Alumni News

Then and now: Azhar Cachalia
It's been more than 27 years since Azhar Cachalia (BA 1981, LLB 1984) was a student at Wits. Back then he had to apply to the government to attend a 'white' university, as did all black students - who were defined at the time as African, Indian and Coloured. 

• Three generations of Witsies take root on campus
• Wits Science Stadium to nurture young Einsteins
• Bold new residence complex for Wits

Alumni Achievers

Ivan Glasenberg - Witsie with the Midas touch
When his company listed jointly on the London and Hong Kong stock markets towards the end of May 2011, Switzerland-based Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg became South Africa' wealthiest individual with his 15% Glencore shareholding valued at around $9-billion.

• Playing chicken: Nando's founder, Robbie Brozin
• Witsies engineer prototype for prestigious Le Mans 2012 motor race
• Alumni with the edge

Features

Patrick FitzGerald: Changing the face of Wits
On the 11th floor of Senate House, Professor Patrick FitzGerald, Wits alumnus and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Finance and Operations, is quoting Blake. "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."

• Wits Justice Project - Crusaders for the innocent
• Luwe - musical message of love
• Breathing new life into University Corner

At Wits End

Shakespeare goes to pot
Writers and poets throughout the ages seem to have been inspired by a little more than their imaginations – Oscar Wilde and John Keats by opium, Ernest Hemingway and Dylan Thomas by alcohol and now Shakespeare!

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