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t is too early to determine the impact that warmer temperatures and drier conditions brought on by El Niño will have on the 2027 wine grape harvest. This is the overall sentiment of wine producers, viticulturists and leaders in the wine industry, who are mostly confident that yields of the upcoming season will be offset by the industry’s climate mitigation plans. “We need to be cautious about predicting specific impacts at this stage,” warns Gerard Martin, research, development and innovation executive at South Africa Wine. “The South African Weather Service has indicated the potential for El Niño conditions to develop, but has also stressed that it is too early to determine the implications for South Africa. The wine industry is, therefore, monitoring seasonal forecasts
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closely rather than assuming a particular outcome.” El Niño is a climate phenomenon driven by the warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. It typically occurs every two to seven years and disrupts global weather patterns, often bringing drier, hotter conditions to Southern Africa and higher rainfall to the Americas. Its effects vary in intensity and duration, but strong events can have significant agricultural, economic and environmental consequences across multiple regions. “Our advantage today is that producers have access to increasingly sophisticated climate information and decision-support tools that allow them to respond as conditions develop,” Martin points out. The wine grape harvest typically starts
with early cultivars in the second week of January and can continue into April in later-ripening regions and varieties, explains Wanda Augustyn, head of brand and communications at South Africa Wine. HARVEST TIME “It is still too early to say whether the 2027 harvesting will start earlier or later than normal. Timing will depend on the conditions during spring, fruit set and the summer ripening period, Augustyn said. “This year, warmer and drier spring conditions advanced budding by about 10 days, demonstrating how quickly seasonal conditions can influence the harvest calender.” Johan Jordaan, cellar master at Spier Wines, says the farm’s harvest of chardonnay grapes for cap classique typically starts between 15 and 20 January.
“At this stage, we anticipate that the 2027 season could begin up to 10 days earlier than usual. However, a cool spring, even under dry conditions, could still delay the start,” Jordaan explains. At Blaauwklippen Wine Estate, harvest time generally starts in the second week of January to the first week of April, says Jaco van der Westhuizen, viticulturist at the Stellenbosch farm. “Bud burst this year was about seven to 10 days earlier than 2025, about 14 days earlier than 2024, but about the same date as in 2023,” he explains the varying times. Despite lower rainfall this winter, Jordaan’s obeservations of Spier’s vineyards indicates normal and saturated soil moisture content. “A drier, warmer spring should reduce disease pressure, but limit moisture in the soil, and stronger winds could restrict flowering,” he relates.
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Joining hands in tourism As South Africa marked Tourism Month (September), Cape Town Tourism (CTT) and Visit Stellenbosch signed a Joint Marketing Agreement (JMA) to encourage visitors to stay longer and experience both destinations as part of a single Cape journey. Cape Town brings coastline, city energy and cultural attractions. Stellenbosch adds wine, food, heritage, art, nature, shopping and unique local experiences. Together, the two organisations aim to show how these distinct destinations complement one another within the same trip. The JMA was officially signed at Jordan Wine Estate in Stellenbosch on Tuesday (29 September). Said Annemie Liebenberg, CEO of Visit Stellenbosch: “Working with CTT allows us to connect two complementary destinations and create a stronger proposition for the region. Longer stays mean more visitor spend, more nights in accommodation and more opportunities for businesses across the tourism value chain to benefit. Importantly, this partnership is also about addressing seasonality and creating reasons to visit across the year.” Stellenbosch recorded more than 1,35 million overnight visitors last year, contributing an estimated R13 billion in total economic impact. The partnership builds on the strength of both destinations while creating new ways to distribute visitor demand, increase length of stay and broaden participation in the tourism economy. “Cape Town is a destination that can easily fill a holiday, but it is also the gateway to so much more of the Cape,” said CTT CEO Enver Duminy. “Stellenbosch adds another dimension to the Cape Town experience, and vice versa. There is a real opportunity to encourage
At the signing of the JMA at Jordan Wine Estate on Tuesday (29 September), from left, are Enver Duminy (CTT CEO), Mike Ratcliffe (Visit Stellenbosch chairperson), Tamryn Kumm (Stellenbosch Mayoral Committee member for Planning, LED and Tourism), Tracy Thandeka Mkhize (CTT Board chairperson), Annemie Liebenberg (Visit Stellenbosch CEO) and James Vos (Cape Town Mayoral Committee member for Economic Growth).
visitors to stay longer, explore more and experience the diversity of our region. This partnership gives us a platform to make that connection more visible, particularly during key travel periods and throughout the year.” Under the agreement CTT and Visit Stellenbosch will develop joint itineraries, share content and run collaborative campaigns across their digital channels, supported by joint media and trade activity. The focus includes domestic visitors during school holidays, long weekends and the festive season, while also building reasons to visit year-round and addressing seasonality. The collaboration will encourage visitors to extend their stay in either destination, showing how two distinct destinations can work together to create a richer, longer Cape experience, a joint showcase of the full breadth of experiences, in terms of campaigns, competitions and giveaways, creating opportunities for tourism businesses to participate in shared storytelling. This combined offering will be presented to travel journalists, travel sellers and
other industry marketers. Where relevant, Cape Town and Stellenbosch will be positioned as complementary destinations. James Vos, Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee member for Economic Growth, said the city’s visitor economy is showing strong momentum, with 1,44 million international overnight visitors and 1,42 million domestic overnight trips last year. “The opportunity now is to turn that demand into longer stays, greater visitor spend and wider economic benefits, where one is soft on borders and strong on vision,” he pointed out. “Visitors don’t experience destinations by municipal boundaries, and neither should our tourism thinking. This partnership puts that into practice. Every additional night creates opportunities across the tourism value chain, from accommodation and restaurants to attractions, guides, retailers and the many businesses and people who depend on tourism.” For visitors, the message is simple: “Cape Town and Stellenbosch. One more night. So much more to experience.”
