South Africans at the gates of greatness in Rio
Rio 2016 Olympics are finally underway. We recap on the opening ceremony and also take a look at South Africans taking part in different sporting codes this weekend. With the scene beautifully set at...
View ArticleAnti-rape protestors disrupt Zuma election results speech
Anti-rape activists staged a silent protest that took the attention away from a speech by President Jacob Zuma on the election results at the Independent Electoral Commission centre in Pretoria. The...
View ArticleWitsies to host Lady Bucks Tournament
Wits Basketball Club celebrates Women’s Month. Wits Basketball Club will be hosting the annual Wits Lady Bucks Basketball Tournament in celebration of the Lady Ballers out there during the month of...
View ArticleFamily speaks about missing UJ student
A second year UJ student had been missing for more than a week now, and his family are still no closer to finding him. A collage of images of missing UJ student Ronewa Mamburu. Photo: Facebook. The...
View ArticleWits ladies shine on home turf
Wits University’s two ladies’ basketball teams got off to a flying start in this year’s Wits Lady Bucks tournament winning all their matches against visiting teams from around southern Africa. Playing...
View ArticleWits student suspended for attempted arson
A Wits student has been suspended in connection with the attempted arson of the Wits Law Library earlier this year. Two former students have also been issued with cease and desist notices in order to...
View ArticleMedics demand transformation
Wits medical students protest over transformation on Wednesday Photo: Ayanda Mgede Wits medical students staged a protest on Wednesday afternoon, calling the Faculty of Health Sciences...
View ArticleStudents reaffirm call for free education
The Fees Commission held its first hearing in Pretoria today. Leaders of the South African Union of Students (SAUS) have reaffirmed their call for free education by 2017. Speaking at the Fees...
View ArticleNew website to blow the whistle on xenophobia
Technology and research have come together to decrease the rate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. See how. Xenophobic violence in South Africa can now be monitored and possibly prevented and it’s...
View ArticleStudent Union wants direct link to the president
The South African Union of Students (SAUS) has said they will be looking to discuss issues of free education directly with the Presidency than through the Commission of Inquiry into Free Higher...
View ArticleRugby inter-faculty nears its end
The Steinhoff inter-faculty rugby tournament drwas to an end next week. The Steinhoff Humanities Titans will have face-off against Steinhoff Medics in the Wits inter-faculty final next week. This is...
View ArticleHabib cautions students against protests
Wits Vice Chancellor warns students against protesting at Town Hall meeting. Wits’ Vice Chancellor, Professor Adam Habib, has told students that future protests should be directed at the correct...
View ArticlePoetry slam to celebrate women
The Wits Citizenship and Community Outreach (WCCO) will host their first”artivism” (combination of art and activism) event with two sanitary pads as the entrance fee. The event, a poetry evening, is a...
View ArticleFootball and feminism: I also know the offside rule
“Sorry Sisi, there’s no Generations today. We’re watching soccer”. “Sorry Sisi, there’s no Generations today. We’re watching soccer”. This was my first time in the TV room at res at Wits. There were...
View ArticleDan the Director
YouTuber, film-maker and creative thinker Dan Mace sits down with Wits Vuvuzela to discuss his awards, his work and his fuure plans. Typically, YouTube celebrities create themselves on a foundation of...
View ArticleMinister delays fees announcement
The Minister of Higher Education and Training was expected to make an important announcement about fees today. A highly anticipated announcement about possible fee increases was postponed at the last...
View ArticleQ&A with Bongiwe Gambu
Bongiwe Gambu is a Communication and Media consultant who recently appeared on PowerFM’s special women’s day lineup. PowerFM listeners recently voted for regular caller Bongiwe Gambu to join the...
View ArticleCoolkid: Guitar boys
Take a look at this week’s cool kids When we spotted them on campus last week, we knew that something about them was special. We put up a short video of Antonio Buys and Anwyll De Leeuw doing what they...
View ArticleFirst WCCO “artivism” initiative gets sanitary pads for students
WCCO hosted a night of poetry in celebration and upliftment of women. A total of 173 packs of sanitary pads were donated by attendees to support the female students in need. A total of 173 packs of...
View ArticleWits Ladies out of basketball tournament
Wits Lady Bucks didn’t make it to finish line. Just before the last day of the Wits Lady Bucks Basketball Tournament ended the hosts were eliminated from the tournament. BASKETBALL LADIES: Wits Lady...
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