OPINION: Battle for acceptance of homosexuality in universities
By Brian Tebogo Mashego, third year BA student Last week Thursday I was chilling with a group of friends at the Matrix building at Wits University, and hell broke loose when one of my friends made a...
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Wits SRC president Mcebo Dlamini ‘resigns’
RESIGNED: The screengrab from Facebook apparently announcing the resignation of the Wits SRC President, Mcebo Dlamini. GRAPHIC: Wits Vuvuzela. SRC (Student Representative Council) president Mcebo...
View ArticleWits Daso ‘will definitely be visible this year’
After claims of being invisible and not being able openly involved in student politics, the Wits Daso (Democratic Alliance student organisation) is preparing to re-launch itself on campus. Speaking to...
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Another easy win for Wits cricket
BATSMAN: JC Maritz, Croxley Wits Cricket Club batsman. He managed to bat 111 runs before he was bowled out yesterday. Photo: Lutho Mtongana After bowling out Roshnee Cricket Club who only...
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Students ‘stampede’ over new bus system
MARCHING AHEAD: Witsies line up quickly to fill a circuit bus. Photo: Anelisa Tuswa By: Palesa Tshandu and Anelisa Tuswa Wits students were involved in a stampede while trying to board a single...
View ArticleWits SRC President’s disciplinary hearing concluded, judgement to follow
Wits Vuvuzela can confirm that a disciplinary hearing against Wits SRC (Student Representatives Council) president Mcebo Dlamini has not found him guilty of any offence yet. This was revealed earlier...
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The new BEE: Black women academic empowerment
WITS University has a shortage of black women academics despite efforts of transformation by the National Research Foundation (NRF). According to statistics released by the Academic Information and...
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SOCCER: Bidvest Wits take over Mamelodi Sundowns’ second place
The Clever Boys snatch second place on the log after a 1-0 victory over the Brazilians at home last night. DOWN TO THIRD PLACE: Mamelodi Sundowns dropped to third place with 37 points on the table...
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South Africa’s xenophobic state of emergency
A clarion call to act against the wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa was made to government at yesterday’s Mail and Guardian African Truth panel discussion. “Xenophobia is entrenched in state...
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“I will fuckin’ kill you, you black bitch”
RACIALLY ABUSED: Sinethemba Memela says she was racially abused by two classmates and physically assaulted by one of them outside a Wits Law lecture venue this Monday. Photo: Palesa Tshandu. by Anelisa...
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New Rhodes vice-chancellor contributes salary to “needy” students
Rhodes University vice-chancellor Sizwe Mabizela had his inauguration last Friday., and dedicated his speech to the Biko and Mxenge families. Photo: Provided Rhodes University’s newly inaugurated...
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Wits decries ‘race attack’ while the university investigates the incident
Sinethemba Memela has accused two of her classmates of racial abuse. Photo: Palesa Tshandu Student leaders have expressed outrage over a report that a law student was called a “black bitch” and...
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COOL KID ON CAMPUS: TITUS MASIKE
Titus Masike. Photo: Tendai Dube Titus Masike just completed his BSc Nuclear Sciences and Engineering degree and is now studying Industrial Engineering. He is a model with Boss Model Management and...
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Fashion week hits the runway
Style curators will be taken on a nostalgic journey when Melrose Arch’s Piazza transforms into a 1960’s American girl group Supremes concert during the Mercedes-Benz Annual Fashion week this weekend....
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Q&A with Bassem Eid
Bassem Eid, founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group. Photo: Provided Palestinian journalist Bassem Eid is the founder and former director of the Jerusalem-based Palestinian Human...
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Slice of life: ‘BA’ doesn’t mean ‘bugger ALL’
Queenin Masuabi After matriculating, I assumed that the days of hierarchies were over. Being in an environment filled with intellectuals, I thought that everyone was open-minded enough to understand...
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No budging on SRC’s budget
SRC DISPUTE: Project W’s Jamie Mighti claims the SRC budget is being mismanaged. Photo: Nqobile Dludla Project W alleged this week that the SRC budget is being mismanaged by the Progressive Youth...
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No more funding for recreational clubs
IN PANIC MODE: The Wits Fencing club is now expected to dig deep into their own pockets for maintenance costs among others. Photo: Nqobile Dludla The Wits Fencing Club was shocked late last year when...
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Miss SA finalist making her mark as a pageant rookie
RETTY GIRL ROCK: Shané Naidoo is on of the 12 finalists for the 2015 Miss South Africa pageant which will be held later this month. Photo: Provided Casually gliding towards our meeting area with...
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Bhakti Yoga Society: ‘It’s so much more…’
EXHALE: Students in position during a Bhakti Yoga session on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: Tendai Dube As you approach the elevated building, DJ Du Plessis, you overlook a scenic garden of trees...
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