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What’s haunting Joburg
Ghostly figures, disembodied footsteps and screams lurk along the streets of Joburg. Here are 16 of Joburg’s most haunted tales and ghoulish secrets. You might want to read this with the lights on!...
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Going undercover key to exposing Fifa corruption
The editor of London’s Sunday Times Insight team opened the 2015 Power Reporting Conference by reflecting on one of the most controversial corruption stories in the past year. Speaking in front of a...
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LISTICLE: 5 tips for hard-hitting investigative journalism
Addressing a full classroom of over 50 journalists and students, Cheryl Thompson, a journalist from the Washington Post, shared her insights into investigative journalism at the Power Reporting...
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Division over free accommodation at Wits
Affected students in a meeting with acting Dean of Students Lamese Abrahams discussing amongst other things, the plan to accommodate students preparing for exams. Photo: Michelle Gumede by Masego...
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Private security ‘moerskonts’ students: Wits fees protestors
By Masego Panyane and Michelle Gumede About 60 private security guards were used to evacuate protesting students from Solomon House concourse in an act protesters have called disproportionate HIRED...
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Anxiety and confusion at Wits registration
New and returning students still uneasy as registration at Wits University goes ahead amidst protest action and a heavy security presence. THE SHOW GOES ON: Students register at Hall 29 for 2016...
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Whose #FeesMustFall is it anyway?
SELFIE TIME: Students who have come to register take a moment for a selfie with hired private security. Photo: Michelle Gumede Ok, so you’ve been seeing some pretty shocking news coming out of the...
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The high cost of a dream: ‘R9340 is a lot of money’
By Thabiso Modiba My name is Thabiso Modiba and I grew up with my two sisters, mother and father in rural Limpopo, Mabopane district. And I’m the only guy, the first-born. It was tough, with no...
View ArticleVC’s open letter: Response to concerns about private security on campus
This statement was released on January 17, in response to academic staff raising concerns over the intense private security presence on campus. Dear Colleagues I write to you in my capacity as...
View ArticleAcademic staff respond to presence of private security on campus
Following the presence of private security on campus during the #FeesMustFall2016 protests, concerned members of the Wits Academic staff community wrote a plea to Vice Chancellor Adam Habib to request...
View ArticleStatement by Gauteng Vice-Chancellors on current #FeesMustFall protests
STATEMENT POST THE PRESS BRIEFING HELD BY GAUTENG VICE-CHANCELLORS We, the vice-chancellors of all Gauteng-based universities today appeal to all students, academics, professional and administrative...
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Statement: Wits management say they have reached an agreement with SRC
Photo: Tendai Dube Wits University Management and the Wits Students’ Representative Council have reached agreement on a range of issues that are summarised here: 1. Free education: The University and...
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Business as usual for SRC amid fees protests
GLASS HOUSES: Frat House on the West Campus with the SRC logo. Photo: Masego Panyane The Wits Student Representative Council (SRC) is not participating in the current fees protests, #FMF2016, on...
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Wits academics affirm right to protest in response to threat of action
HIRED FORCE: The university hired private security in riot gear to evict protesting FeesMustFall students. Photo: Michelle Gumede by Masego Panyane and Michelle Gumede Academics have responded strongly...
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Sistas are doing it for themselves
By Michelle Gumede and Thembisile Dzonzi The second installation of ForBlackGirlsOnly offered black women from across the province a space to engage and reflect on their everyday struggles. 50 SHADES...
View ArticleThe O’week special
O- Week was a blast for first timers and a bittersweet treat for returning students. While many students were still struggling to pay for fees and accommodation; res students moved in, the Flea market...
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Cool Kid on campus
GHETTO SNOB OF THE AIRWAVES: Swaggered up in DMD, Sista Ntswembu is a colourful and quirky character who has her listeners in stitches from laughter. Photo: Michelle Gumede Nolwazi “Sista Ntswembu”...
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Wits Business School offers scholarships
The Wits Business School has set aside R 2 million in scholarships for MBA students from across Africa who are in financial need. With the conversation surrounding #Access still hot on the lips of...
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Q&A with Trevor Ngwane
Trevor Ngwane is an activist at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), a socialist and a member of the Democratic Left Front. Ngwane studied and has taught sociology at Wits. Wits Vuvuzela caught up with...
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SLICE OF LIFE: The unpaid internship nightmare
A couple of weeks ago while lazily going through my Twitter feed, I saw Marie Claire magazine trending. Curious, I checked what the furore was about. What was circulating was a screen grab showing an...
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