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Continues from page 1. “At this stage, vineyard observations suggest a normal crop in terms of available bunches. Drier conditions and stronger wind could affect fruit set. Berry size is unlikely to be a major concern in irrigated vineyards, but it may be in the dryland blocks. Smaller berries can contribute to higher fruit concentration and quality, although they typically result in lower yields.” Van der Westhuizen predicts Blaauwklippen’s berry size will remain the same. “The weather patterns do have an influence on wine grapes, but not as severe as in summer rainfall areas, he explains. “There will be an influence [on berry size], but not very severe. Vines are desert plants, so they are very adapted to varying weather patterns.” Dr Etienne Terblanche, consultation services manager at Vinpro, says it is too early to draw conclusions about berry sizes or the 2027 crop. “Smaller berries were a feature of parts of the 2026 season, but increased fertility helped offset this, and the national harvest ultimately increased,” he points out. “Importantly, smaller berries can also contribute to concentration, and the 2026 vintage showed excellent quality potential.” RESILIENCE AMID DRYNESS Terblanche points out that adaptability is the biggest lessons producers learnt in the 2026 season, as they were forced to move from dry conditions to a period of rainfall and disease pressure in February, followed by heat spikes and compressed harvest windows in March. “Despite this, the industry delivered excellent quality,” he relates. “Precision in irrigation, canopy management, disease control, harvesting timing and cellar planning made the difference. Those lessons strengthen our preparedness for 2027, whatever the season brings.” Terblanche adds that this adaptability starts long before harvest season: “Vineyard site selection, effective soil preparation, the establishment of strong root systems and appropriate rootstock and cultivar choices are all part of building vineyards that are better able to cope with warm, dry and variable conditions.” The industry is also prepared for a water-scarce period, with water security a long-term priority of producers regardless of weather patterns. “Producers increasingly use more precise irrigation scheduling, soil and plant monitoring, climate data and region-specific decision-making to use available water as efficiently as possible,” Martin says. “South Africa Wine continues to invest in water research, climate adaptation and pactical decision support that help producers make better informed decisions.” At Blaauwklippen, Van der Westhuizen says, installation of moisture measuring probes in vineyards aids in monitoring irrigation. “This ensures that we apply the correct volumes of water at optimal timing for the vines,” he explains. “We also adjust the number of bunches per vine to make sure that optimal ripeness can be easily achieved.” Spier’s focus and drive on regenerative farming has led to improved soil moisture retention through carbon and humus levels, Jordaan relates. “Cover crops help water infiltrate the soil, while humus improves the soil’s ability to retain that moisture for vine use,” he explains. “We mowicover crops and apply mulch along the vine row to keep soils cooler and reduce water loss. We also use canopy management to reduce the leaf area and transpiraton. While this may delay ripening slightly, it may help to offset the effects of an earlier harvest.” LONG-TERM STRATEGIES Overall, the wine industry looks at climate resilience as a long-term matter and not specific to a particular season, using past learnings to reap the fruits. “Climate is a complex subject,” Jordaan says. “We have the benefit of experiencing similar conditions between 2016 and 2019, when we learnt a lot by closely monitoring our vineyards and local microclimates to be able to mitigate some of the broader weather patterns. “We continuously test and refine different approaches that help us to adapt, adjust and build resilience.”
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Kaptein groet vir nuwe uitdaging Tasmin Cupido As jong meisie was die prentjie van ’n polisievrou in daardie blou uniform haar dryfkrag wat haar tot polisiëring as loopbaankeuse gedryf het. Vir 35 jaar het sy daardie uniform met ywer en trots gedra en verskeie gemeenskappe met waardigheid gedien. Kapt. Nathalie Martin (56) het gisteroggend (Woensdag 30 September) vir die uniform vir ’n pragtige rok geruil en haar laaste skof as lid van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens begin. Die dag – presies 35 jaar later – was die einde van ’n loopbaan wat grootliks gedryf is deur ’n innerlike roeping om ’n verskil in haar eie gemeenskap te maak. “Dit was ’n gevoel wat die afgelope twee jaar in my binneste opgekom het – iets wat my gesê het ek het meer om te bied as net dit wat ek tans doen,” sê Martin oor haar besluit om af te tree. “Ek het vir maande daaroor gebid, die Here vertrou en Hy het my geantwoord. Ek’t geweet my seisoen in die polisiediens is verby; dis tyd vir ’n nuwe seisoen.” Dié Cloetesviller het haar loopbaan op 30 September 1991 as studentekonstabel by die Stellenbosch-polisiekantoor begin. Nadat sy haar opleiding by die Bishop Lavis-polisiekollege voltooi het, was sy vir ’n paar maande lid van die Langapolisie, voordat sy vir ses maande by die Wellington-polisiekantoor gewerk het. Martin het in 1993 as hofordonnans by die Stellenbosch-landdroshof gewerk en in 2004 die rol van sosiale-misdaadvoorkomingsoffisier van die Stellenbosch-polisie ingeneem. “Ek moes in die gemeenskap werk en projekte en bewusmaking by skole en selfs kerke doen,”
Kapt. Nathalie Martin groet brig. Sandile Sonjani vir oulaas.
Brig. Sandile Sonjani (links), bevelvoerder van die Stellenbosch-polisie, en Vispol-hoof kol. Masiza Ponco (regs) groet kapt. Nathalie Martin amptelik tydens ’n spesiale seremonie. Foto’s: Yaseen Gaffar
vertel Martin. “Hier het ek my passie om met gebroke vroue en slasgoffers te werk, ontdek. Ek was ook – saam met vrywilligers uit die gemeenskap – verantwoordelik vir die bemagtiging van slagoffers en moes ondersteuning bied. “Sommige dae was dit nie net berading nie, maar ’n slagoffer of klaer wat net ’n oor nodig gehad het. Die Here het my Jesaja 61 vers 1 gegee as ’n bevestiging en ek het my werk met soveel liefde en passie verrig. Ek het elke dag geniet; dit het my soveel vreugde gegee om ’n verskil te maak en die pad tot genesing saam met slagoffers te stap.” Tog bieg sy dit was nie altyd maanskyn en rose nie, maar haar geloof en ondersteuning van haar familie het haar
deur die moeilike tye gedra. In 2013 het sy die nuwe uitdaging as woordvoerder vir die Stellenbosch-polisie aanvaar – ’n rol waarin sy tot haar aftrede volstaan het. “Dít het sy eie uitdagings gehad, maar daardie uitdagings het ek ook deurstaan,” sê Martin. “Mense besef nie dat sosiale media baie skade aan ’n ondersoek kan doen nie. Alle feite kan nie altyd in die media bekendgemaak word nie, want dit kan die saak belemmer. Baie mense voel die polisie steek feite weg en maak dan hul eie afleidings, wat hul op sosiale media sonder bevestigting van die polisie deel.” Dinge het sedert haar eerste dag in die polisiediens aansienlik verander, vertel Martin, want voorheen was polisiëring en inhegtenisnemings die belangrikste.
