Tweets a power tool for journos
Social media in journalism is increasingly becoming a useful tool for investigative journalism said Raymond Joseph, social media expert and freelance journalist, at this year’s Power Reporting...
View ArticleNkandla: More than ‘a very expensive house’
Nkandla is much more than just a story about a very, very expensive house, according to investigative journalist Sam Sole, one of the members of the Mail & Guardian’s amaBhungane team. Sole, Lionel...
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COOL KID: Freelance journalist Margaret Renn
POWER ORGANISING: Margaret Renn has been orgnanising the conference since 2009. She says it has grown every year. This year there are over 300 delegates from all over the world Margaret Renn is a Wits...
View ArticleSTORIFY: Powerful ending to African investigative journalism conference
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SLICE OF LIFE: Paying the rent as a journalist
Percy MatshobaPhoto: TJ Lemon “The only by-line I care about is the one on a cheque” sums up what I took away from the presentation by two seasoned journalists at today’s Power Reporting conference....
View ArticleWITS NEWS: Wits becomes first African partner of leading online course provider
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits) today announced its partnership with edX, the nonprofit online learning destination founded by MIT and Harvard to offer massive open online...
View ArticleNSFAS students still asked to cough up at Wits
Students receiving funding from government will still need to pay thousands of rands in registration fees that they may not be able to afford. Wits students who have pending status on the National...
View ArticleWits will continue to process NSFAS applications despite ‘a lack of...
Wits students who have pending status on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) bursary are being asked to pay an upfront Wits registration fee, which they may not be able to afford....
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Wits students protest NSFAS application complications
PAINED: A PYA member calls for students to unite in solidarity with those unable to pay the upfront registration fee. Photo: Ilanit Chernick Around 60 Witsies gathered at Senate House on Wednesday to...
View ArticleWitsies face uncertain future without NSFAS
Prospective journalists, doctors and accountants are among some of the Witsies who might see their dreams deferred for lack of funding from NSFAS. Witsie Anelisa Tuswa told Wits Vuvuzela that she was...
View ArticleWits management and SRC reach agreement on NSFAS
Wits University has reached an agreement on NSFAS funding with the Students’ Representative Council during a meeting on Thursday, January 22. Read the full statement below: “Wits University has this...
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Student dies on Wits’ doorstep
SHOCKED: Wits masters student, Bandile Ngidi gets emotional as he explains how he tried to help the dying woman. Photo: Ilanit Chernick A 27-year-old female, the first in her family to go to...
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PYA gives Wits NSFAS ultimatum
VIVA: Wits students and staff march together in solidarity with students who were denied NSFAS funding. Photo: Ilanit Chernick Wits University has been given twenty four hours to allow students without...
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Wits EFF student leaders ‘detained’ after Pretoria protest
Two Wits Economic Freedom Front (EFF) leaders were detained by police after occupying offices at the Department of Higher Education in Pretoria on Thursday. LOCKED UP: Wits EFF chairperson Vuyani Pambo...
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SRC aims to raise one million rand for excluded NSFAS students
New students attending the annual Wits welcome day today were challenged to donate a hundred rand each to assist students who face exclusion due to a lack of funding. The call came from Student...
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SOCCER: Freshers meet and greet Bidvest Wits players
MY TURN: First years patiently wait for their turn to get their posters signed by Bidvest Wits player Christopher Katongo. Photo: Nqobile Dludla First years talked...
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VoW set to make big waves in 2015
VoW is re-branding itself during O-Week, with a new look and wider reach. Photo: Dinesh Balliah Voice of Wits (VoW FM) is heading for bigger and better things in 2015, as the campus radio station...
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Academic dies while visiting Wits
Prominent gender activist and academic Mikki van Zyl was found dead at the Protea Hotel Parktonian in Braamfontein last week. Gender activist Mikki vn Zyl died while on a visit to Wits last week....
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Friends and family of murdered Wits secretary have ‘lost all hope’
Flavia Rachel ‘Dolly’ Tshabalala was a secretary at Wits University. She was allegedly killed by her boyfriend, JoziFM DJ, Donald Sebolai. Photo: Facebook. The family of Rachel “Dolly” Tshabalala, the...
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DUT’s SRC demand Jewish students be kicked out
The Durban University of Technology’s SRC and the Progressive Youth Alliance have demanded that Jewish students be kicked out. Photo: Facebook The Durban University of Technology’s (DUT) Student...
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