Start main page content

Events

Monday, 01 October 2018 - Sunday, 07 October 2018

array(4) { ["02/10/2018"]=> array(2) { [1]=> array(20) { ["recurs"]=> string(5) "never" ["content_id"]=> string(7) "1596199" ["recursend"]=> string(14) "01/06/18 23:59" ["startdate"]=> string(14) "02/10/18 18:00" ["ad_hoc_dates"]=> array(0) { } ["url"]=> string(46) "/events-archive/2018/economic-forum-debate.php" ["enddate"]=> string(14) "02/10/18 21:00" ["main_desc"]=> string(1044) "

This forum will discuss major interventions that the South African government has put in place to stimulate economic growth in the local government sphere. The Economic Forum is an international discussion platform that seeks to engage the world’s best thinkers in robust economic dialogue to analyse and understand the complexities of economic growth. The discussions provide a global platform for in-depth economic debates with leading academics, industry professionals, investors and policy makers.

Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Zweli Mkhize will deliver the keynote address. Other speakers include:

  • Zanele Serame - Chief Quantity Surveyor at Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development
  • Eric Manchidi - former President at the South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions
  • Mashilo Pitjeng - Chairperson at South African Institute of Black Property Practitioners (SAIBPP) Policy and Advisory Committee.
1596199" ["name"]=> string(21) "Economic Forum Debate" ["all_day"]=> string(0) "" ["location"]=> string(0) "" ["categories"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(35) "Lectures, workshops and conferences" } ["short_desc"]=> string(119) "The School of Construction Economics and Management will host this debate in partnership with Sitsabo Project Managers." ["multi_dates"]=> array(1) { ["origin"]=> array(2) { ["startdate"]=> string(14) "02/10/18 18:00" ["enddate"]=> string(14) "02/10/18 21:00" } } ["multidayevent"]=> bool(false) ["orderdate"]=> string(14) "20181002180000" ["nostrict_period_type"]=> string(4) "past" ["strict_period_type"]=> string(4) "past" ["event_type"]=> string(6) "origin" ["day"]=> string(1) "1" } [0]=> array(20) { ["recurs"]=> string(5) "never" ["content_id"]=> string(7) "1603524" ["recursend"]=> string(14) "01/06/18 23:59" ["startdate"]=> string(14) "02/10/18 19:30" ["ad_hoc_dates"]=> array(0) { } ["url"]=> string(51) "/events-archive/wits-theatre-events/2018/duo-kp.php" ["enddate"]=> string(14) "02/10/18 23:55" ["main_desc"]=> string(154) "

1603524" ["name"]=> string(6) "Duo KP" ["all_day"]=> string(0) "" ["location"]=> string(0) "" ["categories"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(16) "Arts and culture" } ["short_desc"]=> string(121) "The Wits Theatre and School of Arts / Division of Music present Khanyisile Mthetwa on Flute and Peter Cartwright on Piano" ["multi_dates"]=> array(1) { ["origin"]=> array(2) { ["startdate"]=> string(14) "02/10/18 19:30" ["enddate"]=> string(14) "02/10/18 23:55" } } ["multidayevent"]=> bool(false) ["orderdate"]=> string(14) "20181002193000" ["nostrict_period_type"]=> string(4) "past" ["strict_period_type"]=> string(4) "past" ["event_type"]=> string(6) "origin" ["day"]=> string(1) "1" } } ["04/10/2018"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(20) { ["recurs"]=> string(5) "never" ["content_id"]=> string(7) "1610534" ["recursend"]=> string(14) "01/06/18 23:59" ["startdate"]=> string(14) "04/10/18 19:00" ["ad_hoc_dates"]=> array(0) { } ["url"]=> string(71) "/events-archive/wits-theatre-events/2018/wits-choirs-summer-concert.php" ["enddate"]=> string(14) "04/10/18 23:55" ["main_desc"]=> string(1051) "

Wits Choirs’ Summer Concert is a celebration of beautiful weather and beautiful choral music. It is the culmination of the year’s hard work and a joy to chorister and audience member alike. Under the direction of Dalene Hoogenhout Wits Choir and Young Wits Choir will be performing the repertoire for which they are renowned, i.e. music from South Africa and from the continent.