“Deesdae is die bou van verhoudings met rolspelers en die gemeenskap asook partnership policing belangrik.” Sy het egter vroeg in haar loopbaan reeds besef respek, dissipline en integriteit moet haar steunpillare wees, en dit het haar gehelp om die verandering in polisiëring aan te gryp. In moeilike tye was die Skepper haar anker en skuilplek, en die ondersteuning van haar eggenoot, Roland, hul drie kinders en ook ’n kleindogter het haar verder onderskraag. “Hulle het my baie ondersteun, geluister wanneer ek moes afpak en verstaan wanneer die diensfoon in die middel van die nag gelui en hulle ook wakkergemaak het.” Sy gaan veral haar “bidmaatjies” by die Stellenbosch-polisiekantoor mis, sowel as die spanbousessies en grappies in die verbygaan van ’n besige dag. Maar vir eers gaan Martin dit geniet om die rigiede roetine van die polisie agter te laat en haar eie dag te beplan, die werk waarna die Here haar geroep het, uit te voer en die rus en vrede ten volle geniet.
Jonges betoog in Klapmuts teen misdaad, bendegeweld Megan Adendorff Ongeveer 60 mense het op Saterdag 12 September in Klapmuts vergader en aan ’n jeugoptog vir vrede deelgeneem om ’n verenig- de en volgehoue aksie teen misdaad, geweld onder die jeug en bendegeweld te bepleit. Die gemeenskapsinisiatief is deur pastoor Anthony Pietersen, ’n speurder by die polisiekantoor in Klapmuts, gereël met ondersteuning van plaaslike rolspelers, waaronder die Stellenbosch Brigade en Klapmuts Youth Sports Organisation. Ongeveer 30 vrywilligers van Shincheonji en 30 kinders uit die plaaslike gemeenskap het aan die program deelgeneem. Reën het die opkoms beïnvloed, maar jongmense en gemeenskapsleiers het steeds hul standpunt teen geweld gestel. Volgens Pietersen is die stap aange-
spoor deur ’n onlangse skietvoorval waarin ’n 16-jarige meisie in ’n bendeverwante voorval in die been geskiet is. “Ek kan dit nie goedkeur nie. Hierdie ding is nie reg nie. Ek moet iets doen,” het Pietersen gesê. Hy sê verskeie rolspelers moet saamwerk om programme vir jongmense te ontwikkel en geweld in die gemeenskap aan te pak. “Ons moet almal betrokke kry, al die rolspelers, al die belanghebbendes, sodat ons programme vir ons kinders kan begin ontwikkel,” het hy beklemtoon. Pastoor Andries September sê geloofsgemeenskappe moet hul boodskap van vrede en respek verder as die kerk se mure neem. Volgens hom moet kerke hul verskille opsy skuif en deur praktiese optrede eenheid in gemeenskappe toon. Roy van Rooyen, ’n wykraadslid in Klapmuts, het gesê die gemeenskap het
Oud en jonk het op Saterdag 12 September bymekaargekom om vreedsaam teen geweld in Klapmuts te betoog.
meer fasiliteite en strukture nodig om in die uiteenlopende behoeftes van kinders en jongmense te voorsien. Van Rooyen het gewaarsku dat daar nie kitsoplossings vir misdaad en ben-
debedrywighede is nie en dat langtermynbeplanning en samewerking tussen verskillende sektore nodig is. Hy het ’n beroep op jeug-, godsdiens-, sport- en gemeenskapsleiers gedoen om saam te werk. Volgens hom kan voormalige bendelede wat hul lewe verander het ook as rolmodelle vir jongmense dien. “Daar is hoop. Daar is altyd hoop,” het Van Rooyen gesê. Die organiseerders het beklemtoon dat die stap nie as ’n eenmalige oplossing beskou word nie, maar eerder as ’n beginpunt vir verdere gesprekke oor jeugontwikkeling, gemeenskapsveiligheid en samewerking in Klapmuts. Die deelnemers het daarop gewys dat geweld meer as net polisiewerk verg, met jeugontwikkeling, positiewe rolmodelle, geloofsgemeenskappe en langtermynbelegging as deel van die gemeenskap se reaksie.
