In with the new, out with the old
Wits plans to employ 30 new A-grade lecturers but current lecturers are concerned this might create a “two-tier” university. Wits has committed around R30-million for these new lecturers as part of its...
View ArticleLadies night: Unleashing the Superwomen within
Click to view slideshow. By Nomatter Ndebele and Emelia Motsai Golden Key had a women’s day celebration at the Wits Art Museum on Wednesday. It was a black tie event and the speakers included Nondumiso...
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Cheers, I’ll drink to that
The science of thirst: Antony Higginson, associate lecturer at the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, heads up Wits’s micro brewery. The team recently brought a 9 000-year old beer...
View ArticleMDC fails supporters, fails change, fails progress
By Thuletho Zwane and Ray Mahlaka SOME Zimbabwean students said Morgan Tsvangarai’s MDC “slept” during the run up to the 2013 elections. Two Witsies and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters...
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Transie Missions
Click to view slideshow. Witsies use various modes of transport to travel to and from campus everyday. Some take 15 minute walks, while others have to travel for up to two hours. Wits Vuvuzela went out...
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Tunnel of colour
PYA candidate spray painting the West Campus tunnel. Photo: Caro Malherbe The Progressive Youth Alliance spray painted the West Campus tunnel today. With the SRC 2013/2014 elections which took...
View ArticleReady! OK! Cheerleading comes to Wits!
Click to view slideshow. Wits Vuvuzela attended cheerleading try-outs at the Old Mutual Sports Hall. The girls learnt some dancing moves from cheerleading instructor Nicole Herdman.
View ArticleWITH GALLERY: University Corner lift is on fire
Click to view slideshow. Ringing alarms and the smell of burning rubber forced occupants of University Corner to exit the building unexpectedly today. At three this afternoon, occupants of Wits’...
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SLICE: Skinny versus Fit
Liesl Frankson IT’S THE time of the year when the reality of all the bad, unhealthy decisions we’ve made through winter start to weigh heavily on our shoulders…not to mention our waistlines and...
View ArticleIt’s all systems go for online registration
Long queues, accommodation struggles and other registration day blues will affect fewer students when Wits implements its new online registration system next year. The university is making strides in...
View ArticleStudents turn down parliament
The standing SRC and Wits Student Forum (SF) had their second “student parliament” meeting on Tuesday to give a progress report to students. The gathering of some of the executive of the SRC, members...
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Wits staff ‘rural farm workers’
RURAL WORKERS?: Wits landscape workers categorized as rural farm workers in order to pay them rural minimum wage. Servest workers Tshepo Mabe and Hope Mofokeng Photo: Thuletho Zwane WITS landscape...
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Mo fayah, no fire drill
WARNING: Notice advicing students and staff about faulty liftsPhoto: Nokuthula Manyathi by Nokuthula Manyathi and Shandukani Mulaudzi Work in University Corner was disrupted on Tuesday afternoon when a...
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Rumble in the tunnel
COLOURED SLOGANS: PYA candidate spray paints the tunnel. Photo: Caro Malherbe THE PROGRESSIVE Youth Alliance (PYA) may have acted improperly when they painted the tunnel connecting East and West Campus...
View ArticleVIDEO: Marikana First Anniversary
AUGUST 16 marks the first anniversary of the fateful killing of Lonmin platinum mine workers in North West province. The event has been dubbed “Marikana massacre” because police opened fire at over 30...
View ArticleGALLERY: Oppikoppi 2013
By Caro Malherbe, Pheladi Sethusa and Shandukani Mulaudzi This year’s Bewilderbeast festival treated 20 000 fans to a wide range of local and international acts. Team Vuvu got to experience it and...
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Vavi: It’s a conspiracy
I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER: Zwelinzima Vavi revealed evidence of a political conspiracy. Photo: Thuletho Zwane The atmosphere...
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Numsa “worried” about Cosatu credibility
Vavi OUT, who’s next?: Irvin Jim tells press conference political “forces” that got Vavi out are now after him and Numsa president Cedric Gina....
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South Africa wins for Mandela
Unite4Mandela: Supporters at the FNB Stadium in Soweto during the Bafana Bafana soccer match. Photo: Caro Malherbe The Nelson Mandela Sports and Culture Day at the FBN stadium in Soweto saw both the...
View ArticleSTORIFY: Intervarsity after party aftermath
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