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BBC Africa debate dissects inequality
South Africa has overtaken Brazil as the most unequal society in the world, according to BBC Africa. Against this background, the BBC Africa Debate focused on the question “Does black and white still...
View ArticleSABC criticised, yet again
The South African media serves a diverse audience in terms of class, gender, race, religious beliefs, and sexuality but offers no diversity, according to Prof Tawana Kupe, a prominent media scholar....
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West Campus buildings flooded by vandals
Water-soaked documents, some of them student records, cannot be used again. Pic: Akin Oyedele Several Wits staff members arrived at work on Tuesday morning, September 4, to find their offices flooded...
View ArticleWitsie attacked by fellow student on campus
A female Wits student was lucky to have escaped unscathed after being attacked by a fellow student and his accomplice on Monday September 3. To add insult to injury the student, Boitumelo Moeketsi...
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Wits projects help high potential youth
Wits professors are studying ways to help youth from marginalised communities to realise their potential. Photo: FreeDigitalPhotos.net A Wits Education project has helped 30 high-potential learners...
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No sign of Afcon yet
Tanyaradzwa Nyamajiyah Photo: Jay Caboz The African Cup of Nations kicks off in 126 days. As a die-hard football fan, I am filled with excitement at the prospect. What breaks my heart, though, is the...
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No World Cup for SA Under 21 Witsie
Published in Vuvuzela, September 14 By Jay Caboz Demi Du Toit has been chose to represent South Africa in the Junior World Cup Qualifiers to be held in October. WITS hockey player Demi du Toit has been...
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South Point refutes reports
Image from Google Images.South Point management has moved to clarify conditions in some of its Braamfontein buildings that have featured in recent Wits Vuvuzela reports. On Friday July 27, 2012 Wits...
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Is the SRC misrepresenting us?
Latest Print Edition (September 14) LISA GOLDEN The SRC’s decision to boycott Israel, academically and culturally, has made international news as the official voice of Wits students – even though...
View ArticleSo you think you can sign?
AS THE world commemorates Deaf Awareness month, the Wits Language School (WLS) has taken the awareness campaign up a notch by introducing a competition So You Think You Can Sign. The competition is the...
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IFP is no laughing matter, SABC
IPF members march to the SABC stations in Auckland Park in protest of ‘bias and anit-IFP broadcasting’, September 14. By Jay CabozAround 1500 supporters, mainly from the Inkhatha Freedom Party (IFP),...
View ArticleSmoking school-goers
A group of boys and girls in gold shirts and green jerseys stand together, some smoking outside a store on Station Street in Braamfontein while others stand around inside the store. The learners from...
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Chess master from the Cape
It’s not every day that chess grandmasters are made but a 32-year-old man from Mitchell’s Plain in the Cape recently joined the ranks of chess greats like Garry Kasparov becoming South Africa’s first...
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Editorial: #NewVuvu
Tanyaradzwa Nyamajiyah Photo: Jay Caboz It has been an eventful year at our university and Wits Vuvuzela has been part of it every step of the way. The story of the 17 dismissed chefs and the Wits...
View ArticleNo resolution for societies
Clubs and societies are still complaining about the “flawed process” surrounding club room re-allocation by the SRC last semester. Several societies are complaining about the bad state of their club...
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Engineers Breakfast – Photo Essay
By Jay Caboz Clowning Around: Brennan Robinson grabs a quick break during the festivities at the Wits Engineers Breakfast on September 14. He is completing his Masters degree in the field. The...
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Wits Junction building under investigation
Authorities at Wits are investigating the circumstances that allowed water to pour through the ceilings in some rooms at Wits Junction last weekend. One of the tenants at the Shosholoza building said...
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Muggers in transit
For Phindile Msomi* using the taxi system from Melville to main campus is efficient and routine. Her mind is occupied with what lies ahead or what’s on her phone. But last week the Wits Student was...
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Ntando gets her crown after all
NTANDO GETS HER CROWN: Wits beauty Ntando Kunene tookhome the Miss Mamelodi Sundowns crown and R70 000 last weekend.This after she lost out in the Miss Earth South Africa finals in August.Photo: Ntando...
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