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Medics given legal advice
“The last thing you need is to have an accusation of rape against you for putting a speculum in.” This was according to Dr Liz Meyer, Medical Protection Society (MPS) consultant, in her lecture titled...
View ArticleNandos advert banned because of insensitivity to Xenophobia
Fast-food chain Nandos is contesting the ban on its advert that the SABC deemed to have a “xenophobic undertone”. The advert starts with the line “You know what is wrong with South Africa? It’s all you...
View ArticleProfessor Emeritus Phillip Tobias: Honouring an inspirational Witsie
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South Africans tight-lipped about taboo subjects
Just a month after the South African government started releasing inmates due to the presidential pardon two months ago, at least 43 are back in jail. A report distributed yesterday, June 12, by SAPA...
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Fine art and good coffee (soon)
Wits Art Museum at night Pic: Wits Art Museum After a decade of planning and years under construction, the multi-million rand Wits Art Museum has opened its doors to the public offering access to the...
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Child abuse on the increase, government says.
Photo:Mujahid Safodien In Gauteng alone more than 3000 children have been registered under the Child Protection Register (CPR) since the start of the year. In a written reply to a parliamentary...
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Irma Stern
Pic: Strauss & Co. Yet another piece of art made the headlines in South Africa this week but not for the same reasons as Brett Murray’s “The Spear”. An unidentified South African has just paid...
View ArticleSKA in SA – an international sensation
Local and international media have been buzzing with news after it was announced that the majority of the SKA, the world’s largest radio telescope array, will be built in South Africa. View the story...
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Women upbeat about Phiyega’s elevation
Women upbeat about Phiyega’s elevation Incoming police chief. Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega. pic.123people.com – Glenn Mashinini President Jacob Zuma, this week, appointed the first-ever woman police...
View ArticlePublic transport gets a shot in the arm
SABELO NDLANGISA The Passenger Rail Agency of SA (PRASA) recently unveiled a R500-million plan in an effort to boost public transport usage in Johannesburg. This is part of the R1-billion the company...
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Ex-Witsie sentenced to 15 years for drug smuggling
A former Wits student was sentenced today to 15 years in a Thai prison for attempting to smuggle drugs. Nolubabalo Nobanda was caught smuggling cocaine into Thailand after authorities noticed a powdery...
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Jackrolling becomes more prevalent
It is absurd to wake up to a screaming news headline, “a 17-year-old boy allegedly raped the girl in the bathroom of Busisiwe Primary School in Zola, Soweto.” A survey conducted among 1,500...
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Wits staff protest against management
Wits academic and support staff unions have planned a rally through Braamfontein on July 19 and a one-day strike next month over long-standing grievances with Wits management. The three unions jointly...
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Rape victims turned away from police stations
When Steven* took his girlfriend Sue to a Johannesburg police station after being raped at a party this month, he expected the police to help them. Instead, the police turned them away. He was told to...
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A Game of Tries
Ten tries helped FNB Wits win their game against a very physical Randfontein Rugby Club at the Greenhills Stadium in Randfontein on Saturday. This was Wits’ ninth victory in the Predator’s League. They...
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ANCYL renews support for Motlanthe
It will be a “generational error” if deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe does not emerge as ANC president in its elective conference in December. View the story “ANCYL renews support for Motlanthe” on...
View ArticleNot sleeping my way to the top
Don’t get me wrong, I love my life and I wouldn’t have it any other way, but I could use 10 minutes of “me time”. It’s no walk in the park being mother to a hyperactive three-year-old boy obsessed with...
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First Witsie to go to Hackfu challenge
Image taken from MWR Labs website A Wits computer science student travelled to an unknown location to test his skills in a premier cyber-spy challenge in the United Kingdom. Computer science Master’s...
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