Some of the songs that the two choirs will perform together is Ndikhokhele Bawo which created a stir on social media when they performed it with Zarcia Zacheus at the 55th Anniversary Concert earlier this year. Another favourite with audiences is the classic Akhala Amaqude Amabili. New songs that Wits Choir will be premiering are the Moses Hogan spiritual My Soul’s been anchored in the Lord and a Griekwa Psalm 121, Ek slat my twee oge op.

1610534" ["name"]=> string(27) "Wits Choirs' Summer Concert" ["all_day"]=> string(0) "" ["location"]=> string(0) "" ["categories"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(16) "Arts and culture" } ["short_desc"]=> string(136) "Under the direction of Dalene Hoogenhout, Wits Choir and Young Wits Choir will be performing the repertoire for which they are renowned." ["multi_dates"]=> array(1) { ["origin"]=> array(2) { ["startdate"]=> string(14) "04/10/18 19:00" ["enddate"]=> string(14) "04/10/18 23:55" } } ["multidayevent"]=> bool(false) ["orderdate"]=> string(14) "20181004190000" ["nostrict_period_type"]=> string(4) "past" ["strict_period_type"]=> string(4) "past" ["event_type"]=> string(6) "origin" ["day"]=> string(1) "1" } } ["05/10/2018"]=> array(2) { [1]=> array(20) { ["recurs"]=> string(5) "never" ["content_id"]=> string(7) "1610917" ["recursend"]=> string(14) "01/06/18 23:59" ["startdate"]=> string(14) "05/10/18 12:47" ["ad_hoc_dates"]=> array(0) { } ["url"]=> string(61) "/events-archive/sport-events/2018/varsity-basketball-2018.php" ["enddate"]=> string(14) "14/10/18 12:47" ["main_desc"]=> string(211) "

See below for all the fixtures for the event.

2018 Varsity Basketball Fixtures

1610917" ["name"]=> string(23) "Varsity Basketball 2018" ["all_day"]=> string(0) "" ["location"]=> string(0) "" ["categories"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(13) "Uncategorized" } ["short_desc"]=> string(73) "The first ever Varsity Basketball event will be hosted at Wits University" ["multi_dates"]=> array(1) { ["origin"]=> array(2) { ["startdate"]=> string(14) "05/10/18 12:47" ["enddate"]=> string(14) "14/10/18 12:47" } } ["multidayevent"]=> bool(true) ["orderdate"]=> string(14) "20181005124700" ["nostrict_period_type"]=> string(4) "past" ["strict_period_type"]=> string(4) "past" ["event_type"]=> string(6) "origin" ["day"]=> string(1) "1" } [0]=> array(20) { ["recurs"]=> string(5) "never" ["content_id"]=> string(7) "1610951" ["recursend"]=> string(14) "01/06/18 23:59" ["startdate"]=> string(14) "05/10/18 15:00" ["ad_hoc_dates"]=> array(0) { } ["url"]=> string(111) "/events-archive/2018/the-vision-of-nobel-and-mandela-meaning-and-challenges-for-a-contemporary-south-africa.php" ["enddate"]=> string(14) "05/10/18 17:00" ["main_desc"]=> string(334) "

The lecture is hosted by the National Research Foundation in partnership with the Swedish Embassy and Wits University, in honour of  Nobel Peace laureate, Nelson Mandela. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for his efforts in achieveing a peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy. 

1610951" ["name"]=> string(87) "The vision of Nobel and Mandela: Meaning and challenges for a contemporary South Africa" ["all_day"]=> string(0) "" ["location"]=> string(0) "" ["categories"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(35) "Lectures, workshops and conferences" } ["short_desc"]=> string(88) "Former President, Kgalema Motlanthe will deliver the 2018 Nobel Inspired Peace Lecture. " ["multi_dates"]=> array(1) { ["origin"]=> array(2) { ["startdate"]=> string(14) "05/10/18 15:00" ["enddate"]=> string(14) "05/10/18 17:00" } } ["multidayevent"]=> bool(false) ["orderdate"]=> string(14) "20181005150000" ["nostrict_period_type"]=> string(4) "past" ["strict_period_type"]=> string(4) "past" ["event_type"]=> string(6) "origin" ["day"]=> string(1) "1" } } ["07/10/2018"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(20) { ["recurs"]=> string(5) "never" ["content_id"]=> string(7) "1610521" ["recursend"]=> string(14) "01/06/18 23:59" ["startdate"]=> string(14) "07/10/18 09:00" ["ad_hoc_dates"]=> array(0) { } ["url"]=> string(75) "/events-archive/2018/wits-students-host-international-optics-conference.php" ["enddate"]=> string(14) "12/10/18 17:00" ["main_desc"]=> string(2912) "

