IAW speaker escorted off Wits campus
After three days of calm campaigning on both sides SAUJS and PSC clashed at the Chamber of Mines building. Rashaad Dadoo, centre, confronts reserve IDF soldier Ashager Araro, left, outside the Chamber...
View ArticleZimssoc joins forces with Charity Drive Zimbabwe for cyclone Idai relief
Wits Zimssoc collaborates with Charity Drive Zimbabwe to raise funds and provide donations towards the Cyclone Idai victims in Zimbabwe The Zimbabwean Students Society (Zimssoc) at Wits has made a...
View ArticleSLICE: A white student’s dilemma: Shut up or speak out?
A white student’s perspective of #FeesMustFall LARGELY as a result of widespread student unrest in 2015, the push toward a decolonised syllabus at Wits University came into its stride at the start of...
View Article2020 vision for Witsie
Wits hockey player may have a chance to shine in Spain and Japan. Nomnikelo Veto breaking a sweat in hope of becoming an Olympian. Photo: Provided Third-year BA student Nomnikelo “Nicky” Veto has been...
View ArticleEngineers create clean energy system to tackle loadshedding
Wits engineers help solve electrical shortages Innovators: Muhammed Aswat and Raees Dangor holding elements of the PiCo power system. Photo: Tumelo Modiba Two Wits engineering students and their...
View ArticleGauteng releases buildings for student accommodation
The Gauteng provincial government pledges to give universities and colleges unused buildings to accommodate students. Gauteng Premier David Makhura announced on Wednesday, March 27, that underused...
View ArticleFormer CALS director knighted in France
Professor Bonita Meyersfeld recognized for her work on gender-based violence Professor Bonita Meyersfeld has been recognised for her work on gender-based violence. Photo: File Colleagues have...
View ArticleJaguars bag their first seasonal win
The Wits Women’s Volleyball team start of their week and season with a fantastic win. THE Wits Women’s Volleyball team, the Wits Jaguars, won their first game of the Johannesburg Volleyball Union (JVU)...
View ArticleQ&A with Lebohang Masango
Lebohang Masango is a poet, author, feminist activist and a masters candidate in social anthropology. In 2017 she published her first children’s book, Mpumi’s Magic Beads, and followed that up with The...
View ArticleA crushing defeat for Bidvest Wits against Pirates
Bidvest Wits was hopeful in climbing up to the top position but the Buccaneers’ fortune came along. Bidvest Wits missed an opportunity to leave with a draw, when they scored an own-goal handing Orlando...
View ArticleSketchy Bongo sorry for pro-Israel performance
The South African DJ took to Twitter to apologise. Sketchy Bongo says he is sorry for playing at the SAUJS event last week. Photo: Ortal Hadad. Hitmaker Sketchy Bongo has apologised for performing at...
View Article‘My first love has always been presenting’
VOICE of Wits (VoW FM) programming manager, Matthew Malcolm, has stepped down from his position to be a presenter at YFM, a commercial youth radio station in Johannesburg. The Wits graduate, formerly...
View ArticleWitsie in Ms Tertiary SA Semis
Wits student makes it into semi-finals of Ms Tertiary SA STUDENT Khayakazi Gqabe, 25, who is pursuing a Wits Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), recently made it to the semi-finals of the Ms...
View ArticleWits netballer snatches big win
Wits first team netballer, Simone van Reenen, is aiming high as she is selected to play for the Limpopo Baobabs. Bachelor of Arts student Simone van Reenen has been selected to play for the Limpopo...
View ArticleWits men’s triumph, while women’s team flop in basketball league
Wins for Wits Bucks and Young Bucks but devastating loss for Lady Bucks in Gauteng University Basketball League Two Wits University’s men’s basketball teams triumphed during their respective clashes,...
View ArticleMaimane calls for cohesion and reform
The DA leader addressed members of a local Jewish community ahead of the elections. Mmusi Maimane as he answers questions of members from the Jewish community at Sandton Shul. Photo:Ortal Hadad The...
View ArticleFour Wits volleyball teams tanked at volleyball fundraiser tournament
The Wits University volleyball teams crashed out during the quarterfinals of the Shani 30 Fundraising Volleyball Tournament All four Wits volleyball teams that participated in the Shani 30 Fundraising...
View ArticleWits Titans beat Spiker-Roo three sets to one
Women’s volleyball team bags first victory of the season. A highly energetic match against Fairland’s Spiker-Roo saw the Wits Titans women’s volleyball team claim their first win of the season on...
View ArticleStudent Digz gets new Hillbrow bus stop
THE students living in Student Digz Accommodation in Hillbrow will no longer have to use public transport to get to Wits campuses. Since Tuesday, April 9, a new bus stop has been added to the existing...
View ArticleCouncil candidates miss the mark
SCHOOL Council elections have been postponed by at least two weeks as very few of the nominated candidates met the stringent academic requirements. According to new criteria effective from the 2018...
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