Student community supports residents affected by apartment fire
Members of a Stellenbosch University (SU) private student organisation (PSO) banded together in support of three students who lost...
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Jan Marais Nature Reserve fires for fynbos
Stellenbosch Municipality executed a controlled ecological burn at Jan Marais Nature Reserve on 21 April. The park was closed to members of the public for the day due to the burn.
Brand verwoes huis in Cloetesville
“Ek het net gedink aan my kinders,” het Cloetesville-inwoner, Clerisia Pienaar gesê nadat haar woning op 22 Februarie in...
SU residence reopens after fire
Huis ten Bosch (HtB), the Stellenbosch University (SU) residence that closed after sustaining fire damage on 12 August 2019,...
February veldfire damaged biodiversity, but rare Protea preserved
A total of 14 000ha of fynbos and wildlife habitat burned during the fire that swept through the Boland...
Huis ten Bosch closes its doors for the rest of the year
Yusruh Davids, newly elected Vice Prim’s room after the fire. VIDEO: Yusruh Davids. In a communiqué sent out to...
“Stellenbosch is fed up with loss”
A group of about fifty students gathered at Irene Ladies’ Residence last night for a Mass Prayer for Stellenbosch....
Huis ten Bosch residence catches fire
On Monday evening, 12 August, Huis ten Bosch ladies’ residence went up in flames. While the cause has not...
Some quality time at the Lanzerac
Tall Stellenbosch oak trees guard the road to Lanzerac Estate. An earthiness lingers. On your right-hand side, you can...
Afrikaburn: An alternative festival for alternative people
No running water. No indoor toilets. Blazing heat and dust storms. One would be forgiven for asking why anyone...