Parktown Cluster

WITS JUNCTION

With state-of-the-art facilities, the residence accommodation at Wits Junction is ideally suited to postdoctoral fellows, visiting academics and students pursuing postgraduate qualifications. Newly built and set in spacious, secure surrounds on the Ridge in Parktown, the complex is close to all Wits campuses. Here, you will enjoy modern amenities both in the individual accommodation and in the general facilities on offer.  Wits Junction is the perfect atmosphere for international students to experience and immerse themselves in South African culture, and to make a few friends. Read more about the Wits Junction.

Contact details: Tel: 27 (0)11 717 9173/4     
Email: witsjunction.housing@wits.ac.za 

ERNEST OPPENHEIMER HALL OF RESIDENCE - males only, both catering and self-catering

The 400-bed "EOH" is difficult to photograph because it is surrounded by so many trees. Popular with engineering and medical students, this residence has a strong academic ethos. Facilities include two TV lounges, a games/assembly lounge, a study room, a computer centre, a gym, tennis court, large swimming pool and squash court. EOH traditionally houses medical and engineering students. Contact details: Tel: (011) 717 3821 Email: Nazime.Randera@wits.ac.za

KNOCKANDO HALLS OF RESIDENCE - males only, catering

The Knockando Halls of Residence (Lighton Hall and Williams Hall) on the crest of the Parktown Ridge are just north of the new Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre (formerly the Kenridge Hospital) and is ten minutes walk from the Medical School, five minutes from the former JCE campus, and only three minutes from EOH and the Wits Business School. "Knock", as the res is affectionately known, accommodates 400 male undergraduates. A phased renovation of the entire residence is well underway. The spectacular site overlooks the northern suburbs of Johannesburg, and has wonderful grounds and extensive facilities including:

• a computer centre with Internet facilities
• a syndicate/seminar lounge
• a drawing lab for engineering and architecture students
• several group study areas and reading rooms
• 2 floodlit multi-purpose outdoor courts (tennis, basketball)
• a squash court
• a swimming pool
• a games room
• a gymnasium
• two TV lounges with DSTV/ MNET
• a tuckshop
• a pub
• an outdoor entertainment area
• two laundries

Contact details: Tel: (011) 482 4326
Email: Gail.Deetlefs@wits.ac.za
See Knockando website

PARKTOWN VILLAGE I - mixed gender, self-catering

Comprising 20 eight-roomed communal houses, this is the oldest of the University s student villages. Facilities include laundries, a computer room, games/ TV room, swimming pool and tennis court.