle, thus parkrun’s free participation may be the most popular student activity on Saturdays (not on Saturday nights, though).

All that you have to do is register for your first run on www.parkrun. co.za (it’s a once-off registry), take your printed copy of your barcode with you and ready, set, go!

Luckily for the newborn runners that are not just quite at the fitness level of finishing a 5km in 15 minutes, parkrun has no time limit, so you can take your time and even enjoy the view along the way.

And if you can’t attend the Stellenbosch parkrun, don’t stress it!

There are parkruns in Bellville, Durbanville and Franschoek as well.

So why not join in on a fun and healthy activity?

You can even have a bite and beer at the market afterwards (you know, just to defeat the whole purpose of the ‘healthy’-part).

Photo: HENK OETS

RUN FOREST RUN Participants enjoying the Root 44 parkrun.

SPORT

26 April 2016

THE ACTION IN PICTURES Stellenbosch Maties and Military Maties went head to head on the annual sports day in Saldanha.

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Photos: LAYKIN RUDOLPH

Stellenbosch and Military Maties face off LAYKIN RUDOLPH

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he sixth annual Military Academy and Stellenbosch main campus sports day took place in Saldanha on Saturday.

Matsobane Laka, deputy director of support services at Maties Sport, said the main idea behind this day is to create relationships between the different Maties campuses.

“People should not see the main campus as an island and what we try to do through sport is bring people together,” he said.

The day included friendly matches between the participating sport codes which included sevens rugby, football, athletics (crosscountry), netball and a new edition this year, chess. The Stellenbosch Rugby Academy players represented the main campus at the sports day, beating the Military Academy 85-15 without any conversions.

“We expected more from their players, we thought they would be more fit,” said Stellenbosch captain Stephan Burger, who scored three tries.

The main campus football team were held 1-1 at half-time.

It was in the second half that Stellenbosch ran riot with the score to demolish the Military Academy 7-1 after a slow start.

Captain Joshua Rugters said the Military Academy put up a fight in the first half.

“It was a bit of a struggle for us in the first half but after our second goal, I think it became relatively easy for us.”

The Stellenbosch chess and athletics teams both came up

victorious.

The only Stellenbosch team to lose was the netball. The first team netball girls from Kylemore High School were chosen to represent the main campus and went down 17-25 to the Military Academy.

“We got to see different techinques from the Stellenbosch players, I think we also learned a lot,” said Nosipho Libazi from the winning netball team.

Military Academy captain Josh Cloete said the day was not about being competitive, but rather to bring

unity to the different campuses.

“This sports day is more of a goodwill day of interaction and not necessarily a day of competition.”

Every year a new sport is added to the programme to make the sports day even bigger.

“We started with the four basic sports and what we try to do every year is make it bigger by adding another sporting code, so this year we added chess,” said Cloete.

The next sports day will take place in Stellenbosch with the possibility of the Tygerberg Maties joining in.

Maties Hockey locked and loaded for the season Daniel Bell captaining the side.

“We as a Maties side have won The Steinhoff Maties Men’s the Grand Challenge league for the Hockey side will play a total of 19 3 years running while maintaining matches within the next month in an unbeaten record. three different competitions.

“We obviously hope to retain This will be a big challenge that status this year but are for newly appointed coach, Ashlin relishing the challenge of a more Freddy, as managing his players competitive environment,” said will be key during this period.

Bell. As soon as they get back Maties’ start to the Grand to Stellenbosch, they fly out to Challenge league wasn’t without Johannesburg again the following any stumbling weekend for blocks as they drew the start of the “We have won the 2-2 against Central Varsity Sports Hockey Club from tournament Grand Challenge Athlone at home in at the league for the 3 years the first round.

University of running while mainThey recovered Johannesburg well, winning their (UJ). taining an unbeaten next three fixtures Maties will record. and sits in second host the second place on the log at the We obviously hope to weekend’s moment. matches from retain that status this They beat Fish the 13-16th of year.”

Hoek Hockey Club May with the with a score of 2-0, final set to be Pinelands with a big score of 6-1 played on the 23rd of May. and saw off the Maties Vics side Maties will be looking to go 4-2 to get their campaign back one better in the Varsity Sports running. tournament after they lost in the The majority of the team will final against UJ in 2014. also represent Western Province Maties also had a poor season during this week’s IPT competition last year and will be hoping to in Randburg with our very own provide fireworks this time around.

NIEL ROODE

Maties cricket looking to go one better in Club Champs ANDRE HUISAMEN

Last year Steinhoff Maties cricket lost in the final of National Club Championship against the Hollywoodbets Crusaders Cricket Club in a match that was destined to provide Maties with the national title.

That however didn’t happen and Maties had to settle for second place, but they will be hoping to go one better in this year’s competition.

The tournament started on Friday with Maties facing off against Union Stars Cricket Club.

Unfortunately for Maties their batting let them down and they lost by eighteen runs, chasing only a total of 139, but they made up for that on Saturday when they beat CUT Cricket Club by ten wickets to get their campaign back on track.

Maties, however proved a bit inconsistent on Sunday as they lost again, this time by four wickets against the North-West University’s (NWU-Pukke) Cricket Club. Maties remaining fixture is today against the Hollywoodbets Crusaders where they will be looking to end on a high.

Photo: OUTSIDER COMMUNICATION

TUESDAY 26 APRIL 2016 | FREE

Varsity Cup could have no winner this year

Decision about Pukke’s title postponed till May ANDRÉ HUISAMEN

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wo weeks ago Maties rugby fans were heartbroken when the Maties rugby team lost in overtime in the Varsity Cup final to the NWU-Pukke in one of tightest local rugby matches the competition ever witnessed.