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Oud-Lückhoffers onthou skooldae Yaël Malgas Die liefde, leed en stoute streke van die Hoërskool Lückhoff se matriekklas van 1976 is onlangs deur oud-leerders in die boek Matriek 50 jare later vasgevang. In die boek deel alumni staaltjies oor hul laaste jaar by die skool, wat die boikotte teen die destydse Apartheidsregering ingesluit het. Die boek, wat deur Gameeda Henry (neé Geraldine Cyster) saamgestel is, is verlede Woensdag (23 September) in die Lückhoff-skoolsaal bekendgestel. Die destydse hoofmeisie, Colleen Biscombe, het die agtergrond geskets oor haar matriekjaar sowel as haar jare as musiekonderwyser by dieselfde skool. Biscombe sê synde sy reeds 42 jaar aan die skool verbonde is, is haar bloed nou “potblou” soos die skool-kleure. Die vierde generasie van Biscombe se familie is tans leerders by die skool. Henry het vertel oor die samestelling van die boek en hoe slegs 19 van die 48 destydse leerders hul stories gedeel het. Twintig lede van dié matriekklas is al oorlede. “Ek is baie dankbaar vir diegene wat wel hul stories gedeel het, want toe kon jy sien wat van elkeen geword het. Toe ons weg van die skool af is, het ons nie kontak gehad nie. Die boek het ons weer bymekaargebring,” verduidelik sy. Talle van die alumni het die onderwys betree en ander, soos Christopher Swarts, is na die buiteland vir stories en meer. Benewens die herinneringe oor goeie tye wat gedeel is, is die oud-aktivis wyle Donovan Wanza ook vereer. CROSSHEAD Maghmoed Kara het agtergrond geskets oor Wanza se aktivismewerk en hoe dié Cloetesviller uiteindelik in hegtenis geneem, gemartel en later dood is. Wanza se jonger broer Benjamin het vertel van sy ouer broer se grootwordjare. “Donavan was baie lief vir grappe maak, maar hy was ook ’n baie diep mens. As
Gadeema Henry, samesteller van “Matriek 50 jare later” wat aan XX Lückhoff oorhandig is, saam met oud-hoofmeisie Colleen Biscombe. Foto’s: Yaël Malgas
Alumni van die Hoërskool Lückhoff se 1976-matriekklas besigtig foto’s van hul skooljare.
die jongste broer was ek die een na wie hy altyd omgesien het,” onthou hy. “Hy was aktief by die anti-Apartheidbeweging in Stellenbosch betrokke en was later ’n teiken vir die veiligheidspolisie. Hy was die eerste matrikulant in die gesin en het ná skool as ’n algemene werker op skepe gewerk en só die wêreld gesien.” Voor sy dood was Wanza minder by politiek betrokke, maar volgens sy familie het dit wat met Wanza in die tronk gebeur het, tot sy dood gelei. Die familie is daarvan oortuig Wanza is deur die veiligheidspolisie vergiftig. In September 1980, een Sondagmiddag, het Wanza skielik siek geraak en nadat hy in die Groote Schuur-hospitaal opgeneem is, het hy vinnig agteruitgegaan. Hy het in die bestek van ’n paar dae blind en doof geraak en is in die hospitaal oorlede. Ter nagedagtenis van Wanza is die Vryheidsveer, ’n metaal-beeldhouwerk, geskep en aan die Lückhoff-alumni opgedra. Ten spyte van die trane was daar ook baie pret en bymekaarkoms by die boekbekendstelling met talle geselsies, drukkies en ou foto’s om te besigtig.
Die familie van Donovan Wanza by die Vryheidsveer wat ter sy nagedagtenis geskep is. Saam met die familie is alumni.
Pniël se mense vier hul erfenis Yaël Malgas
Young musicians shine at national music competition The 37th edition of the Hubert van der Spuy National Music Competition delivered a harmonious melody at the Endler Hall in Stellenbosch from Tuesday 22 to Saturday 26 September. The five-day competition, hosted by the Tygerberg branch of the South African Society of Music Teachers (SASMT), reached its climax with the gala concert and prize-giving on Saturday. Talented pianist Sinran Emilie Yang (10) was awarded the Johanna van der Spuy Memorial First Prize, 13-year-old flautist Henning Bouwer won the Betsie Clüver Memorial Second Prize and clarinet player Benjamin Monvoisin received the Joseph Stanford Memorial Third Prize. The top-three were among eight musicians selected as finalists from the 47 participants aged 13 and younger who partipated in the competition. On stage after the prize-giving and gala concert (behind from left) are Dr Waldo Weyer (adjudicator), Dr Marlene le Roux (patron), Henning Bouwer, Jean-Louise Moolman (adjudicator), Hilda Boonzaier (SASMT Tygerberg branch chairperson), Prof Hubert van der Spuy (founder) and Pamela Kierman (adjudicator). Front: Sinran Emilie Yang and Benjamin Monvoisin.
Erfenisdag (Donderdag 24 September) op verskeie maniere in en om Stellenbosch gevier en in Pniël het dié dorp se inwoners byeengekom om hul erfenis te deel. By die plaaslike museum het tieners van die meisiesbrigade gedans, inwoners staaltjies gedeel oor hul kinderdae en poësie is onder meer gedeel. Die digter Florence Phillips het verskeie van haar verse voorgelees. “Hierdie Hande” was ter ere van haar 95-jarige ma, en ’n ander, “Genoeg is Genoeg”, is Phillips se kommentaar oor geslagsgebaseerde geweld. Digters van die skryfskool, waarvan Phillips lid is, het ook van hul werke voorgedra aan die gehoor. Inwoners soos die voormalige onderwyser Thelma Lackay het staaltjies vertel van haar kinderdae in die dorpie se kloof met die verskeie gesinne en die sin van gemeenskap wat geheers het. Lackay het vertel van al die dorpie se kinders wat saam gespeel het en kaalvoet rondgehardloop het. Sy het onthou hoe sy die pak moes vat indien enige van die kleinspan te laat by die huis gekom het, omdat sy die oudste was en moes sorg dat almal betyds by die huis kom. “Daar was die kafee, destyds die enigste winkel, en bietjie verder op was die bioskop en aan die westekant van die kloof was ons kerk. Reg bo op die kloof was die opgaardam. Dit was vir ons belangrik – jy het die kloof nodig, want dit is waar alles was,” het Lackay verduidelik. Sy onthou goed hoe kinders koppies suiker en olie by die bure geleen het. Daar was ook diegene wat bietjie meer geld gehad het as die ander “Kloofters” en Lackay vertel hoe haar Ouma Tella haar gestuur het om 10 sjielings by ’n buurvrou
Denise Jefthas by van die kunswerke van ’n plaaslike kunsgroep. Foto: Yaël Malgas
te gaan vra sodat Ouma Tella snoek van die verbygaande bakkie vir die hele buurt kon koop. Een van die geliefde herinnerings wat sy gedeel het, was die ervaring van bioskop toe gaan. “Kyk, ons het nie goed Engels verstaan nie, so ons kyk dan maar net die prentjies. Maar die films wat ons gekyk het, was so dat daar altyd ’n held was wat gekom het om die meisie te red. Ons het heel voor gesit – soos mense in ’n gehoor – en dan klap ons hande, want die outjie het gekom om haar te red!” onthou Lackay skertsend. Die bobaaskok Alenor Pietersen het ook vertel haar erfenis en geskiedenis in Pniël het haar kosmaak en nuwe kookboek geïnspreer, terwyl musiek deur onder andere Justin Jefthas gemaak is. Pniël se amptelike dorpslied, “Coram Deo”, is trots deur die inwoners gesing.
