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Shedding light on water scarcity through art
Medical anthropology professor combines art and science to highlight water crisis in South Africa. Artwork on drylands in South Africa due to water shortage. Photo: Londell Phumi Ramalepe Wits...
View ArticleWits Fencing Club takes gold in KZN
Witsies shine in KwaZulu-Natal National Open tournament. Eight Wits fencers participated at the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) National Open tournament which was held over September 8-9. One of the fencers,...
View ArticleWits Men’s Hockey wins against Jeppe
The Wits Men’s A hockey team moved up to third place on the Southern Gauteng Hockey Association winter league log after defeating Jeppe Men in their second last match of the league. Wits Men’s A Hockey...
View ArticleHola! to Africa’s first Centre for Mexican Studies
Vice-chancellor Adam Habib played an integral role in the inception of the centre at Wits. The first Centre for Mexican Studies in Africa was officially launched at the Wits School of Literature,...
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Healthcare professionals should collaborate for the benefit of patients
Hierarchy within health sciences compromises the care of patients. Professor Catherine Burns gives the keynote address on the history of hierarchies in the healthcare professions....
View ArticleWits Football cement their place in Varsity Football Final
Wits Football club to face TUT in Varsity Football final after defeating UJ. The Wits Football club made it through to their first Varsity Football final after beating University of Johannesburg (UJ)...
View ArticleWits Men win hockey league
The Wits Men’s Hockey team beat the Crusaders to secure the Southern Gauteng Hockey Association league. The Wits Men’s A-side won the Southern Gauteng Hockey Association (SGHA) winter league at the...
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Bidvest players dominate Bafana squad
Wits players make Bafana Bafana squad. Four Bidvest Wits players have been called up to represent the South African Men’s national team for the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The...
View ArticleParadise Fallen: an ambivalent look at the ocean
It is the kind of work that transports an audience, and that questions our ability to tell the difference between reality and dreaming in a transformative way. THE SHORT series installation titled...
View ArticleSouth Point workers continue strike as demands go unmet
Workers at the popular student accommodation demand higher wages. Two-hundred and thirty-one South Point workers in Braamfontein downed tools demanding better wages as they are struggling to maintain...
View ArticleStudents strike over South Point’s rumored 15% rent hike
South Point is set to communicate their 2019 rental increment with students before December South Point management has refuted claims by the Wits Student Representative Council (SRC) that it intends to...
View ArticleStudents and South Point retailers support workers
Braam community stands in solidarity with South Point workers. South Point students and retailers have pledged their solidarity with striking South Point workers on September, 18 and 19 respectively....
View ArticleHigh time for dagga ruling
Marijuana has been decriminalised following a ruling delivered at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, September 17 Members of the Wits University community have welcomed the landmark ruling of the...
View ArticlePolokwane City stun Bidvest Wits
Polokwane City win their sixth game against Bidvest Wits. Polokwane City left Bidvest Wit reeling after a 1-0 win at the Bidvest Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday, September 21. The win secured the...
View ArticleCool Kid: Andisiwe ‘Andy’ Mpinda
Meet this weeks cool kid on campus; artsy Andy. COOL KID on the Wits art block is Andisiwe ‘Andy’ Mpinda. Juggling different art disciplines – performance art and music – Andy is pursuing a masters in...
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First-year parking becomes more secure with booms
First-year parking booms will go live in the coming week to improve safety and security Boom: First-year parking to be accessible only to students with valid parking permits....
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Stop apologizing for being a woman of colour
In a book discussion on Dawjee’s Sorry, Not Sorry, the author speaks of her experiences as a Muslim, gay, Indian and enlightened feminist in a white South Africa. Kavel Harie shares that he has never...
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Rhodes University ‘needs sexual offences unit’
Rhodes University does not have a unit to deal with sexual offences. A former Rhodes University student has started a campaign to petition her alma mater to create a sexual offences unit to deal with...
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SLICE OF LIFE: Sun’s out, so are sexual predators
Spring has finally arrived and GBH is lurking around the corner DARK GREY skies and the harsh cold air have now become a thing of the past as winter makes way for spring. The first cheerful and...
View ArticleWits promotes African languages
Wits will make African languages mandatory for incoming students in the Humanities and Engineering departments. Wits University students starting a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2019 will be required to...
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