Before you come · Monday 9 November 2026

Rehearsal

Nobody only watches. Choose the position you registered for, then step through the day: what happens, what you do at that moment, and the one rule you keep from the door at 09:00 until the positions are dissolved at 16:40.

Before the day

Prepare

Arriving

Monday 9 November 2026, Lecture Hall, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch.

Officials 08:40 · presenters 08:30 · everyone else by 09:00. The door stays shut after the advertised start: that is part of the day.

Nothing to bring. Your ticket is given at the door. Not registered yet? Join the audience by Friday 30 October.

Care, plainly

The waiting is staged, never punitive. Officials act only on their cards; nobody improvises unkindness.
Step out at any moment by turning your ticket face-down. You need not explain.
Everyone is fed, whatever their form says. Declared allergies and religious dietary needs are met with labelled food; if you did not declare one, tell any official.

The 11:30 paper concerns unidentified human remains and searching families. No graphic images are shown.
The day is filmed for a documentary. Filming consent is separate; take a no-camera marker at the door and the camera will leave you alone.
There is no question time. Questions are filed on slips or on the debate wall, and answered there in writing after the day.