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“Apolitical” Project W used pro-Israel group’s office during campaign
DIGS: Project W and SA Union of Jewish Students shared an office during the election campaign period as shown in this photo provided by political rivals the Progressive Youth Alliance. Wits student...
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RUGBY: Victory for Medics after 10-years of trying
Tendai Dube & Lutho Mtongana The Young Doctors (Medics) celebrate their 16-13 win against Masakhane in the finals of the internal rugby league. Photo: Lutho Mtongana CORRECTION: Wits Vuvuzela...
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TENNIS: Student beats coach at Wits final
COURT ORDER: Witsie Adam Gordon, third year BCom Law student triumphed over his coach and took the top spot in the Wits Tennis Club Championships. Photo: Bongiwe Tutu By Lameez Omarjee and Bongiwe Tutu...
View ArticleMngxitama: ANC has failed the ideals of Steve Biko
The African National Congress (ANC) has succeeded in making black people accept that they’re third class citizens, said EFF’s (Economic Freedom Fighters) Andile Mngxitama, at Wits yesterday. Mngxitama...
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View ArticleSRC president decision delayed
A meeting to select the next president of the Student Representative Council (SRC) has been delayed. The meeting would have also decided on other executive positions as well specific portfolios. The...
View ArticleSCIENCE INSIDE: The Ice Bucket Challenge
The ice bucket challenge, which went viral across social media earlier this year, aims to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic laterial sclerosis (ALS) and encourage donations to research. This...
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Students flaunt it all on social media
UJ chicks show more booty and are more “free spirited” than Wits chicks. Sound like a stereotype? One look at the Facebook page, Wits chicks versus UJ chicks, adds some real meat to the stereotypes of...
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Project W walk out of first SRC meeting
I PUT IT TO YOU: Speaking to former SRC president, Sibulele Mgudlwa (Right) after Project W walked out of the SRC meeting, Project W member Jamie Mighti (left) contested the procedure in which the...
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The ‘luxury’ of being depressed
DOWN IN THE DUMPS: Depression is characterized as living in a black hole or having a feeling of doom. PHOTO: Kudzai Mazvarirwofa WHEN I was eight, I was sent home from school because they did not...
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Wits Soccer shoots for Nationals
HECTIC HEADER: During soccer practice at Diggs fields on Tuesday, Wits team captain Tebogo Digoamaje said he is confident in his team’s performance for their upcoming semi-final match against Tuks in...
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Hope for Witsie homeless
WORK, SLEEP, REPEAT: Applied Drama MA student Limpho Kou reenacts a “sleeping” situation amongst Witsies working and studying in the CNS labs in Senate House, to draw their attention to the issue that...
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‘I don’t remember being raped’
DRUGGED: One of the most common ways date rape occurs is by slipping undetected drugs into women’s unattended drinks. Photo: Luca Kotton Sara*, a 19-year-old Wits student, should have been studying for...
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Illegal abortions risk lives
EASY AS 1, 2, 3: Street pole charlatans use any surface to advertise “pain free and safe” abortions. PHOTO: Kudzai Mazvarirwofa “HOW FAR are you?” he asked. “Six months.” “Then it’s fine. I’ll take...
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The General marches forward
KICKER: The General, Sibusiso Vilakazi is not so relaxed about making it to the top. Photo: Luca Kotton Sibusiso Vilakazi started playing soccer at the age of 11. At 24, the captain of Bidvest Wits is...
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Jazzy Jacobs
Jazz vocalist Sean Jacobs. Photo: Percy Matshoba FOURTH year BMus Wits student Sean Jacobs is a jazz vocalist who performs regularly at local jazz venues. His greatest achievement was being chosen to...
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SLICE OF LIFE: ‘Black is the colour of my true love’
“I HAVE black friends”: a phrase that some white people wear as armour before entering into a racial battlefield, hoping it will save them from their history. It doesn’t. Instead it reminds us that...
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Q & A with Arabile Gumede
AFTER graduating from the University of Johannesburg with a BCom in accounting, Arabile Gumede, accepted an internship at CNBC Africa. He rose swiftly through the ranks most recently becoming a...
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Wits Great Hall stairs vandalised
Racial statements were found written on the Wits Great Hall stairs on Friday morning. Photo: Luke Matthews “Black power, Biko lives” and “fuck white racism” were the words that greeted Witsies as they...
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About those stacks of bricks you’ve seen on the Wits campus
HOME DÉCOR: Masters Students Jamy-Lee Brophy and Megan Heilig exhibit recreations of the home environment at various venues in and around campus. The displays are part of their new project which...
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