Changelog

A colored-pencil banner of a whitewashed gabled house on Dorp Street beneath an old oak, with vineyards running toward the Jonkershoek mountains.

Stellenbosch joins with the tools its 2026 asks for: the Level 2 water restrictions explained rung by rung, dam levels for both the town's Idas Valley dams and the shared Western Cape system, a who-to-call card (including the SU night shuttle and the municipality's WhatsApp fault line), the town's recurring year, the weekend markets still running after a year of closures, and a neighbour-reported power-outage board with the Eskom block map ready for whenever load shedding returns.

Ten research documents covering the whole town - the historic core, Kayamandi, Cloetesville and Idas Valley: water restrictions and dam levels, load-shedding blocks, safety, student housing, trains and taxis, and where residents get local information.