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Wits hosted the 22nd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture with Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah. The Registrar’s Division marked Heritage Month with a 'Lunch in the Dark' to raise awareness about visual impairment and in celebration of Heritage Day. Congratulations to Professors Kenneth Ozoemena and Maya Makatini for receiving prestigious awards in the field of Chemistry. The annual Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival marked the growth of African digital creativity, and new research suggests that San Rock Art from the Free State may have been inspired by locally abundant dicynodont fossils. Read more at www.wits.ac.za/news.

Cholera | Make sure the water from your tap is safe to drink

Water expert shares guidelines on how to purify water at home in areas where there is uncertainty over water quality or poor sanitation. Cholera causes serious sickness and deaths. Although municipal water is still regarded as safe to use, there are areas that are vulnerable due to poor investment in water and sanitation. To prevent cholera, you should wash your hands often and take steps to ensure your food and water are safe for use.