Men’s residences at Stellenbosch held on to tradition at almost all costs. The response of Wilgenhof alumni to the "historical artefacts" in the archive room at Wilgenhof made this abundantly clear, writes William Brederode.
As a recent graduate of Stellenbosch University, my thoughts after seeing the haunting "historical artefacts" inside the so-called archive and punishment rooms at Wilgenhof were well summed up by a current student I spoke to: