GNU: Destined for greatness or doomed to fail?
The Government of National Unity (GNU) is a one in a generation opportunity to bring inclusive prosperity, peace and jobs.
The Government of National Unity (GNU) is a one in a generation opportunity to bring inclusive prosperity, peace and jobs.
Water expert shares guidelines on how to purify water at home in areas where there is uncertainty over water quality or poor sanitation.
Today is World Mental Health Day with an urgent call to action for employers: 'It is time to prioritise Mental Health in the workplace'.
Over the past three years, the Next Engineers programme has equipped high school learners with the skills and knowledge needed to pursue engineering careers.
Fak’ugesi Festival unleashes the potential that lies within communities when technology, art, and culture intersect in Africa.
A striking new structure made from reclaimed river waste showcases the power of architecture and community-driven projects.
This year Fak’ugesi #UntilUnlocked celebrates the exciting expansion of African digital creativity.
Africa’s biggest creative digital innovation festival is from 3 – 5 October 2024 at Wits’ Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct.
Two-day workshop redefines inclusive education and how to leverage new technologies to empower students and staff with disabilities.
Proceeds from the initial R200 million sale of the Frankenwald Estate to be put into an endowment to benefit future generations.
Dynamic student teams wowed judges, presenting innovative solutions to pressing social and environmental issues.
These reflect the Wits Innovation Centre's agility and responsiveness in continuing to grow the University’s innovation ecosystem.
Aspiring African innovators and entrepreneurs converge at Wits to learn skills to transform ideas into market-ready solutions.
Eight PhD students and postdocs were inducted into the programme run by the Wits Transformation and Employment Equity Office (TEEO).
To grow their entrepreneurial spirit and skills, 70 postgraduate students attended the Pan-African Entrepreneurship Week during the winter break.
The pioneering technology from Wits is transforming energy access with its new impact-driven Champion Franchise Model.
Dr Solomon Assefa, the former Vice President at IBM Research, delivered the inaugural Professor Barry Dwolatzky Memorial Lecture.
One of the grant recipient projects from Wits University will investigate the role of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This addition marks a significant step forward in the ongoing efforts to preserve the University's vast archives and collections.
Natalie Zimmelman is a business leader dedicated to the development of skills, leadership, and professionalism.
The E-Hub marks the beginning of a new era in fostering student-led innovation and entrepreneurship.
Constitutional expert, Professor Cathi Albertyn, answers your questions on the South African Constitution, the bedrock of South Africa’s democracy.
This issue is very timely as South Africa celebrates 30 years of democracy, and heads to the polls again on 29 May 2024.
More than half of SA’s academic publications appear in Open Access sources, with Wits University embracing this trend.
The University held its annual Postgraduate Orientation Programme from 4 – 6 March in the Great Hall and online.
The Tech Challenge seeks to foster partnerships between South African and Irish startups.
The Holberg Prize is one of the largest international prizes awarded annually to an outstanding researcher in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology.
A group of ten Wits University staff and students recently attended the Afretec Gender in STEM Workshop in Kigali, Rwanda.
Water can make you ill for two reasons: it can contain chemicals or pathogenic organisms.
It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of Professor Edward (Eddie) Webster (82), who passed away yesterday after a short illness.
The mother tongue for millions of Deaf people in South Africa is SA Sign Language (SASL), which became the 12th official language on 19 July 2023.
The University received several queries pertaining to fees, funding, financial aid, and accommodation. Here are the many ways Wits assists students.
2023 will be remembered as the year that artificial intelligence (AI) – or, more specifically, large language models (LLMs), like ChatGPT – changed the world.
Doctors Saeideh Babaee, Ashley Coates, Isaac Nape, and Matt Noakes are the 2024 Friedel Sellschop Fellows.
The African Fellowships programme advances South-North research collaboration to find solutions to global challenges.
8 Postdoc Fellows join Wits to boost research on the intersecting themes of climate change, just transition, sustainability, and inequality.
In a world fraught with anxiety, stress, and environmental and humanitarian disasters, people are looking for ways to cope.
Cybercriminals don’t take breaks. Even seasoned internet users fall prey to these scams. Here are seven safety tips from a cybersecurity expert.
In this issue, we highlight the diversity, scope, and multi-dimensional nature of drug-related research at Wits University.
Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, extends thanks to Witsies for their service and sends wishes of goodwill for the holidays.
While polarisation has emerged as a defining characteristic of our age, ‘good’ ethics can navigate differences to tackle shared challenges.
Professsor Keith Klugman honoured for his work in preventing infectious diseases and a Gold Medal is awarded to a champion in heritage preservation.
Wits bids farewell to 87 retirees who have served the University well for decades.
Masters students and PhD fellows showcase quality research at the annual Cross-Faculty Postgraduate Symposium.
ARM Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme to support research into water, energy and digitalisation in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment.
“I wish to advocate that it is the mission of all Quantity Surveyors, local and abroad, to make Sustainability Affordable.”
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) awards Gold Medal to world-renowned HIV expert and inaugurates 15 Wits scholars as new members.
Wits University scholars have secured funding as a network partner of the African Engineering and Technology Network (Afretec).
Breaking barriers to intracontinental mobility is paramount and the continent must engage in closer collaboration, placing science at the forefront.
The Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment hosted its inaugural Research Seminar on 25 and 26 October 2023.
Higher education leaders from across the continent recently convened for the second Pan-African network's annual conference in Nairobi, Kenya.
Has Johannesburg stopped growing, or are the numbers wrong? Cape Town may have overtaken Joburg as the largest city in South Africa.
Epic parade and student-inspired music festival painted Braamfontein blue and gold as Wits enters its second century.
The Summit is another step forward in developing mining tech and skills to drive a low-carbon future and just energy transition.
Emerging scholar receives Young Concrete Researcher Award by industry body Cement & Concrete SA.
New book on shell structures is unique. Wits is one of five universities globally to focus on this engineering structure.
Researchers from Wits and the University of Edinburgh held a symposium to explore collaborative opportunities for Space Research projects.
The unveiling of the Wits Sibanye-Stillwater Innovation bridge represents an enduring investment in human capital and future engineering skills.
Here is how this will help Deaf people to finally have an opportunity to be properly educated in a language they understand.
Associate Professor Claudia Polese has been awarded the prestigious Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy.
Many speak fondly of how Professor Barry Dwolatzky took them into a derelict disco and enthusiastically explained the tech co-working space he envisioned there.
Wits' research magazine focuses on how our researchers are powering up their creativity and expertise to find sustainable energy solutions.
Editorial: Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but for South Africans it feels like we are upending this fundamental law of physics.
SA’s could create a new model for many countries facing power shortages but it could also lead to more muddling in the dark.
Scientists can do better to take industry and government-driven hype out of green hydrogen so that its actual potential can be realised.
From Star Wars to hot curry to Einstein – we’ve got you covered.
Long-term economic and social side-effects need to be considered when thinking about our cities’ energy solutions.
A tree is not just a tree. It is also fuel, paper, furniture, livelihood, and industry.
The implementation of universal design and access could improve the lives of people living with disabilities.
Lightning research will answer several questions about this lesser-known force of nature.
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions to almost zero is the next big thing on the global agenda, but academics agree it’s not feasible in the medium term on campus.
Q&A: Coal has a bad reputation, but ‘clean coal’ holds various potential opportunities, says Professor Samson Bada.
Researchers are developing innovative solutions to counter the energy poverty that impacts teaching and learning.
Continued extreme heat exposure is affecting the health of vulnerable groups in communities.
Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) can help catapult South Africa’s energy distribution into the future.
South Africa has lost an innovator, a strategist, a humanitarian, and a much-loved Professor who dedicated over 50 years of his life to Wits.
The Wits Brian and Dorothy Zylstra Sports Complex is an integrated facility for training, research, and clinical practice.
Call for Applications for the WESAF Programme now open.
The WIC will harness the creativity and ingenuity of the University’s rich, diverse community of innovators to solve complex, real-world problems.
Wits University awarded Dr David Fine an honorary degree at the Faculty of Science graduation ceremony on 17 April 2023.
The first Biomedical Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Course sparks a new era for #WitsInnovation.
The Pecogrid pilot study will examine the viability of the large-scale rollout of microgrid inverter systems in informal communities.
Study by civil engineers at Wits University finds that the history of the Jagersfontein dam deviates from best engineering practice.
Outstanding matriculants, now Wits students receive Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Awards, which covers full tuition fees.