IONS South Africa 2018 Conference (IONS South Africa 2) is a week-long optics (the study of light) conference taking place for the second time in South Africa and the third time in Africa. The conference is taking place from 7 to 12 October 2018 at La’Wiida lodge – 40kms from the Johannesburg International Airport.

Hosted by the Wits Optics Student Chapter, based in the Structured Light Lab in the School of Physics at the University of the Witwatersrand, the conference is particularly of interest to postgraduate students and researchers working in the field of optics and photonics.

The International OSA Network of Students (IONS) is a programme from The Optical Society (OSA) – the world’s leading champion for optics and photonics – that encourages student chapter members to organise and manage regional meetings on technical and profession development content as well as networking with peers and luminaries. It also affords students a platform to present their research and network on both an academic and social level.

IONS South Africa 2 will include topics such as laser development, biophotonics, structured light, quantum metrology and quantum control, and additive manufacturing.

Information:

Experience Science, Engineering and Technology at Wits

Wits University and the CSIR Optics Student Chapter will also offer a special day for grade 11 learners to experience the science of light on Wednesday, 10 October 2018, between 09:00 and 12:00 in Solomon Mahlangu House, Braamfontein Campus East.

From ensuring sunny days, to expanding our knowledge of the cosmos (universe), to powering technologies that improve our lives, the science of light is ever-present in our daily human lives.

Presentations and/or demonstrations in following science fields will be showcased:

  • Astronomy 
  • Optics and Photonics
  • Chemistry 
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Renewable Energy

Experience science at Wits

1610521" ["name"]=> string(50) "Wits students host international optics conference" ["all_day"]=> string(0) "" ["location"]=> string(0) "" ["categories"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(35) "Lectures, workshops and conferences" } ["short_desc"]=> string(116) "IONS South Africa 2 will shed light on the latest research and work being done in the field of optics and photonics." ["multi_dates"]=> array(1) { ["origin"]=> array(2) { ["startdate"]=> string(14) "07/10/18 09:00" ["enddate"]=> string(14) "12/10/18 17:00" } } ["multidayevent"]=> bool(true) ["orderdate"]=> string(14) "20181007090000" ["nostrict_period_type"]=> string(4) "past" ["strict_period_type"]=> string(4) "past" ["event_type"]=> string(6) "origin" ["day"]=> string(1) "1" } } }
Tue 02 October, 2018

Economic Forum Debate

The School of Construction Economics and Management will host this debate in partnership with Sitsabo Project Managers.

Event Time: 6:00 PM

Duo KP

The Wits Theatre and School of Arts / Division of Music present Khanyisile Mthetwa on Flute and Peter Cartwright on Piano

Event Time: 7:30 PM

Thu 04 October, 2018

Wits Choirs' Summer Concert

Under the direction of Dalene Hoogenhout, Wits Choir and Young Wits Choir will be performing the repertoire for which they are renowned.

Event Time: 7:00 PM

Fri 05 October, 2018

Varsity Basketball 2018

The first ever Varsity Basketball event will be hosted at Wits University

Event Time: 12:47 PM

The vision of Nobel and Mandela: Meaning and challenges for a contemporary South Africa

Former President, Kgalema Motlanthe will deliver the 2018 Nobel Inspired Peace Lecture.

Event Time: 3:00 PM

Sun 07 October, 2018

Wits students host international optics conference

IONS South Africa 2 will shed light on the latest research and work being done in the field of optics and photonics.

Event Time: 9:00 AM