Meet your prims: Stellenbosch Campus Residences

Many of Stellenbosch University’s (SU) ‘off-campus’ students do not know who the Stellenbosch campus Residence Prims of 2019 are. A Residence Prim (Primaria for women and Primarius for men) is the head of a student residence and runs the residence alongside the House Committee. A Prim contributes to the atmosphere of residence and campus life. Meet SU’s Residence Prims:

 

Huis Neethling

Meet Maties Soccer Captain and Prim of Huis Neethling, Courtney Williams. Courtney is 23 years old and is “originally from Ottery, Kaapstad represent!” Courtney says his left leg is longer than his right.

 

Harmonie

Lauren Haupt will be 23 this year and is from Bellville, Cape Town. “When I was around 7 years old, I had two birds and would sing “I’m like a Bird” (by Nelly Furtado) to them every night because I thought it would help them sleep,” she says.

 

Metanoia

Charise Ramoshaba (21) hails from Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. “I always eat my dessert before my main course. That’s because when I was young, I’d always get too full from the main and then not have enough space for dessert,” said Ramoshaba.

 

Wilgenhof

Industrial Engineering student, Michael Burke (20), is originally from Somerset West and plays the saxophone for the band Uncle Spike.

 

Huis Visser

Huis Visser Prim, Stefan Janse van Vuuren (22), is known to have a serious case of middle-child syndrome. His hometown is Uitenhage, Eastern Cape.

 

Nerina

22-year-old Anri Magerman is from Eerste River, Cape Town and is known to be a serious Sims fan. “I love watching YouTube videos where gamers play “Sims 4”, I [also] secretly play “Sims 3” in class,” adds Anri.

 

Sonop

Johannesburg’s 20-year-old Unopachido Mubaiwa was quite the mischievous child. “When I was in grade one, my best friend at the time and I broke into our teacher’s classroom and stole Chomps! That was the most savage thing I’ve ever done. I got caught though, but my mom just laughed.”

 

Helshoogte

Fisherman, golfer and cricketer Prim Danté de Wet (23) is originally from Johannesburg. This is his fifth year being part of the Maties Varsity Athletics Squad. His discipline is javelin throw.

 

Monica

Prim Rebecca Pitt, is from Cape Town and is 20 years of age. Pitt says she usually buys her shoes from the “kiddies” section.

 

Serruria

Hermanus’ Mika Engelbrecht (22) is Prim of Serruria. She is “potentially, hopefully, soon-to-be a winemaker”.  Engelbrecht is known to be a serious reader, hiker, beach-goer and maker or baker of food.

 

Huis ten Bosch

Nikita Köhler’s (21) hometown is Durban and if you really want to get on her good side, get her a long island iced-tea from Aandklas.

 

Irene

Ingrid Heÿdenrÿch’s hometown is Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng. This 21-year-old Primaria watches 7deLaan every single night.

 

Nemesia

Jenna Makin (21), Primaria at Nemesia, is from Durbanville, Cape Town. “Some fun facts: my surname rhymes with bacon so my nickname is Jennamakinbacon. I have cat ears tattooed on my wrist, I love “makin” people laugh –  see what I did there – and I really hope to leave this world better than I found it,” she says.

 

Helderberg

Adriaan de Lange (22) is from Durbanville, Cape Town and isn’t as sour as he sometimes looks. He is, in actual fact, the “king of lame jokes” and even manages to laugh at his own jokes.

 

Erica

Erica’s professional music listener Prim, Anesu Isabel Kachikoti (21), is originally from Zimbabwe and thoroughly enjoys watching crime documentaries.

 

Academia

Kelly Green (20), Academia’s BCom Economics Prim, is technically grade 2 on the saxophone but she is really terrible at it. Green is from Johannesburg, Gauteng.

 

Goldfields

Austin Pepar is Primarius of Goldfields and is 22 years old. “I can make crazy look good,” adds Pepar. He originates from Strand, Western Cape.

 

Lydia

Danielle Lifschitz is 20 going on 21 and “yes, I’m a Pretoria girl – like the song,” adds Lifschitz. She has never broken a bone before and she can think of a quote to fit any situation.

 

Heemstede

Cassandra Dulcie Pengelley aka ‘Cassie’ (21) was born on the 3rd of March 1998 and is from Port Elizabeth. “The top of my ring finger was cut completely off, the night before my eighth birthday,” adds Cassie. Luckily for her, the tip was sewn back on and her finger is fully functional.

 

Eendrag

Namibian Liam Cloete (21) does not have Facebook, Instagram or any other social media platform besides WhatsApp.

 

Simonsberg

Simonsberg Prim, Brandon Hughes (22) is from Winston Park, Durban. “I know the ending of Game of Thrones…,” adds Hughes.

 

Minerva

Jana Storm (22) comes from Durbanville, Cape Town. Storm will whip out her “wormy” dance move at any given occasion.

 

Dagbreek

Tian Alberts (22) is originally from Stellenbosch, Western Cape and his memory can span back to the age of 2 years old.

 

Majuba

Mountain-biking Prim, Neil Eduard De Kock (21), is from Johannesburg, Gauteng. “My dream pet is an otter,” says De Kock.

 

Huis Marais

Ulrich van Zyl (21) is originally from Paarl, Western Cape. “I don’t like avo’s,” van Zyl says