Professor Lee Berger appointed as National Geographic Explorer in Residence, but will remain at Wits as an Honorary Professor.
Management welcomes the proposal to enter a mediation process as soon as possible and has communicated as such with the SRC.
The University has invested R9-million in postdoctoral fellowships to advance its innovation and internationalisation strategies and its research agenda.
STATEMENT: Wits addresses some of the misinformation being shared by some protestors with students.
The Vice-Chancellor and Principal and members of management met with the current members of the Students’ Representative Council yesterday.
From butchers to hawkers, and shelters to miners, this book reveals the informal economy and texture of the city.
We refer to Mr Aphiwe Mnyamana's tweet posted at 20:31 tonight and confirm that Mr Mnyamana was suspended on 6 March 2023.
We extend our deep appreciation to all staff and students for seamlessly pivoting to blended teaching and learning today.
South Africa holds the dishonourable title of most unequal country in the world, and Africa’s largest carbon emitter.
We will continue with teaching and learning in a blended learning mode
The Senior Executive Team met on Sunday, 05 March 2023 to consider the demands put forward by the SRC.
Wits issues multiple suspension orders to disruptors who transgressed the University’s rules. All university activities will continue as scheduled on Friday.
The University remains open and the academic programme continues as scheduled.
Entry key and exit points are being managed to ensure your safe entry, and officers will be stationed at key lecture theatres to ensure classes continue.
The University is committed to ensuring that staff and students are safe. The academic programme will continue as scheduled.
He is one of 10 exceptional early-career members selected from around the world to serve as a 2023 Optical Foundation Ambassador.
The University awarded the prestigious Friedel Sellschop fellowship award to Dr Mitchell Cox, Dr Eloise van der Merwe, and Dr Abhishek Pandey.
Dr Adam Pantanowitz has been appointed as Chair in Innovation and Director of the WIC, and Letlotlo Phohole as Senior Programme Manager.
Energy, joy and commitment at an all-time-high as first-year students join the Wits family.
Wits University is proud to collaborate with the University of Edinburgh (UoE) to establish a new collaborative doctoral training centre in Africa.
Witsies dominate at the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) National Conference Student Cluster Competition.
The African Fellowships programme advances South-North research collaboration to find solutions to global challenges.
A Wits alumna and renowned biologist shared how her international career started with unravelling 'ant songs' and scrutinising frog eggs.
Wits honours two healthcare professionals who are changing the world for good.
Tamlyn Naidu claims a win for South Africa in Berlin for her research on acid mine drainage.
Repairing Earth as a whole, together, is a precondition for human durability.
4th year engineering students show off their bold and visionary solutions with amazing final-year projects.
Emeritus Professor Barry Dwolatzky launches inspirational memoir, smartly capturing his less-than-ordinary coded history.
Dr Solomon Lefakane, the first African to obtain a Civil Engineering degree in 1961, is the first Wits alumnus to be inducted into the Engineering Wall of Fame.
The Engineering Council of South Africa has accredited several Wits mining courses for another five years.
The number of SA employers reporting they are recruiting ICT skills overseas has increased dramatically in the past year – up from 38% to over 50%.
The complexity of construction projects has driven an increase in building waste, which is difficult to recycle and reuse. How to minimise the problem.
Various innovations after the past century have improved the world for many - but there’s still much more for universities to do.
Wits' research magazine celebrates 100 years of changing the world for good.
Guest Editorial: Wits remains a beacon of hope in society. We continue to strive for excellence in all that we do and use our knowledge for the good of society.
Editorial: The stories in Curios.ty 14: #Wits100 showcase the University’s sustained participation, influence and impact in the lab, the classroom, and society.
“We live in the most unequal country in the world. We can help bridge the divide and we don’t have any time to waste.” – Dr Judy Dlamini.
Meet the Wits’ science superheroes whose research has saved lives.
The contribution of the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience to the field of human genomics is rewriting history on the African continent.
Without death, there would be no life – this might sound like ancient mysticism, but Wits scientists are proving it.
Agincourt, one of the longest-running research centres of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa, tracks health and wellbeing over the life course.
Protests are a hallmark of Wits’ history and have contributed to the University’s legacy of social activism, democracy and constitutionality.
South African universities should revisit their multiple publics and explore what a public university in southern Africa today should be.
