I-Helshoogte isenokungabi yeyona ndawo indala kwikhampasi, kodwa qiniseka ukuba kwiminyaka emininzi yobukho bayo, iye yaseka imbali ehlala ixesha elide kunye nezithethe ezininzi ezixabisekileyo. Indawo yethu yokuhlala iyahlonitshwa ngenxa yezi zizathu ekhampasini. Nasi isishwankathelo esifutshane sezithethe ezahlukeneyo kunye neziqwengana zembali eHelshoogte:
IHelshoogte yavulwa ngoMeyi 11, 1973, yaza yamiselwa ngokusemthethweni ngosuku olulandelayo. Ngexesha lesigaba sokwakha, indawo yokuhlala yaqala ukubhaptizwa “Ellehoogte” ngoMeyi 12, 1972, kodwa igama latshintshwa laba ngu “Helshoogte” kamva kulo nyaka.
Idyasi yendlu kaHelshoogte ibonakalisa imiba emithathu yemfundo ebanzi eStellenbosch: ubomi bemfundo, obusesona sizathu sobukho bethu eyunivesithi; ubomi bentlalo, apho ubudlelwane babantu budlala indima enkulu; kunye nokubandakanyeka kwezemidlalo, apho uphuhliso lomzimba lunegalelo ekugcineni ukulinganisela kwengqondo okunempilo. Iintolo ezintathu kwidyasi yengalo zisuka kwisiseko esiqhelekileyo kwaye zifumane ubunye kwi-vortex yentshukumo. Inxalenye ethe tyaba ibonisa uzinzo kunye nokuzinza—ukuzabalazela zontathu ngaxeshanye kuba luphawu lokusukela phezulu kwiinjongo zethu.
Nangona uphawu olusemthethweni lukaHelshoogte luziintsika ezintathu, indawo yokuhlala nayo inebheji eyaziwayo: iNkukhu. Abahlali baseHelshoogte baziwa ngokuba yi “Hoenders” (iinkukhu) kwikhampasi. Ihostele ngothando ibizwa ngokuba yi “Hoenderhok” (ihoko yenkukhu), inyaniso esiyamkelayo. Olu lwazi lwaqiniswa ngokukhwela umqhagi kuphahla lwale hostele ngo-1982.
Umqhagi wabiwa waze wabuyiswa ngo-1983, emva koko kwafakwa umqhagi omtsha ngo-1998. Ukususela ngo-1995, lo mqhagi ubulila qho kusasa ngo-07:30, nto leyo ekhumbuza ikhampasi ngobukho bethu. Abahlali baseStellenbosch bade bacenga umqhagi wethu ukuba uthi cwaka usuku okanye ezimbini!
Siphinde saqala i-“Hoenderdag” yethu edumileyo ngo-1981, usuku oluye lwaba sesona siganeko sikhulu sentlalontle kwikhampasi.
I-Helshoogte ilandela inkqubo yexabiso ye-BRUT:
- Ubuzalwana: abazalwana abangama-320, imigangatho eli-10, iyunithi enye. Sikunye siya kuma, ebunzimeni nasekubhityaneni.
- Intlonipho: Intlonipho yeenqobo zethu ezisemgangathweni kunye nezo zeDyunivesithi yaseStellenbosch. E-Helshoogte, sibonisa intlonipho kumanenekazi, omnye nomnye, kunye nalawo akwiindawo ezikufutshane nangaphandle.
- Ukugqwesa: Ukubalasela kwethu kuye kwagxininiswa kwiminyaka engama-46 yembali.
- Ibhongo: E-Helshoogte, sinebhongo kakhulu ngokuba singubani kwaye siyintoni na. Siyazingca ngempumelelo yethu kunye nokwahlukana kwethu okubalaseleyo. Siyazingca ukuba wonke umzalwana e-Helshoogte udlala indima kwaye unokufaka isandla kwiitalente zabo kwimpumelelo yendawo yethu yokuhlala.