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Maties win Intervarsity clash again

​FNB Maties won the annual Intervarsity clash against the University of Cape Town (Ikeys) for the third consecutive year on Saturday. This rivalry stretches...

End of an era for Steinhoff Maties Cricket

The 2016 National Club Championships turned out to be the end of an era and the dawn of a new one for the Steinhoff Maties Cricket team. Not only did Maties...

Maties Basketball teams qualify for USSA tournament

Maties Basketball's men's and women's teams have both qualified to participate in the national university championships (USSA) in July after victories in two...

High Performance programme now includes Mountain-biking

​​Mountain-biking now forms part of Maties Sport's High Performance programme at Stellenbosch University (SU) and will become part of the exciting Varsity...

Student is not discouraged by her disability

​​As a young child doctors predicted that Samantha Stander will never be able to walk. She was diagnosed with severe congenital developmental dysplasia. Now...

Helping courts check government spending

A capabilities approach can help courts see to it that government spending is proportionate to the socioeconomic needs of vulnerable members of society, writes...

Clean hands save lives

Every year hospital-related infections kill 16 million patients worldwide. Germs and bugs are microscopic and cannot be seen with the naked eye. Hands are the...

Failing support systems cause nurses to fail patients

International Nurses Day is marked on 12 May to honour this group of selfless health professionals that forms the backbone of healthcare systems around the...

Achieving the impossible - inspirational words from Lewis Pugh to the DTTC

World-renowned endurance swimmer, Lewis Pugh, has inspired and encouraged staff from the Desmond Tutu TB Centre (DTTC) at the Faculty of Medicine and Health...

Maties dominate South African leg of FameLab competition

​​Five of the ten finalists in the South African leg of FameLab – one of the biggest science communication competitions in the world – were from Stellenbosch...
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