The Wits Art Museum covers 3 000 m2, housing more than 12 000 artworks, of which 5 551 comprise the Standard Bank African Art Collection.
How has science and research practice at Wits has evolved over a century?
It’s the end of an era as Wits Planetarium is reimagined as a ‘out of this world’ digital dome.
Climate change took nearly a century to become mainstream science. Wits is taking the lead in facing up to the challenge.
Wits researchers have over the past century changed, and challenged, the way we think about the evolution of humanity and our ancestors.
Curiosity about dung beetles could lead us into our future.
Books based on research by Wits authors create a rare recording of history that tracks changes over time.
The development of the Wits Face Database: An African database of high-resolution facial photographs.
Wits is exploring the opportunities created by social enterprises that focus on addressing local, regional and global challenges.
Four Wits units demonstrate how translational research can respond to the needs of a world outside the academy.
Column: Telling the stories of Wits’ research and academics might hopefully light a fire in the mind of the world’s next Einstein.
There is something significantly common in the way in which all good things are good.
Lightning protection research is paramount in order to safeguard people, animals, and infrastructure against one of the biggest weather-related killers.
Wits University is as much a part of Johannesburg as is gold mining, and we are opening our gates to all to celebrate with us.
Wits marks its 100th birthday with jam-packed Homecoming Weekend.
The #Wits100 Visible Resonance Light Show on 2 September at 7pm on the Great Hall façade will reflect, create, improvise, and imagine Wits’ stories.
Wits University Press is the oldest university press in South Africa and celebrates its centenary in 2022.
Professor Garth Stevens will oversee Human Resources, Transformation and Employment Equity, the Disability Rights Unit and other related units.
New towns have had a better track record in places of rapid economic and population growth, such as east Asian countries.
Wits University is home to a wellspring of talent from multiple disciplines where life-changing innovation is incubated.
It was a night of suspended reality, imaginative film, and sophisticated symphony at the SA premier of William Kentridge’s Oh to Believe in Another World.
Learners enjoy a fun-filled Wits Integrated Experience of academic and student life on the Braamfontein campuses.
Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, internationally renowned nuclear physicist, joins the ranks of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking.
The iconic Great Hall is back after Covid-19 lockdowns and extensive renovations – ready to celebrate Wits' centenary.
Wits staff step up on Mandela Day for food-insecure students.
Return to campus plans and the way forward.
South African premiere of the new topically relevant film by Wits alumnus and world-renowned artist, William Kentridge, will take place at Wits in July.
Engineering student exploring optics and photonics is among Optica Women Scholars to receive a generous award and international mentorship.
The Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment has established an advisory board with key industry representatives.
Wits signs research agreement with AfriTin Mining to investigate and optimise tech metals processing.
The impact of hybrid work models on IT skills in South Africa will be among the issues coming under the spotlight this year.
“Young entrepreneurs are one of the country's best hopes in solving the jobs crisis” - Dr Robert Venter, Project Leader for the WEC.
Economic geologist and machine learning practitioner takes the reins.
Please take note of rising infections in the country and particularly in Gauteng. Please get vaccinated if you have not done so yet.
Master planning has served the entwining interests and ambitions of international as well as local actors in Africa.
'Gateway to Success' programme: Creating a holistic, seamless transition from secondary school to university
Twelve Wits researchers are contenders for the prestigious NSTF-South32 Awards for 2021/2022, four of whom were nominated in two categories each.
Mpho Mathole won the Wits leg of the international science communication competition and will go on to participate in the nationals later this year.
Wits University is proud to announce the start of the April graduation season where 5 593 students will be capped between 19 and 29 April 2022.
Alumnus Dr David Fine's generous donation will be used to establish the Angela and David Fine Chair in Innovation.
Research addressing monumental buildings inherited from industrialisation wins regional round and advances to nationals.
It is with great appreciation that we thank you and members of our wider Wits community for vaccinating and in so doing, making Wits a safer place for all.
The two programmes ‘are stepping stones to launch and develop the careers of academics’.
Read the 13th issue of Curios.ty, themed: #Gender. We feature research across the gender spectrum that aims to ensure a more equitable and tolerant society.
EDITORIAL: The way we choose to identify ourselves provokes questions and demands interrogation to ensure a more equitable and tolerant society.
Structures need to be put in place at higher education institutions to give women their rightful opportunities.