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Heritage awards plays a melodic tune Yaël Malgas The annual e’Bosch Heritage Awards celebrated locals from the greater Stellenbosch who brought a tune to the town and helped establish generations of musicians. The recipients of the 2026 edition of the awards sought to acknowledge the music teachers, choir masters and those who use music as a means of activism. The group were from various walks of life but they are driven by a shared responsibility and joint relationship to keep music alive in Stellenbsoch, said Dr Sias Mostert, director of e’Bosch Heritage Project. e’Bosch was born through a partnership between Stellenbosch University (SU), Stellenbosch Municipality, and the founders who strove to find a few people to retain and celebrate Stellenbosch’s diverse heritage. Prof Deresh Ramjugernath, SU rector and vice-chancellor, said heritage is not something merely inherited but also is actively preserved. “Music is one of the most powerful carriers of heritage. It can cross boundaries of language, age and background. And perhaps most importantly, it can bring people together who might otherwise have very little in common,” he said. “The musicians we have hon-
The recipients of the 2026 e’Bosch Heritage awards with, (front) Prof Nico Koopman (SU deputy vice-chancellor for Social Impact, Transformation and Personnel), Prof Deresh Ramjugernath (SU rector and vice-chancellor), mayor Jeremy Fasser and Dr Sias Mostert of e’Bosch Heritage Project.
oured tonight have contributed to that living cultural heritage of Stellenbosch,” he said at the awards ceremony last Wednesday (23 September). ARRAY AWARDED In all 10 music awards were handed out. The recipients were Neil Keet, Patrick de Vries, David Taylor, Marthie Hauptfleisch, Mandy Skippers, Rochelle Adams, Heidi Sauls, Kevin and Glynnes Phillips, Wendy-Joy Crowley, and Danell Herbst-Muller. Keet, the Phillips, Crowely
and Sauls are among the local who have established and been at the helm school choirs. Taylor represented the Johnman Music School at the Johnman Garden Homes Music in the Stellenbosch CBD. The school, established by Dorothy and Charles Johnman in 1996, has helped to teach various musicians and provided performance opportunities for nearly 200 since the Covid pandemic. Hauptfleisch, a longtime e’Bosch collaborator, received her award in part for her use of music as education tool and
her activism. The nurse recently launch the first of her songs which aims to encourage young people priorities their sexual health. LEADERS STEP UP Along with the music makers the night also celebrated the group of participants who completed the e’Bosch leadership programme, which was facilitated by SU. “Leadership is not confined to position, title or public visability. Of course, we have more expectations of the people in
official positions. I’m grateful to say that while Stellenbosch has fantastic leadership positions, every one of us has something that our heart is crying about. And what our heart cries about is the one area where you can take action,” Mostert said. “That is what this Community Leadership Training course is all about, how to see, recognise what your heart is crying about, how to make the plan, how to imagine what is the miracle of what is needs to happen and end, but through hope, mobilise your compatriots to actually work together and with resilience to get to the end. “So we look forward to handing over these Community Leadership Certificates and we look forward to seeing what projects you are taking on.” Stellenbosch mayor Jeremy Fasser encouraged all attendees to continue honouring and preserving their heritage in big and small ways. “[Heritage] is about the stories our grandparents told us. It is about the languages we speak, the food we save, the traditions we preserve, the songs we sing and the memory that connects generations,” he said. “In a place like Stellenbosch, with its complex and diverse history, celebrating heritage must also mean creating opportunities for different communities to see themselves and each other as part of one shared story.”
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Uitdagings van jong vroue op planke Hartsgrond Produksies, ’n teatergeselskap van Plettenbergbaai, neem nog ’n tree vorentoe wanneer sy bekroonde produksie, Ons is nog hier, by die Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees opgevoer word. Die toneelstuk is deur die Hartsgrondstigter, Matthew Smith, geskryf, met Tamia Thompson as regiseur en Franka Kirby (Nikitha), Adri-Jo Waterboer (Layla) en Cara Rossouw (Shanice) op die verhoog. Saam vertel hulle ’n verhaal gewortel in die werklikhede wat kwesbare jongmense reg oor Suid-Afrika in die gesig staar. Ons is nog hier verken mensehandel, met jong vroue vasgevang tussen desperaatheid, oorlewing, vriendskap en verraad. Humor en warmte laat die gehoor toe om die lewe met die karakters te verken, voordat die erns van hul omstandighede aan die lig kom. Dit nooi gehore om te lag, net om later te oorweeg waaroor hulle juis gelag het. In werkliheid gaan die produksie oor die mense agter die statistieke – hul
Van links is Franka Kirby, Tamia Thompson (regisseur), Cara Rossouw en Adri-Jo Waterboer tydens ’n repetisie vir ‘Ons is nog hier’ wat vanaf hierdie naweek op die Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees te sien is.
