Explore how Stellenbosch tech startups are revolutionizing industries with innovative solutions. Learn about Aerobotics, Custos Media Technologies, Sxuirrel, AgriProtein, Entersekt, and i-Manage Compliance, and their impact on technology and sustainability.
This year, the town is buzzing with exciting exhibitions, performances, and cultural events. Here’s a preview of what’s coming up in the Stellenbosch art and culture scene.
Climate change needs no introduction, and with the murmurs of another Day Zero in the Western Cape, it has been thrust back into daily conversation. Global warming is leading to increased temperatures globally, and in 2019 the World Meteorological Organisation found that there was a 1.1℃ increase in temperature compared to preindustrial levels globally.
Daily Maverick's The Gathering: Earth Edition was a climate-focused conference that brought together scientists, economists, business leaders, policymakers and activists to discuss practical solutions to the environmental, energy and economic crises South Africa faces.
Slow fashion has experienced an increase in popularity in recent years, promoting sustainability and localised shopping. Students and tourists alike found their second-hand goods and locally-created artisanal goods at the Dorp Street Sunday Market, which has become a Stellenbosch bucket-list item.
Minari Korean Kitchen Stellenbosch has virtually been fully booked since opening its doors in the quaint Simonsplein courtyard off Plein Street on Friday, 7 April. This family-owned Korean restaurant, which is the trendy, younger-brother company to the Minari in Simon’s Town, was brought to the Eikestad by the same team behind the popular Fool’s Gold Social Bar. The intimate, yet definitively elegant restaurant space puts a spotlight on quality, traditional Korean cuisine.
The youngest café in Stellenbosch is very self-aware about being a new coffee shop in the student town famous for its everchanging caffeine landscape, but Platō Coffee seems like it’s hitting all the right spots for locals.
Stellenbosch is a town that has long been associated with colonial-Dutch architecture, prestigious wine farms, and a rich heritage that reflects its historical roots. But for a 23-year-old tourist from England, Stellenbosch was much more than that.
What if removing carbon from the atmosphere was as easy as paying for a cup of coffee? Well, thanks to the new digital currency toco, it quite literally is. This digital currency is quickly taking root in Stellenbosch, despite growing public scepticism towards anything that sounds like cryptocurrency.
At the Dorette Potgieter Film School, learners can meet like-minded people. The accredited film production course covers various aspects of filmmaking, including creative script writing, basic production, editing, and media design, in addition to camera performance.