5 shows to watch on Netflix this exam season
Exam season has arrived – a time for nothing but stress, textbooks and summarising of notes that you have not…
An open letter to the Socratic Society
“Should anemic epistemologies be allowed public purchase?” On the 10th of April, students packed into one of Pulp’s cinemas, ready…
The Sad State of Activism, Leadership and Ideology on Campus
2019 has already been a busy and exhausting year, packed with concerning events, decisions and activities that have been taking…
Shuttle fees: the aftermath
There are still many questions left after Stellenbosch University announced that its shuttle fee has been “suspended”. Some of the short-term questions include whether the suspension is permanent, or just…Continue Reading →
“Victim Blaming” and some passive aggressive posters
In the middle of the year, just as exams were coming upon us, SU Campus Security thought it a good…
On “Victimhood”: the Realities and Fictions
On 16th November 2018, an opinion piece by Mariné Bothma was published on Netwerk24. In this piece, Bothma attributes the…
Facilitating the resistance at SU Leads 2018
To fully understand why I believe that the Rooiplein discussion that took place during the SULeads Conference should become the…
Host a mental health event? Check.
Imagine this You wake up in an environment where the “alles vir die huis” (everything for the house) mentality means running around campus at night butt-naked, harassing students walking by.…Continue Reading →
What and why is iLizwi?
I have been on campus for a relatively short time, but in that time I have realised a few things.…
Where are the thought leaders?
2015/16 were the years when leadership on campus was challenged, defined, redefined and when leadership was real. Campus issues became…