Stellenbosch, South Africa – The rape of a 22-year-old Matie in a student house has been described by the acting vice-chancellor of Stellenbosch University as a despicable act, saying “the offender must be punished to the full extent of the law”.
Professor Leopold van Huyssteen said the university was doing everything possible to support the woman who was raped during a break-in in Joubert Street in Stellenbosch on Saturday morning.
The incident happened just a day after the university’s senate accepted a recommendation that, from next year, “arrangements could be made for tests and exams not to be taken at night”.
The last official time for tests and exams would be 5.30pm.
It also follows a “significant increase” in muggings on campus and elsewhere in the town at the end of the first semester.
Additional security measures were taken…
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