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Wits academics lauded at NRF awards
Wits academics receive recognition at the National Research Foundation awards Eight Wits academics were honoured with A-ratings at the National Research Foundation (NRF) awards ceremony held in...
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Cool kid on Campus
Meet this weeks’ new cool kid on the block, James Fatana. COOL WITH WORDS: A poet, rapper and businessman is this week’s cool kid on Campus. “I tend to the wounds of people crucified by their...
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Professor Angela Davis hails Pretoria High School’s Zulaikha Patel
Professor Angela Davis has applauded 13-year-old Pretoria High School for Girls student Zulaikha Patel for shining the light equally on her peers as the media has shone it on her. At the 17th annual...
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A loss for Wits basketball teams
BOUNCING LOSS : The Wits Horny Bucks basketball team playing against Vaal University of Technology, on Tuesday. Photo: Nokuthula Zwane THE Wits Basketball teams lost to arch rival Vaal University of...
View ArticleWits rower buoyant after representing SA in world champs
After a year of training and trials, a Wits Boat Club member finally made it to Poland for the World University Championships A WITS University Boat Club rower has just returned from Poland where he...
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Uplifted Life society hosts event for scholars
Student society, Uplifted Life, hosted an event at Wits University this past Saturday to teach High School learners on the importance of choosing the right educational path. The Uplifted Life society...
View ArticleWits Sex Actually Festival marks its ninth year
WITS Drama for Life will hold their ninth annual Sex Actually festival in order to promote discussions about sexuality, culture and sexual health among students. The festival will feature a variety of...
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Wits students march in solidarity with UKZN
By Laura Pisanello and Nozipho Mpanza TOGETHER WE STAND: Students march in solidarity with students at UKZN at Amic Deck today. A small group of Wits students held a demonstration on campus today to...
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Medical aid dispute remains unresolved
Wits University management has until October 1 to accede to the demand by the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) to remove what the union says is an “offensive” clause in the...
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Fighters stall leadership election
Wits EFF to elect its leadership structure next week The Wits Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) was unable to elect its leadership structure this week after a meeting was disrupted owing to disputes...
View ArticlePYA infighting stalls election of SRC executive
Due to dispute of the new president of the Students Representative Council, further electing of executives have been stalled. An internal PYA dispute over the new Wits SRC president-elect has stalled...
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Protests after Sizzlers workers fired for eating cheese and Vienna
Sizzlers, a deli shop at the Matrix, was the scene of a protest after the company allegedly fired four worker for eating cheese, rolls and Viennas during their lunch hour. BRING BACK OUR COLLEAGUES:...
View ArticleUFS to appeal ruling stopping Afrikaans to English teaching change
The University of Free stated has been granted leave to appeal a court ruling against their new English language policy by the Bloemfontein High Court. THE UNIVERSITY of the Free State (UFS) was...
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Witsies raising funds for children suffering with cancer
Wits students raise funds for children suffering with cancer. THE WITS Knockando residence hosted the annual Children’s Haematology Oncology Clinics (CHOC) Night to raise funds as part of the...
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Wits boffin on awards, criticism and Homo naledi
PROF Lee Berger has garnered a lot of media attention of late. His work in paleoanthropology has recently seen him win prestigious awards, but also receiving flak from the international scientific...
View ArticlePYA announces new SRC leadership
The Student Representative Council (SRC) has announced its new leaders after a meeting on Thursday night. “We have constituted! Your #PYA15 are officially the incoming SRC 2016/17,” the Wits...
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Ten years of photographer Zanele Muholi’s ‘Faces and Phases’
Photo series participant, Lerato Dumse through her phases. Photo: Olwethu Boso Visual artist and photographer Zanele Muholi’s new exhibition, Faces and Phases, centered...
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One Young leader at a time
National youth president for the Patriotic Alliance, Zareef Minty, explains how he manages between being a law student, political figure, fashion designer and author. Photo: Pheladi Sethusa A WITSIE is...
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Wits ranked number one Africa
Wits University has added another 1st place ranking title for 2016 from the latest international ranking table that has come out. The latest ranking is called the Shanghai ranking and it is known to be...
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Lwazilubanzi Mthembu is an actress, singer and poet best known as Sihle on the SABC1 sitcom, Thandeka’s Diary. She graduated with a BA in Performing Arts from Wits and heads the Live Music division at...
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