Alumni in the News

The Office of the Vice-Chancellor of the University has commissioned Joe Mothibi, the Head of the Employment and Labour Department of Norton Rose Attorneys Inc and Professor Bonita Meyersfeld, the Director of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at the University (the investigation team) to conduct an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment at the University.

Sef Kurstjens, M.D., PhD., has been promoted to Chief Medical Officer, a new position, effective April 1 and will also serve as president of Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc. (APGD).

Marshall’s appointment marks many firsts. She was the first woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, and will be the first woman Yale Senior Fellow.

Already a familiar face in South African homes with her role in the drama series The Wild, Hayley Owens now takes the bold new step to showcase her talents on a different stage as she starts her very own show on Ballz Visual Radio. Hayley Owen

The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, deeply regrets that a concert held on its campus last night was disrupted by some members of the University community and representatives of external organisations.

The Executive Committee of Convocation of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is deeply concerned about recent allegations of sexual harassment logged against a lecturer at our university.

The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, is undertaking two investigations into sexual harassment. The University is appealing to staff and students to formally report all incidences of sexual harassment, so that they can be investigated immediately.

Wits University Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Loyiso Nongxa and the Director of Alumni Relations, Peter Maher host alumni reunions in Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C., on March 7, 12 and 14, when alumni can meet the Vice-Chancellor designate, Professor Adam Habib.

Two remembrances for the late South African Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson will take place in Washington and New York on March 4 and 8 respectively. A legal luminary and Wits alumnus, Chaskalson died in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 1, 2012, aged 81.

Teresa Heinz Kerry is not only a formidable philanthropist married to the Secretary of State, John Kerry, she is also a multilingual Wits University alumna originally from Southern Africa. This is how Mozambican-born Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira from Maputo became American-naturalized Teresa Heinz of Pennsylvania, Chairman of The Heinz Endowments and the Heinz Family Philanthropies.