Sexual lunch: No strings attached?
Eyebrows have been raised sky high in response to a lunch hosted by lawyers investigating sexual harassment charges at Wits. Lawyers from Bowman Gilfillan invited a group of the harassment “victims” to...
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Closed. Back in…
NOTHING TO SEE: The Friendly Supermarket at the Matrix looks set to remain closed. Photo: Pheladi Sethusa The friendly Supermarket in the Matrix has been visibly out of business for the past three...
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EXCLUSIVE: Tsepo wa Mamatu speaks
by Nokuthula Manyathi and Shandukani Mulaudzi Tsepo wa MamatuPhoto: Provided Tsepo wa Mamatu, senior drama lecturer suspended recently after sexual harassment allegations against him, has broken his...
View ArticleWits puts Hunt on top
BIDVest Wits has reportedly made Gavin Hunt the highest paid coach in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) with a salary of almost a million rands. Bidvest Wits announced on Tuesday that Hunt signed on as...
View ArticleIsrael vs SRC
The SRC said they weren’t surprised the university was under financial pressure from Israel lobbyists not to drop the charges against 11students charged for disrupting the performance of an...
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Taxi Poetry: A ride on the rhythms of fiction and beyond
Stubble bearded and glass-eyed, dressed in army-green knit sweater and soil-brown slacks, author Imraan Coovadia cut a weary figure on Wednesday evening at WISER’s discussion of an initiative, to put...
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World No Tobacco Day
A meme is popularly defined as an “element of culture or behaviour that may be passed from one person to another by non-genetic means, especially imitation”. The concept was coined by famous British...
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Clever Boy ditches diski
Out With A Bang: Stanton Fredericks has retired from pro-football after helping Bidvest Wits to 4th place this season....
View ArticleEthiopian spaza owner kidnapped and robbed in Soweto
Early yesterday evening in Orlando East, a group of men in a mini-bus forced an Ethiopian shop owner into their vehicle, robbed him of his stock, and after driving around with him captive in the taxi...
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Pistorius media frenzy
Wits Vuvuzela Pistorius media frenzy Shandu Mulaudzi reports on the media frenzy in Pretoria ahead of murder-accused Oscar Pistorius’ court appearance. Members of the international and local press...
View ArticleAnother attack on foreign store owners
A second incident involving a white Toyota Quantum minibus, alleged to be bundling people into the vehicle and robbing them of their possessions at gun-point, happened again this afternoon in Orlando...
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Menell13: Media freedom unpacked
[Photographs by Nokuthula Manyathi] Some of the most influential South African journalists gathered at the Sol Kerzner auditorium at the University of Johannesburg on Saturday, to discuss various...
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[STORIFY]: Mandla airs the dirty laundry
If this Storify does not load automatically, please click here. Storify by thuls Fri, Jul 05 2013 00:17:21 Mandla airs the dirty laundry Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla Mandela spoke in great detail...
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[STORIFY] Mandela medical drama
Please click here if this Storify does not load automatically. Storify by Ms Mulaudzi Fri, Jul 05 2013 03:29:48 Mandela medical drama AFP reports that Mandela was in a ‘vegetative state’ have cause...
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OPINION: What I learned from Radio Days
Teamvuvu’s Liesl Frankson spent part of her winter break at the annual Joburg Radio Days Conference hosted by the Wits Radio Academy. This is her account of the experience. Joburg Radio Days ended on...
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[GALLERY] Joburg Radio Days wraps up
The 2013 Joburg Radio Days Conference wrapped up in Johannesburg today. The gallery features just some of the prominent guests speakers and delegates spotted at the conference. RELATED: Wits...
View ArticleCrime spike in Braamfontein
There has been a general increase in crime in Braamfontein according to Head of Wits Campus Control, Robert Kemp. “Recently we have had an increase in crime in the Braamfontein area which includes...
View ArticleWITS NEWS: Passing of Prof Ismail Mohamed
STATEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG ON THE PASSING OF PROFESSOR ISMAIL MOHAMED The University of the Witwatersrand extends its deepest sympathies to the family, friends,...
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Will digital kill the radio star?
Video by Prelene Singh Radio practitioners from all over the country, continent and the world came together last week to discuss and debate the future of radio at this year’s Joburg Radio Days...
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[STORIFY] Another cabinet reshuffle
If this Storify does not load automatically, please click here. Storify by Wits Vuvuzela Tue, Jul 09 2013 08:06:27 Another cabinet reshuffle South Africans on the twitterverse were glued to their...
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