Government not doing enough for land reform
Wits Student Programme in Law and Society seminar by chairperson of Oxfam South Africa, Mazibuko Jara called for better and sustainable land reform. The chairperson of Oxfam South Africa, Mazibuko...
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21st century learning on Education Campus
A collaboration between The School of Education and School of Therapeutic Sciences, eZone promises to offer 21st century learning. THE WITS School of Education and School of Therapeutic Sciences...
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Wits Hockey Club plan to nourish young athletes
Wits Hockey Club embark on development project for underprivileged athletes Wits Hockey will host its first Development Project for young athletes this weekend, September 30 – October 1. It is aimed at...
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Students are the ‘smartest’ people in Joburg
Their research which ranges between 2014 to 2016, investigated the information needs and preferences of residents of Johannesburg. STUDENTS ARE the smartest demographic of people in Johannesburg, this...
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Wits Hockey Development Project underway
Wits Hockey Club arms young athletes with skills A GROUP of about 50 young hockey players, aged between 12 and 14, were taught the skills they’ll need, to make it to the top of the game, at the Wits...
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SLICE OF LIFE : The fear of the unknown
There are two months left of the 2017 academic year and I am honestly apprehensive about what the future holds. I am anxious about two things: Firstly, doing well enough academically in order to meet...
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Cool kid on campus
Meet the faces behind one of the latest gqom hit songs “uBaba ka Duduzane” which has taken social media by storm with over 350 000 views on YouTube. From Left: Muzukhona Sithole, Thabo Moagi and...
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Witsies dirty their hands for a cleaner Johannesburg
Wits DASO along with Witsies and community members came together to partake in the first clean-up in Braamfontein Witsies, members of Wits Democratic Alliance Student Organisation (DASO), the City of...
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Wits Bucks continue winning streak
THE FRIDAY Night Lights (FNL) division of the Inner City Super League (ICSL) kicked off early this month. The Wits Bucks won their second game in a row against the Braamfontein Blues on Tuesday night...
View ArticleWits drops KPMG as internal auditors
The university has made a decision not to renew its contract with auditing firm KPMG at the end of the 2017 financial year. The decision was made at a meeting with the university’s council on Friday,...
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Student fired for being ‘tired of white people’
A WITS UNIVERSITY student was fired and blacklisted by one of South Africa’s largest advertising and marketing agencies, after a group of people complained about comments she had made on Twitter about...
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KPMG relationship with Wits students remains unaffected
STATE CAPTURE: KPMG is under investigation by South Africa’s Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors. Photo: Kayleen Morgan WITS ACCOUNTING students should not worry about the relationship the firm...
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On your marks, get set, vote
TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE: Students will be updated about online voting processes on October6....
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Journalism pays homage to pioneers
History will continue to be made by the Wits Journalism department, as it honours various influential journalists and media outlets. As part of Wits University’s transformation agenda the journalism...
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Female basketballer wins big at Wits Sports Awards
Fortunate Bosega bags Sportswoman of the year again at the Wits Sports Awards. ANOTHER ONE: Fortunate Bosega with the trophy she won for the second time. Photo: Provided...
View ArticleFinding the light at the end of the tunnel
Last week, I started thinking about the challenges and emotions I experienced at the beginning of the year. Without a doubt, this year goes down as the most stressful and trying in my entire existence....
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Wits not yet accredited to provide HIV prevention pill
THE HIGHER Education and Training HIV/AIDS Programme (HEAIDS) announced last week that they would now provide the HIV prevention pill pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), also known as Truvada, to...
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Hlaudi Motsoeneng a no show at SASCO Save-a-Degree talk
His presence was meant to be the cherry on top, but former acting Chief Operations Officer of the SABC, Hlaudi Motsoeneng failed to show up at the Save-a-Degree campaign hosted by South African...
View ArticleAsawu to sue the university over the WitsMed merger with Discovery
ASAWU is taking legal action against Wits, following a decision to merge WitsMed and Discovery. The Academic Staff Association of Wits University (Asawu) is taking legal action against the Wits Council...
View ArticleWits student launch online textbook trading site
AN ONLINE textbook site, called SIKIO, established in June, was finally launched at the end of September. Third year BAccSci student, Ndu Nkwanyana (21), who is the co-founder and CEO of SIKIO told...
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