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SA Quti aims empower industry to bring their quantum future forward to maximise its opportunities.
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Failure to manage Ebola outbreak will be catastrophic
Call for African-led solutions grows as global aid shifts away from health emergencies.
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Can Ubuntu survive the age of AI?
As AI becomes more conversational, the real question is not only what it can do, but what it may displace in a society rooted in presence and community.
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Wits Brian and Dorothy Zylstra Sports Complex
The R300m Wits Brian and Dorothy Zylstra Sports Complex, an integrated training, exercise, clinical practice, and research complex, launches at Wits University. Located on the Wits Education Campus in Parktown, next to the Linder Auditorium, this Wits Centenary project is a flagship institute for training, exercise, teaching, research, and services in sports science and exercise medicine, in the heart of Johannesburg.
Learn MoreA Wits kidney expert shaped major international research calling for earlier detection and treatment of kidney disease across Africa. We meet the Wits staff, researchers and physiotherapy students preparing for the 2026 Comrades Marathon. Wits Health Sciences Dean Professor Shabir Madhi earns one of the world’s top honours for vaccine and infectious disease research. We also explore projects driving the future of digital learning through AFRETEC and education research. Finally, we visit the new Wits Library Digitisation Centre, which is preserving South Africa’s heritage and making valuable collections more accessible.
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