HI-Helshoogte isenokungabi yeyona ndawo indala kwikhampasi, kodwa qiniseka ukuba kwiminyaka 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 ngoCanzibe 11, 1973, yaza yamiselwa ngokusemthethweni ngosuku olulandelayo. Ngexesha lesigaba sokwakha, indawo yokuhlala yaqala yathiywa “Ellehoogte” ngoCanzibe 12, 1972, kodwa igama latshintshwa laba ngu “Helshoogte” kamva kulo nyaka.

Idyasi yengalo yendlu iHelshoogte 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 esinye kwaye zifumane ubunye kumgquba wentshukumo. Icandelo elithe tye libonisa uzinzo kunye nokuqina. – ukuzama ukufezekisa zonke ezintathu ngaxeshanye kuba luphawu lomkhankaso wethu fezekisa injongo eziphezulu.

ANangona uphawu olusemthethweni lukaHelshoogte kuzintsika ezintathu, indawo yokuhlala nayo inebheji eyaziwayo: inkukhu. Abahlali baseHelshoogte baziwa ngokuba zi “hoenders” (iinkukhu) kwikhampasi. Ihostele ngothando ibizwa ngokuba yi “hoenderhok” (ihoko yenkukhu), yinyaniso leyo esiyamkelayo. Olu lwazi lwaqiniswa ngokuxhoma umqhagi kuphahla lwendlu ngowe-1982. Umqhagi webiwa waza wabuyiselwa ngowe-1983, emva koko kwafakwa umqhagi omtsha ngowe-1998. Ukususela ngo-1995, lo mqhagi ubulila qho kusasa ngo-07:30, nto leyo ekhumbuza ikhampasi ngobukho bethu. Ukongeza, saqala “Hoenderdag” yethu edumileyo ngo-1981, usuku oluye lwaba sesona siganeko sikhulu sentlalontle kwikhampasi.

I-Helshoogte ilandela inkqubo yezimiso ye-BRUT:

• Brotherhood/Ubuzalwane: Bangaphezu kwama-300 abazalwana, imigangatho eli-10, iyunithi enye. Sima kunye, ekuhleni nasebubuni.
• Respect/Intlonipho: Intlonipho yeezimiso zethu kunye nezo zeDyunivesithi yaseStellenbosch. E-Helshoogte, sibonisa intlonipho kumanenekazi, komnye nomnye, nakwabo bakummandla wethu okufutshane nangaphandle.
• Uitnemendheid/Ukugqwesa: Sizama ukugqwesa.
• Trots/Ukuzingca: Siyazingca ukuba wonke umzalwana waseHelshoogte unokufumana iindlela zokufaka isandla ngetalente yakhe kwimpumelelo yendawo yethu yokuhlala kunye noluntu.