Kasi 2 Kasi brings queer cinema to the internet
The launch of a new queer virtual cinema intends to promote social change A new virtual film theatre called Kasi 2 Kasi Queer Cinema, launched on Tuesday, July 28, aims to give society access to queer...
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South Point workers up in arms over unpaid covid-19 allowances
The private student accommodation company is caught between the Unemployment Insurance Fund and workers stressed by the regulations to control the coronavirus pandemic. The management of South Point...
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Children’s book to include South African sign language translation
A new children’s book includes visual sign language translations for Deaf children. Mpumi and Jabu’s Magical Day, is a children’s book that follows the story of Mpumi, a hearing girl, and her friend...
View ArticleWits complies with covid-19 screening regulations through Logbox Patient
Staff and students are required to adhere to coronavirus screening process implemented by the university. Wits University pioneered a screening app called Logbox Patient, through which students and...
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Wits physics researchers break record
The new quantum approach could allow for a more secure transmission of information in commercial devices. A team of physics researchers at Wits have broken records by improving the information...
View ArticleWits scientists reflect on climate factors in pandemic
A group of Wits expert have presented a southern African perspective on climate factors in the spread of covid-19 at an international e-symposium. Wits University scientists have participated in an...
View ArticleErrand-running business helps students earn an income
Wits students have initiated an errand-running service to provide a potential income for fellow Witsies. A Wits University student launched an errand-running service on Monday, July 27, which aims to...
View ArticleStudents unhappy about uniticket data
Wits students take to social media to complain about the university’s data restrictions. A number of Wits University students say they are frustrated by the restrictions imposed on the data provided to...
View ArticleWits international students to receive data
Wits management and the SRC have negotiated a data allowance for international students for the rest of the academic year. Wits University will be providing data to an estimated 250 international...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship course launched for Wits employees
The Wits Entrepreneurial Research Challenge aims to grow entrepreneurship skills among staff at the university. A new course that aims to teach entrepreneurship skills has been made freely available to...
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Wits: Leaked students’ personal details retrieved
The accidentally circulated information included students’ full names, email addresses and ID numbers. Wits University has reassured students whose personal information was inadvertently shared in...
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Tshimologong launches women-focused entrepreneurial programme
Ya Basadi hopes to strengthen women’s role in the technological industry. Wits University’s Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct has established a women-centric programme, called Ya Basadi. The...
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Asithandile Zozo mourned at Wits
The mood was sombre as the Wits community mourned the tragic death of the young student. A group of about 100 people gathered in the cold at the Great Hall piazza at Wits University on Friday, August...
View ArticleAnnual AFDA film festival goes online
Film students across the school’s four campuses rose to the challenge of merging remote and on-set production to present their work online for the first time. Lockdown restrictions have pushed...
View ArticleWits paleoanthropologists unearth new hominid site
The excavation team is going to produce a series of video recordings of the scientific work being conducted on the site whose walls are crammed with fossils. Wits paleoanthropologists have discovered...
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Covid-19 relegates primary health care to secondary status
The coronavirus pandemic has negatively affected the delivering of primary healthcare services and health-seeking behaviour, according to experts. South Africa needs a resilient primary healthcare...
View Article#MakeADifference takes care of students in need
A new wellness campaign is raising awareness around food insecurity among university students. The office of student success (OSS), under the faculty of health science (FHS) has been running a novel...
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HEALTH FEATURE: A rapidly produced covid-19 vaccine can still be trusted
All vaccines come with risk, but the time it takes to develop an effective vaccine does not affect its quality. The covid-19 pandemic set off a global race to develop a vaccine to combat it but given...
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EDUCATION FEATURE: Covid forces teachers in training to go online
The covid-19 pandemic that is gripping the world has prompted the transformation of the teaching practice curriculum in South Africa, introducing a new challenge for student teachers. In a normal...
View ArticleNEWS ANALYSIS: Covid-19 worsens education sector’s teacher crisis
The teacher shortage induced by covid-19 threatens to derail progress made in the sector thus far. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) faces a potentially devastating teacher shortage crisis as...
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