The NWU-Pukke scored the winning try in the 89th minute to claim their maiden Varsity Cup trophy, but after only a week of being champions the NWU-Pukke found themselves in the spotlight again, this time for the wrong reasons.

Last Monday the news broke on all social media platforms that the NWUPukke might have fielded an ineligible player throughout the tournament, including the final where the player represented the side.

Tighthead prop, Bart le Roux, played a total of 614 minutes in this year’s tournament and was registered as a first year student.

Le Roux however represented the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Impi’s in the 2014 Varsity Shield competition as a first year student and according to Varsity Cup and Varsity Shield rules, a player is not allowed to participate as a first year player in the respective competitions on more than one occasion.

Auditing company KPMG, who represents the Varsity Cup, cleared Le Roux at the beginning of the year.

NWU-Pukke thus believed it had no influence if he played for UKZN before.

NWU-Pukke then later revealed that he was one of two UKZN players who were not registered as students at that time in 2014.

Varsity Cup’s rules however,

changed in 2015 regarding non-student players.

Earlier this year the UKZN Impi’s were docked 12 league points on the Varsity Shield log after they fielded a player who previously represented the University of Johannesburg.

That decision meant that UKZN could not play in the promotion/relegation match against UCT after a pretty successful season.

On Saturday the case was postponed until May, but should NWUPukke be found guilty and receive the same punishment as UKZN, they will be docked ten points, but how will that influence a side that has already been crowned champions?

Varsity Cup management will have to make a very big decision regarding the winner of the competition if NWU-Pukke should be found guilty.

According to Netwerk24 this could mean that the Varsity Cup knockout

rounds might be replayed with NWUPukke falling out due to their ten point deduction.

Both Shimlas and Tuks’ coaches, Hendro Scholtz and Pote Human, have indicated that they don’t think knockout-rounds are a good idea, as their best players are already involved in provincial tournaments.

The other decision might also be that this year’s competition will have no winner, after the tournament was already disrupted in the middle due to student protests.

Varsity Cup CEO Duitser Bosman said, “obviously we are working hard to finalise this matter as soon as possible.

“However, out of respect for due process and bearing in mind the significance of this matter, advocate Stelzner SC’s ruling to postpone the hearing was supported by both Varsity Cup and the North-West University”.

SHORT-LIVED HAPPINESS? The NWU-Pukke may lose the Varsity Cup trophe they snatched before Maties on 11 April in Stellenbosch.

Varsity Sevens fever hits Cape Town ANDRÉ HUISAMEN

In December of last year Cape Town hosted the HSBC Cape Town Sevens for the very first time as part of the World Series’ build-up to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where sevens rugby will be contested for the very first time.

The Cape Town event was a massive success and this coming weekend that sevens spirit will again be present in the Mother City.

For the second year in a row Villager Rugby Club will host the Varsity Sevens competition in what promises to be a very exciting tournament and a format that promotes running rugby and boasts high scores.

Having won the competition before, Maties will be looking to make up for the poor competition they had last year and compete for the title till the very end.

Each team has a maximum of twelve players in a squad with five of them playing from the bench.

Teams will play a Round Robin format on the first two days, with the knockout phase starting on the third

and final day.

Each team will play a total of nine Round Robin matches with five matches being played on day one and four matches on day two.

After the Round Robin section, the top four teams on the log will qualify for the Cup Semi-Finals, with team one playing against team four and team two against team three.

Teams that finish 5th to 8th on the log will compete in the Plate SemiFinals, while teams nine and ten will compete in the 9th and 10th place play-off.

One of the most interesting features of Varsity Sevens is the Power Play. Power Plays can be called by any coach of the participating teams on field at any stage in the match, with each side receiving only one Power Play per match and will last only for one minute.

During the Power Play any team who scores a try will receive ten points for the try.

As we have seen in the Varsity Cup competition, the organisers make massive effort to attract big crowds and to get supporters interacting with the competition.

Sponsored by Steers and Carling Black Label, the Back Your Boytjies vibe will be back again this weekend as the best sevens universities in the country tackle each other for the title. Last year it was the University of the Free State’s Kovsies that grabbed the title, but this year we can expect another tightly contested competition.

The tournament starts on Saturday with Maties playing against UCT, UWC, WSU, UFH and UP-Tuks.

On Sunday they will face UJ, Madibas, NWU-Pukke and Kovsies.

Photos: SASPA

Reën onderbreek SAUR-reeks

Die tweede rondte van vanjaar se Sauer koshuisrugbyliga is verlede Vrydag gekanselleer en uitgestel tot ’n latere stadium, weens die swaar reën wat geval het.

Die nuwe datum vir die geskeduleerde rondte is nog nie deur Maties Rugby bekendgemaak nie, maar sal heel moontlik na die heel laaste rondte toe skuif.

Die kompetisie het amptelik op 15 April afgeskop, met die verskeie koshuise wat mekaar die stryd aangesê het.

Verdedigende kampioene, Dagbreek, het Huis Visser met 12-5 geklop in ’n redelike gelyke stryd.

Helshoogte het hulle seisoen baie oortuigend begin

toe hulle Medies 25-0 verslaan het om ’n vroeë stempel af te druk op die kompetisie.

Huis Marais het ook ’n baie goeie begin gehad toe hulle vir Majuba met 25-12 geklop het.

In ander uitslae het Eendrag vir Helderberg 12-3 gewen, terwyl die PSO Barbarians vir Simonsberg met 17-8 geklop het.

Wilgenhof moes egter hard werk in hul stryd teen Elsenburg.

Wilgenhof het die wedstryd net-net met 8-6 gewen.

Die volgende rondte vind Vrydagmiddag op die Coetzenburg-velde agter die Danie Craven Stadion plaas.

- André Huisamen