SCIENCE INSIDE: Inside Joburg’s tremors
Johannesburg’s mild earth tremors and women who eat toxic clay to lighten their skin tone are two of the stories in this week’s The Science Inside. The weekly science show on campus radio station...
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Students trapped in newly installed lift
Wits Vuvuzela journalist Mfuneko Toyana was one of two students who were trapped inside a lift in University Corner Building for nearly three hours on Monday night. He recounts his experience here:...
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Witsies ready for the general elections
REGISTERED: Drama students Kelly Heckstein and Ashleigh Kelly talk politics during lunch hour at the Wits Theatre. Photo: Caro Malherbe South Africans have until 5pm tonight to register to vote for...
View ArticleSTORIFY: UFS racist attack: Little faith in Jansen
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HEI life not over for café owners
Co-owners of HEI cafe,Edlison Chuene and Lincoln Ncame are determined to see the cafe open its doors once again. The owners of HEI Café, in Braamfontein, which closed down two months ago, are...
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Clever students lack book smarts
DISTRACTED: Learners from the Bidvest academy in class during their Isizulu lesson. Photo: Palesa Radebe BIDVEST Wits training academy has been put on the back foot following questions about the...
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VC team puts their best futsal forward
SRC treasurer Sandile Ngwenya prepares to attack, while Vice Chancellor Adam Habib readies his defence THE VICE Chancellor’s Office and the SRC faced off at Wits University’s first futsal match on...
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Girton Hall star struck
HOTEL LIVING: Girton Hall residents are enjoying “state of the art “facilities. Photo: Roxanne Joseph By Emelia Motsai and Roxanne Joseph Wits ladies residence, Girton Hall, is a mere star away from...
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Rasta not all about ganga
PEACE,LOVE : RAS member Terrance Nzuza prefering to smoke a beedi (Indian-style tobacco wrapped in a leaf) rather than marijuana. He said Rastari culture was not all “pot-smoking and reggae. “ Photo:...
View ArticleWith Gallery: Crap storm over Esselen res
Click to view slideshow. A SMELL of raw sewage tackles you the moment you step off the bus into Esselen street. On windy days, the sewage becomes airborne and sprays you with a misty combination...
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Dancing to the ballot box
JUJU JIVE: EFF supporters, as always, were in high spirits when they marched into Mehlareng Stadium on Saturday. Buoyed by the manifesto launch and the party’s release of a music CD, they danced and...
View ArticleOPINION: Joburg, my lover
I come from Cape Town, a city in South Africa, but really, its own little country. The Republic of Cape Town moves to its own rhythm. It nonchalantly sways with the Atlantic tide and pumps to the beat...
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A night out for R100
LOCAL HANGOUT: Kitchener’s Carvery Bar at the corner of De Beer and Juta street is an old English style pub with a modern edge, within walking distance from Wits. Photo: Caro Malherbe Location, cost...
View ArticleRacism plagues UFS
Despite the appointment of its first black vice chancellor, the University of the Free State (UFS) still gets slammed with allegations of racism. In 2009 when Professor Jonathan Jansen was appointed as...
View ArticleWits decries anti-homosexuality laws
Wits University has released a statement regarding the anti-homosexuality laws that have recently been passed in Nigeria and Uganda. The statement is reproduced in full below. “MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE...
View ArticleSCIENCE INSIDE: Forensic evidence
This week the world is zooming in on the Oscar Pistorius trial and the Science Inside was no different. The forensic evidence of the Pistorius trial was the topic up for discussion in this week’s show....
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Witsies drowned out by the Madibaz
LINE OUT: Witsies try their best to gain possession of the ball during their match against NMMU on Monday night. Photo: Luke Matthews by Luke Matthews The rain and gloom of Johannesburg’s weather...
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SLICE OF LIFE: Still in the dark about beauty
Nomatter Ndebele. Photo: TJ Lemon WHO is this Lupita Nyong’o? Telling the world that it’s okay to be a dark-skinned girl? How dare she stand there courageously, in her bold colours, night shade, firm...
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Education students gatvol over food
Education campus students still don’t have enough choice for food options, despite having raised the issue with Vice Chancellor Adam Habib at the Town Hall meeting in June last year. During last...
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The “Yellow bone Factory” hits Wits
By Pheladi Sethusa and Nomatter Ndebele Skin lightening treatments, reviled as part of an apartheid mindset pre-1994, have come back into fashion on campus . YELLOW FEVER: Wits Vuvuzela journalist,...
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