drome, foute en vasberadenheid om sigbaar te bly. Die titel word ’n verklaring: ten spyte van alles, is hulle steeds hier. “Hierdie karakters is jongmense met
humor, gebreke en stemme,” sê Smith. “Elke oorlewende verdien om gesien, gehoor en geglo te word.” Die toneelstuk is deur die NATi Ris-
ing Stars-program by die Jakes Gerwelstigting in Somerset-Oos ontwikkel. Hartsgrond se deurbraaksproduksie PAS het op die 2025 DCAS-teaterfees by die Baxter-teater in Kaapstad toekennings vir beste algehele produksie, beste skrywer en beste aktrise gewen, en is daarna na die Zabalaza- en Suidoosterfees genooi. “Waar jy vandaan kom, behoort nie te bepaal hoe ver jou storie reis nie,” sê Smith. “Ons gaan as verteenwoordigers van elke jong kreatiewe mens wat al gewonder het of hul stem saak maak.” Onder Thompson se regie balanseer die produksie sy pynlike tema met sagtheid en onverwagte humor. Met Hartsgrond op Stellenbosch se verhoog, bring hulle ’n boodskap: plaaslike stories hoort op nasionale verhoë. Ons is nog hier is komende Saterdag (3 Oktober) om 10:00, Maandag 5 Oktober om 17:30 en Saterdag 10 Oktober om 17:00 op die verhoog van die Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof te sien. Besoek Quicket vir kaartjies teen R120, of R150 by die deur.
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Play tickles the funny bone Following rapturous expected from teachers, reviews in Johannesburg, parents and learners in an Helderberg theatremaker ever-shifting world and the Sue Diepeveen presents reaches of “cancel culture” her hilarious, poignant, that have become the incisive solo comedy, norm. While Diepeveen’s Ms.B-haved, at the Toyota new play tickles the funny Stellenbosch Woordfees bone, it also explores the from Sunday 4 to Tuesday trepidation, nostalgia and 6 October. tenacity that presents itself Directed by Natasha when inevitable change Sutherland and starring challenges our identity and Diepeveen, Ms.B-haved be worth. on the planks of the Paul The audience will meet Roos Theatre. various new-age parents The production sees bewho add colour to this loved teacher Sally Burkett Sue Diepeveen from Somerset West landscape as Diepeveen stars in the one-woman theatre in disgrace. After 30 years explores the nuances of production Ms. B-haved at the Paul of teaching, she finds her the relationship between Roos Theatre as part of the Toyota reputation in tatters after parent and teacher. They Stellenbosch Woordfees. her suspension from Litare kept guessing as potentleman Junior Preparatory tial disastrous scenarios School for a misdemeanour that could well are brought to life, all of which can lead to get her fired. suspension of a teacher. The infamous school drop-off zone has The suspense is heightened by the inbecome a hotbed of gossip; the guessing creasing pressure through social media for game surrounding her scandal is jamming the truth to be exposed. In a “woke” world all the parent group apps. can Sally navigate her way through to reCome laugh along with firecracker Sally tirement or will the school board axe her? as she ponders her fate, while unpacking Ms.B-haved will be on the Paul Roos stage on what brought her to her current hell of 4 October at 19:00, 5 October at 13:30 and 6 Zoom teaching online. October at 18:00. Tickets can be bought online Ms.B-haved explores the extremes through Quicket.
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Kyk deur ‘queer’ oë na lewe Ná sy debuut by die KKNK teur. Hy is ook verantwoor2026 is Markus (en die delik vir die musiek, terwyl brandblusser op die derde Jurie Boshoff die verhoogverdieping) op pad na die bestuurder is. Toyota Stellenbosch WoordNá die produksie se debut fees! by die KKNK in April was Die toneelstuk bied dit ook by die Kaapstad ’n intieme blik op die Toneelhuis, EnRoute Kunstream-of-consciousness van stefees, Nasionale Kunste’n jong queer-man, Markus fees in Makhanda en in ’n Benade, terwyl hy die huiskonsert in Hermanus afgelope drie jaar van sy te sien. Vihann van Rooyen vertolk die universiteitslewe met die Dit het ook op die Stantitelrol in Markus (en die brandhulp van ’n brandblusser dard Bank Ovation Awards blusser op die derde verdieping). probeer verwerk. van die Nasionale KunsteDie produksie belig temas fees ’n Daily Ovation-toekenvan verlies, gay-identiteit, liefde en selfliefning ontvang. de. Dit ontbloot die flitsbeelde van Markus Markus (en die brandblusser op die derde se bestaan, die niks-en-niemands wat hy verdieping) is komende Saterdag 3 Oktober langs die pad ontmoet het en dít wat nog (20:00) en Dinsdag 6 Oktober (18:30) op die van hom oor is. verhoog van die Hoër Meisieskool BloemVihann van Rooyen is die brein agter hof te sien. Markus (en die brandblusser op die derde Besoek Quicket vir kaartjies teen R120 elk aanverdieping) – as skrywer, regisseur en aklyn. Kaartjies by die deur kos R150.
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Woord en lied word een by Woordfees Met Woord & Lied, ’n keurspel van Afrikaanse a cappella koormusiek en digvoorlesings deur Frieda van den Heever, word as deel van die Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees deur die Kaapstadse Kamerkoor aangebied. Kom luister na geliefde klassieke werke deur onder andere H. Pieter van der Westhuizen, Péter Louis van Dijk en Niel van der Watt asook splinternuwe toonsettings. “Spelend in Tuine”, ’n toonsetting van een van Ina Rousseau se kwatryne deur Hans Huyssen, vorm ’n prikkelende middelpunt van die program. Die Kaapstadse Kamerkoor is sedert 2009 deel van die ryk Kaapse koorkultuur en is tans onder leiding van Antoinette Huyssen. Die produksie word op Vrydag 9 Oktober om 18:30 in die Fismer-saal in Victoriastraat, Stellenbosch, aangebied. Kaartjiepryse beloop van R195 tot R250 aanlyn deur Quicket, of R225 tot R280 by die deur.
