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REVIEW: Dead Places – Not All Ghosts Are Dead
Netflix series explores the supernatural, life after death and reincarnation. South Africa’s paranormal series, Dead Places, has made a mark on the world’s most popular streaming site, Netflix. The...
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SLICE: Yoga keeps me in touch with the divinity within
Yoga and meditation assist me in maintaining flexibility, strength and balance beyond the mat. Professionals were always held up as the ones that might assist me with fighting the challenges I faced...
View ArticleMadonsela: Mzansi must mobilise to defeat corruption
Former Public Protector Professor Thuli Madonsela believes all hands must get on deck to fight in the war against corruption. In the annual Wits memorial lecture, guest speaker Professor Thuli...
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REVIEW: The wrenching tale of a woman’s emotional war
Rose, a drama in the form of a monologue at the Market Theatre, explores the life of a woman who has experienced great loss and a painful past. The theatre stage is dead dark. It lights up gradually to...
View ArticleWits rolls out data for second block
Students are advised to understand and know which service provider is strongest in their area and to obtain a SIM card from the provider with the strongest connection in their area. Wits University...
View ArticleREVIEW: Makhafula Vilakazi’s “Concerning Blacks”
“I do not want to white anymore; I do not want to rainbow nation without bread,” says Makhafula Vilakazi in one of his new songs Makhafula Vilakazi’s writes for, about and to black people, in the...
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PROFILE: Africa’s current discus champion to compete in Tokyo Paralympic Games
BA sports development third-year student from the University of Johannesburg has qualified to compete for the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Yane van der Merwe (21) has qualified to...
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StuDocu: The note sharing platform we need?
Amsterdam based note sharing platform StuDocu is providing access to course notes across the world. Wits university has “almost 3,500 active accounts”, on a new university-level course material...
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Wits graduate joins Nordic journal’s editorial committee
A Wits school of arts graduate has been appointed as a new member of the editorial committee for the Nordic Journal for Artistic Research Wits dramatic arts graduate Eliot Moleba was appointed as the...
View ArticleSLICE: Experiencing death for the first time
The passing of a loved one is a traumatic journey that brings the realisation that death is the final nail in the coffin. Death had always been something that I looked at from afar. I could never...
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PHOTO ESSAY: Ramadan in Level One Lockdown
Razeen Gutta is a student journalist at Wits Vuvuzela. He has documented his friends and family’s activities during Ramadan in his hometown of Mafikeng in the North West province. The holy month of...
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SLICE: Musical therapy keeps me in tune
Playing electric guitar and writing music are my outlets for helping me cope with bouts of self-doubt and anxiety. My therapeutic relationship with the guitar started in high school. I was shy and...
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Cool Kid: Zekhu Kheswa
Different environments can affect how one understands and views the world. Zekhu Khwesa is a Bachelor of Music student at Wits University, a budding musician majoring in jazz vocals, and goes by the...
View ArticleSLICE: Observing Ramadan as a troubled non-Muslim
A religious reawakening was needed after I distanced myself from Catholicism, but I received so much more from Ramadan. This year I decided to observe Ramadan to seek spiritual clarity to help me cope...
View ArticleREVIEW: ‘Hullo, Bu-Bye, Koko, Come In’ by Koleka Putuma
With each page you turn, challenges and complexities of everyday life for African women and female artists are laid bare in poet’s new offering. Hullo, Bu-bye, Koko, Come In is Koleka Putuma’s second...
View ArticleJoburg city juggles the hot potato of student accommodation
Many mayors and MECs coming in and out of office have promised to resolve the issue of accommodation. The City of Johannesburg’s housing agency has been handed the additional, difficult role of dealing...
View ArticleCollege partners with city to boost graduates’ job skills
The students will be partnered with mentors from the different city departments to help them adapt to the new workplaces. A college has signed a memorandum of understanding with the City of...
View ArticleBraamfontein protesters demand reform in Uganda
At a protest in Braamfontein, Ugandan opposition activists called for democracy and an end to oppression in their country. Members of the National Unity Platform (NUP), the Ugandan opposition...
View ArticleWits student receives IBM fellowship award
The award honours exceptional PhD students who aim at making their mark in promising and disruptive technologies. A Wits PhD computer science student has been recognised for his work by becoming the...
View ArticleWits emergency response plan ‘covers all bases’
The Wits occupational health and safety department prioritises the wellbeing of staff and students. After the fires that ravaged University of Cape Town (UCT), Wits’s emergency response team has been...
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