Wits Medical Students await nod to return to CMJAH
Wits Faculty of Health Science students remain at other regional hospitals after partial reopening. Wits Medical students will not be returning to Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital...
View ArticleImali Ngokwezigaba: financial literature in your native tongue
A book on the evolution of money and currencies is now available in isiZulu. Two South Africans graduates have made literature on cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, more accessible, through the isiZulu...
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INFOGRAPHIC: How to nominate SRC candidates
Nominate potential WIts SRC candidates in 8 easy steps online. The Wits Student Representative Council is calling on all students to nominate candidates who will represent the student body in 2022....
View ArticleREVIEW: On Love and Loss
A poetry collection that is both addictive and relatable. There are no languages as universal as love and loss and as Wits English honours student, Zainab Gaffoor writes in her debut collection of...
View ArticleREVIEW: Devilsdorp
This true crime documentary on the Krugersdorp killings is the first of its kind on Showmax. Devilsdorp is a four-part docuseries investigating the perplexing murders that happened in Krugersdorp...
View ArticleNew mobile app brings centuries old and contemporary art collections to life
The University of Pretoria’s 110 year art collecting tradition is being showcased through five exhibitions on the Google Arts and Culture app. The University of Pretoria (UP) is the first university...
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INFOGRAPHIC: Ready, set, vaccinate!
Register online to get vaccinated in 5 simple steps. The South African government has announced that the 18 to 35 year old age group can now get vaccinated from Friday, August 20, 2021. The...
View ArticleRevamping begins at Men’s Residence
Work begins on old buildings and ‘depreciating’ utilities after Raiders meet with Wits Campus Housing Wits Campus Housing has commenced maintenance at the Men’s Residence after co-operative emergency...
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Student writes children’s book to educate on autism
A Game Lonwabo Can Play was inspired by the author’s own experience of having a brother with autism. A student from the Nelson Mandela University (NMU) has written a story to help children understand...
View ArticleNew haven for queer students
Virtual support group is a platform for LGBTQIA+ students to share the community’s unique experiences. The Wits Careers Counselling and Development Unit (CCDU) has established a new virtual platform...
View ArticleOverdue meeting with Oral Health Science students finally held
Extension to fifth-year dental students curriculum now up for negotiation. Dean of the Wits Health Sciences faculty, Professor Shabir Madhi, after engaging with oral health science students at a...
View ArticleWitsie clinches leader role of Google developer club
Ntwanano Rikhotso has been appointed as Wits’ first Google Developer student club lead. As leader of the club, Wits computer science and economics major, Ntwanano Rikhotso will facilitate the training...
View ArticleWits education school’s teaching placement suffers setback
Wits Education Students’ Council unveils delay in physical teaching allocations. The Wits school of education teaching experiences has postponed the physical teaching experience by two weeks to...
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Spotlighting African journalism in the digital age
Wits Journalism takes its next big stride in African journalistic research and innovation. Wits Journalism department is announcing plans to launch the new Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ) this year,...
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No hesitancy as over-18s flock to vaccine sites
Government has now approved covid-19 vaccinations for all legal adults in South Africa. In a statement released on Thursday, as part of increasing the country’s roll-out programme, government approved...
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WITH INFOGRAPHIC: Rare chameleon, thought to be extinct, rediscovered
Wits honorary professor makes historic find of Chapman’s pygmy chameleons in rainforest. Travelling deep into the pristine recesses of what remains of the rainforests of southern Malawi, a team of...
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WITH INFOGRAPHIC: ‘Bekezela (hold on) to a healthy relationship,’ says Wits GEO
The Gender and Equity Office lays the foundation for new and inclusive therapy sessions. The Wits Gender and Equity Office (GEO) has announced that it will be facilitating new relationship-centred...
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Fine arts students win awards worth thousands
Three undergraduates won awards and a cash bonanza during the online opening of an art exhibition. A fine arts student was declared the first-prize winner of the Wits Young Artist Award 2021...
View ArticleWhy the vaccine hesitation?
Misinformation is one of the leading causes of vaccine hesitation among South Africans. South Africa’s covid-19 vaccination program is alive and kicking, with 20.27% of the population vaccinated....
View ArticleWits Food Bank calls out for help for needy students
The #MandelaSpirit did not end in July for Wits Food Bank, because many more donations are needed now to meet a shortfall and the needs of desperate students. On Friday, August 13, the Wits Food Bank...
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