Ouma grawe diep Ouma en die ou koeie met Margit Meyer-Rodenbeck en Coenraad Rall (klavier), met die teks en regie deur Jurg Human, gaan op Woensdag 4 en Vrydag 9 Oktober die gehoor by die Endler-saal laat skaterlag. Namate ’n mens ouer word, is die meeste mense geneig om (vir gerieflikheidshalwe) sekere dinge te begin vergeet – en dis gewoonlik die goed wat ons nie wil onthou nie. Dit wat ons wil onthou, kry mos mettertyd allerhande “versierinkies” by. ’n Halwe waarheid in die 50’s word ’n voldonge feit 50 jaar later. ’n Wolhaarstorie word ge-blowdry tot ’n manjifieke beehive, en ’n besope one-night stand verander jare later in ’n pragtige kortstondige romanse. Maar daar skort nog niks met Ouma se geheue nie... En sy onthou nie net haar eie stories nie, maar ook dié van die vromes onder ons, wie se ou koeie hulle baie eerder diep in die sloot sou wou los. Wat Ouma wel vergeet het, is hoe om doekies om te draai. Ouma en die ou koeie is ’n komedie-kabaret wat jou een oomblik sal laat skaterlag en die volgende saggies na jou asem laat snak, want jy kan jouself dalk net herken. Die produksie is Woensdag om 13:00 en Vrydag om 20:30 op die planke. Bespreek jou plek aanlyn deur Quicket. Foto: B-You Photography
Tyd vir Nagtegaal-skryfprys Inskrywings vir die gesogte 2027- Reinet Nagtegaal-teksprys, die grootste teksskryfkompetisie in die land, word ingewag. Die prys word moontlik gemaak deur Law for All en aantreklike pryse is op die spel. Die wenner ontvang R120000, mentorskap en ondersteuning met die afronding van hul teks en ’n moontlike speelvak op die 2027- Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees se Spier-toneelprogram. Die tweede- en derdeplekwenners ontvang onderskeidelik R60000 en R30000. “Die ontwikkeling van gehaltetekste vir die verhoog in Afrikaans is ons belangrikste doelwit met die kompetisie,” sê Dirk Nagtegaal, wat die kompetisie in 2002 saam met wyle Reinet Nagtegaal begin het. Die prys is tot 2010 toegeken. “Daarom het ons in 2024 besluit om in samewerking met die Toyota Stellenbosch
Woordfees nuwe lewe in die inisiatief te blaas. ’n Mens kan nie genoeg waarde heg aan motivering vir dramaturge om aan te hou skep nie en die uitkomste van die afgelope twee kompetisies spreek vanself.” Die feesdirekteur, Saartjie Botha, sê die geleentheid is ’n viering van die woord. “Ons ontvang graag inskrywings wat literêre meriete met verhoogmatigheid kombineer. Ons moedig skrywers wat in ander genres skryf, aan om ook hul hand aan ’n verhoogteks te waag,” verduidelik Botha. Die eerste twee wenners is onderskeidelik Dianne du Toit Albertze met Huis van sand, en mees onlangs Rachelle Greeff met Grootmeisie, waarna gehore vanjaar kan uitsien. Inskrywings sluit op Vrydag 15 Januarie 2027. Die inskrywingsvorm, reëls en riglyne is aanlyn by www.woordfees.co.za beskikbaar.
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All about braai at Sandringham Visit Stellenbosch is teaming up with the 2026 South Africa BBQ Festival as the official destination partner, welcoming a celebration of live-fire cooking to Sandringham Farm in Stellenbosch on Saturday 10 October. The festival will see more than 40 South African and international pitmasters share their distinctive techniques and fire-cooking traditions. From low-and-slow smoking and open-flame grilling to methods passed down through generations, the gathering pays homage to the many ways the world cooks with fire. “Stellenbosch has always been a place where people connect around the table,” said Annemie Liebenberg, CEO of Visit Stellenbosch. “The South Africa BBQ Festival extends that table into the open air and around the fire, inviting visitors to meet the makers, stay for the conversation and experience something unexpected. Whether it is a first taste, a new connection or a skill learned beside the flames, this is Stellenbosch as you may never have imagined it before.” For Visit Stellenbosch, the partnership reflects the destination’s positioning, “Unexpected Firsts. Unforgettable Moments", offering new and returning visitors a more considered way to experience Stellenbosch: slowly and intentionally, through the people and flavours that give the destination its distinct character. Festival founder Biggy Smallz will be joined by pitmasters and food personalities including Pete Goffe-Wood, Ashley DokterMosotho, Borries Bornman, Marvyn Buys of Smoked by Buys, Niel van Zyl, Richard Bosman, Nic van Wyk, Jay Maan of Mr
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Dorpskalender | Town calendar FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER Stellenbosch: The DAISY JONES BAR turns six with a performance by Cape Town’s wildest alt-ska outfit, Crimson House, in Dukes of Note. The band doesn’t really do shows, they take over the room. Ska horns, blues-punk grit, Afro-gypsy rhythms and a healthy dose of street-cabaret chaos, all driven by frontman Riaan Smit. No backing tracks and no sitting still – just one long, sweaty, brass-blasted assault on the dance floor. The doors open at 17:00. Book online via Quicket.
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Burnley FC bursts onto regional scene Players of Burnley Football Club celebrating their 1-0 victory over CCK Legacy in the final of the 2026 SAFA Cape Winelands Hollywoodbets Men’s Regional League Nedbank Cup at Cloetesville Sports Ground on Sunday (27 September). The Jamestown club advanced to the final of the coveted competition following a 4-3 triumph against Real Stars at the same venue that same afternoon. Established in 2018, Burnley FC has grown from a community-driven club into a competitive force in Stellenbosch football. The club recently won the 2025-’26 Stellenbosch LFA Promotional League, finished third in the SAFA Cape Winelands Promotional League Playoffs and secured promotion to the Hollywoodbets Men’s Regional League for the 2026-’27 season. The latest cup triumph marks another significant milestone in the club’s rapid rise and is a testament to the hard work, determination and commitment of the players, coaching staff, management and supporters. As Burnley FC continues its journey in the regional league it invites local businesses, organisations and individuals interested in sponsorship or collaboration to come on board and support the team for the season ahead. Support will assist with transport, equipment and match-day costs, particularly for players travelling from surrounding rural communities. Potentional sponsors and collaborators can contact Jacquin Flandorp on 065 913 5349 or jacquin@sun.ac.za.
