A Stellenbosch domestic worker will be allowed to upgrade her quarters at her own expense after a long battle with the farm owners she worked for was concluded in the Constitutional Court on Thursday. The unusual case of domestic worker Yolanda Daniels began in January 2014 when a door was[…]
Two years after his parents and brother were killed with an axe, Henri van Breda will go on trial in the Western Cape High Court on Monday. He is charged with three counts of murder, one of attempted murder, and one of obstructing the course of justice. Van Breda was[…]
Parents and residents of Idas Valley protested at Lückhoff High School in Idas Valley, Stellenbosch, on Tuesday after a second bullying video came to light, Netwerk24 reported. The video was shared on social media just days after a video surfaced which showed a girl being assaulted at the school. Instead[…]
Student movement Open Stellenbosch has retracted an apology it sent to two students after the pair’s purple costumes were deemed racist on social media, claiming their actions were “still blackface”. Student Poekie Briedenhann and a friend drew much controversy on Instagram after posting a picture of themselves in what appeared[…]
Dr Wouter Basson’s involvement in the training of student doctors was on a no-compensation, voluntary community-service basis as part of an initiative driven by a group of doctors, Mediclinic Southern Africa said on Wednesday. This was in response to the uproar following Stellenbosch University’s Tygerberg Student Council’s call for Basson,[…]
Final examinations would continue at Stellenbosch University on Wednesday despite disruptions by protesting workers and students, the institution’s Rector Management Team (RMT) said on Tuesday. The RMT said the university had taken extra precautions to strength security and control access to exam venues. “Following today’s [Tuesday’s] incidents further measures and[…]
A stun grenade was fired at a crowd of protesters apparently rattling the gates of the Stellenbosch police station following the arrest of four Stellenbosch University workers on Tuesday. Crowds of workers and students were making their way through the streets after the four were arrested during protest action against[…]
It is unlikely that the language of tuition at Stellenbosch University will be changed to English next year. This is after the university’s executive committee said in a statement that the language implementation plan for next year had already been approved. It also said the minimum offering in each language[…]
Some universities have revised examination schedules in light of the student protests. Both Stellenbosch University and the University of the Western Cape said they would postpone exams by a week to give students adequate time to prepare. In a statement, Stellenbosch University said this included all forms of assessment and[…]
Stellenbosch University (SU) students are planning a protest against a proposed 11.5% fee increase, the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) said on Friday. This comes days after similar action began at Wits University. “The SRC is fully aware that a decrease in the national subsidy to all universities resulted in this required[…]
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