Q&A with Kopano Fanasi
Kopano Fanasi is a Wits master in physiology student and South African model. He has a significant ten and a half thousand followers on Instagram, where he has collaborated with prominent South African...
View ArticlePROFILE: Meet SA’s youngest female doctor – a bachelor of medicine at 21!
Passion, a desire to help people and living past seven months in spite of premature birth, are the things that have driven Dr Thakgalo Thibela to become a health professional. Being the nation’s...
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SRC: Wits financial concessions are not enough
Week-long discussions resulted in concessions being made by the university, among them to provide R20 million, and Wits SRC insistence that all students offered readmission be allowed to register Wits...
View ArticleTop SA universities boost climate change research
Wits, the University of Cape Town and the University of Fort Hare have collaborated to provide funding for PhD and masters students to encourage more researchers of colour to work in the field of...
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INFOGRAPHIC: Level 1 lockdown at Wits
Over 25 000 students logged in to Ulwazi at the beginning of the academic year this week, kicking off the academic year virtually. FEATURED IMAGE: Over 25 000 students logged in to Ulwazi at the...
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Man shot dead in Braamfontein amid Wits fees protest
The protest that started on Monday, March 8 turned deadly as police opened fire on students. An unidentified man has died during the Wits University fees protest in Braamfontein on Wednesday, March 10....
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Fee protests continue as university registration periods extended
The South African minister of higher education has announced that all universities will extend their registration periods to allow first-time, first-year NSFAS students to register. Student...
View ArticleWITH VIDEO: Wits security officer facing assault charges
Two students have laid charges against a Wits security official for assault. A Wits University campus protections services officer is facing assault charges after physically assaulting two students on...
View ArticleWitsie makes it quick and easy to take one’s medicine
New mobile application brings together customers and pharmacies that do not have own delivery services for essential and over-the-counter medication. A Wits honours graduand in quantity surveying has...
View ArticleStudent engineer designs drone to fight spread of covid-19
Wits student was driven by a desire to speed up a return to res during the lockdown in 2020, as home proved to be less than conducive as a remote learning environment. A love for aerospace engineering,...
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Palliative care centre makes space for grief counselling
The grief counselling service is available at the Wits Centre for Palliative Care. The Wits Centre for Palliative Care has re–introduced face-to-face healing services for people grieving the loss of...
View ArticleWits law school newspaper says dumelang to digital
As a result of the covid-19 pandemic, hardcopy circulation of the Wits law school newspaper Dumelang was brought to a halt. The Wits Olive Schreiner school of law newspaper, Dumelang, has gone...
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Wits graduate directs fashion documentary
Recent Wits urban and regional planning graduate, Francesco Mbele (20), directs Universal Elixir, a behind-the-scenes documentary on a short film come fashion show, Banyoloyi a Bosigo (Ultimate...
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New restaurant opens in Braam
Faouzi branches out, with its first franchise in Johannesburg. The Uncle Faouzi franchise expanded its family of four on the 31st of March, launching its fifth restaurant on corner Juta and De Beer...
View ArticleFinancial aid office suspends LLB funding
Wits law students left in limbo after financial aid and scholarship office suspends funding for LLB degrees. Hundreds of Wits law students in the faculty of commerce, law and management face the risk...
View ArticleCounselling services go online
Counselling and development services will remain online till the end of the year. The Wits University Counselling and Careers Development Unit (CCDU) has moved its services online for the rest of 2021....
View ArticleFirst-years face challenges with Wits online learning
2021 marks a first in Wits history, as first-years start the academic year without physically being on campus. First-year faculty of humanities students at Wits University have expressed mixed feelings...
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Wits digital arts students create Afromanga comics
The students are learning how to incorporate African-themed visual storytelling into the creation of comics. Wits BA digital arts honours students are collaborating to create their own comic stories...
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Wits Rugby out in the cold for Varsity Cup training
The club had to find creative ways to prepare for the annual tournament to get around the closure of gyms on Wits campuses. FNB Wits Rugby are training off campus for the Varsity Cup due to the...
View ArticleWits team to advance AI research in Africa
The team partnering with Cirrus AI is led by Wits vice-chancellor, Professor Zeblon Vilakazi. The largest Artificial Intelligence (AI) project on the African continent was announced by Wits...
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