Fairtree boss Lourensford The endurance mountain-biking team of Fairtree DP World Cannondale once again delivered a commanding performance, this time at the Lourensford MTB Classic in Somerset West on Saturday 19 September. Seven riders were in action in the event, with three achieving top 10 finishes and one claiming sixth place overall. The MTB riders who saddled up for the ride were Luyanda Tobigunya, Ziandro Jordaan, Kusaselihle “Lihle” Ngidi, Kwazi Mbhamali, Ethan Michaels, Lwandile Tshandana and Winile Majavu. “Launched in 2004 and despite its tough routes, the Lourensford MTB Classic has always been a favourite on the Western Cape MTB calendar,” said team manager Chris Norton. “The Helderberg and Hottentots Holland Mountains form an L-shaped basin that is 12 km long and 600m high, creating the ideal mountain biking amphitheatre. The team love these trails
with their challenging climbs and amazing single-track descents.” Ngidi recorded a time of 2:25:47 and crossed the line in sixth place overall and fifth in his riding category, Ziandro Jordaan (2:27:31) placed seventh overall and sixth in his riding category and Tobigunya (2:27:51) placed eighth overall and first in his riding category. The rest of the team members also delivered good times and results: Mbhamali (2:32:32) finished 18th overall and 10th in the category; Michaels (2:35:2) finished 21st overall and 21st in the category; Tshandana (2:37:21) finished 13th overall and 24th in the category; and Majavu (4:02:21) finished 171st overall and fourth in the category. “The team is growing from strength to strength, and we look forward to some great team racing soon,” Norton added. “Thanks to our amazing sponsors for making these opportunities possible.” Some of the Fairtree DP World Cannondale riders who saddled up for the Lourensford MTB Classic on Saturday 19 September are (from left) Luyanda Tobigunya, Kwazi Mbhamali, Ziandro Jordaan and Ethan Michaels.
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ie 16de Dagbreek-straatmyl, wat volgende Woensdag (7Oktober) in Victoriastraat, Stellenbosch, beslis word, gaan weer eens nuwe talent ontgin én die legendes van weleer huldig en aan ’n nuwe generasie voorstel.
Die jaarlikse geleentheid bied sewe wedlope met 17 afdelings – van o.10 tot veterane, asook die enigste skaatsplank-mylwedloop in die land. Die voormalige wêreldrekordhouer in die 1500 m, Sydney Maree, sal vanjaar as myllegende vereer word. Maree, wat op Sondag 6September sy 70ste verjaarsdag gevier het, het ’n 1500m-wêreldrekord op 28 Augustus 1983 in 3:31.24 in Keulen, Duitsland, opgestel. Hy is die enigste Suid-Afrikaans gebore atleet wat die myl onder 3:50 gehardloop het en het altesaam 17 droommyle op sy naam (onder vier minute). In 1981 het hy die eerste 5th Avenue-straatmyl in New York in 3:47.52 gewen. Dié rekord het vir 43 jaar gestaan totdat Josh Kerr (huidige mylwêreldrekordhouer) dit in 2024 verbeter het. Maree het in 2003 die Orde van Ikhamanga (silwer) vir sy buitengewone bydrae tot atletiek ontvang. STRAWWE MEDEDING VERWAG Die Dagbreek-straatmyl is deel van die Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees. Beutin Guts is terug by vanjaar se wedloop en mik om sy eerste Dagbreek-straatmyl te wen, nadat hy verlede jaar in sy buiging die tweede plek in die ope-afdeling behaal het – en ’n droommyl net-net gemis het. Hy het ’n goeie seisoen agter die rug, het verskeie titels gewen en Suid-Afika in Januarie by die Wêreldlandloopkampioenskap in Florida in die VSA verteenwoordig. Nog ’n wêreldklas-landloopdeelnemer en die 2021-wenner van die ope-afdeling vir vroue, Kyla Jacobs, is vanjaar terug in
Stellenbosch. Sy het ook ’n suksesvolle jaar agter die rug met ’n beste tyd van 4:14.73 in die 1500 m in België. Jacobs kan goeie mededinging verwag van Jade Miller, wat vanjaar vir die Studente SA Wêreldlandloopspan gekies is en die verlede maand ’n bronsmedalje in die studentelandloop-kampioenskap gewen het. Sy was vierde op die Studente SA Spele in beide die 1500 m en 800 m. Nog ’n vrou wat ’n goeie jaar beleef, is die meestersatleet Ester Brink, wat ’n SA meestersrekord in die 1500 m opgestel het. Sy was ’n afdelingswenner by vanjaar se SA Landloopkampioenskap. STUDENTEWEDLOPE ’N HOOGTEPUNT ’n Gereelde ondersteuner en nog ’n afdelingswenner, Kobie Griffiths, is ook terug. Sy het onlangs ’n bronsmedalje op die SA Landloopkampioenskap verower. Noleen Conradi van die Athletic Academy het bevestig sy bring ’n groot groep atlete om deel te neem. Onder die atlete is meisies van die Hoërskool Stellenbosch, vars ná die ASA landloopkampioenskap. Onder hulle is Mia Basson (o.16), Devane van Rooy (o.17) en Mikayla Frits (o.19). Die myllegende Johan Fourie se atlete van die Dogsquad sal ook weer sterk mededinging in alle afdelings bied. Dan is daar natuurlik ook die studentewedlope – hul kleredrag en mannewales is altyd ’n hoogtepunt vir die toeskouers en verleen ’n unieke karakter aan die byeenkoms. Altus Schreuder sal weer die kommentator wees. Sy kennis en entoesiasme dra baie tot die sukses van die byeenkoms by. Tussen die wedlope sal die rassieleiers van die Hoërskool Stellenbosch toeskouers vermaak en ’n Redbull-trok musiek verskaf. Registrasie open om 14:00 en die eerste wedloop begin om 16:30. Kontak Francois by 0833685948 of francois_fouche@hotmail.com vir navrae.