Eight female fellows of the Female Academic Leadership (FALF) Programme at Wits share their experiences of breaking the glass ceiling.
Wits strengthens EU partnerships through becoming a CIVIS Alliance strategic partner.
Scientific diplomacy must be given a chance to help enhance mutual understandings across political divides.
Professor Lynn Morris says universities 'value independent inquiry, intellectual excellence, integrity, and academic freedom and institutional autonomy'.
The University aims to raise R3 billion through the Centenary Campaign
The academic programme began in earnest today and it was fantastic to see students in class again and staff back on campus.
The five-year programme seeks to increase the diversity of the next generation of engineers through early exposure to engineering concepts and careers.
It was an upbeat post-pandemic return to campus when Wits academics gathered to celebrate research excellence.
LogBox App is being streamlined to make it easier for you to complete the questions.
The South African government released new Covid-19 regulations as at 31 January 2022, pertaining to changes to isolation protocols.
Wits team develops social distancing and shopper behaviour tracker for malls.
Apply for reasonable accommodation and upload your international vaccine certificate.
Covid-19: Scientists without quality data are like unarmed soldiers in a war zone.
Scientists say the Commission’s statement against mandatory vaccinations is offensive, irresponsible and misleading.
Covid-19: On 15 March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act.
If you are experiencing glitches in uploading your certificate, this information might help. You can also log technical queries via ithelp@wits.ac.za.
Mandatory vaccination: The link to upload your vaccine certificate is now live.
Wits University adopted a Mandatory Vaccination Policy (Mvax Policy), which will be implemented from 1 January 2022.
Wits and DRDGold’s Ergo Mining Proprietary Limited (Ergo) sign a second five-year research and support agreement to enhance skills and research in mining.
Wits Universit's Mandatory Vaccination Policy (MVAX Policy) will be implemented in January 2022.
With the year drawing to a close, many people will be wondering what books they may have missed out on in 2021.
Early data show that Omicron is dominating new COVID-19 cases in Gauteng province.
From the Desk of the Wits Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Zeblon Vilakazi: We are stronger because of the diversity of our people and our ideas.
A diverse team of staff and students proudly came together at a time when the country needed them most.
The Institute will boost its contribution to the future of mining by hosting two of the new research centres.
Metros may be a graveyard for political ambition. But if parties or individuals succeed, the rewards are considerable.
Read the full statement, the policy, and the Q&A information document wherein Wits experts answer questions about vaccination, legal, ethical, and more.
Inclusivity and diversity need to be at the level of identifying values and defining frameworks of what counts as ethical AI in the first place.
The virtual conference highlighted the dynamic interventions that women are making in STEM.
From ‘sniffing’ for an internet connection to estimating poverty from space, Open Day had you covered.
Wits leads efforts to develop low-cost, long-range free-space optics that can connect informal settlement communities to high-speed internet.
We need to move away from this binary approach, consider our contextual realities, and start with the end goal in mind.
"We will also continue to engage with the broader Wits community on the proposed policy in the coming weeks."
How forensic science is unlocking the mysteries of fatal lightning strikes that could help save thousands of lives.
This tool can identify cause of death by fatal lightning strike in skeletonised remains.
Professor Barry Dwolatzky explains what gamification in learning is and how it is on a path to change the future of higher education.
The shift to emergency remote teaching and learning enabled academics to start questioning some long-held assumptions about in-person teaching and learning.
The annual Staff Awards reflect the Wits values that drive the ethos and excellence across our remarkable institution.
The proposed Framework has been developed and will be shared with staff, students, senior managers, organised labour, and other constituencies for comment.
Wits launches global appeal, former Wits SRC President donates $100,000 to support students
Wits researchers won six National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)-South32 research awards .
Greater urgency is needed in the response to pandemics, to end AIDS and to end COVID-19.
The 2021 ICT Skills Survey results were released on 28 September 2021.
Survey shows a shift to the gig economy has not occurred in SA, but it's plausible that this might change in future.
It will help to establish two research centres to boost cancer and vaccine research at the University of the Witwatersrand.
While South Africa has steered clear of compulsory vaccination for now, the country’s laws do allow such a policy.
Esteemed process engineer to steer the Faculty as Wits embarks on its strategic journey to 2033.
JSCE-IITPSA ICT Skills Survey results will be released on 28 September 2021.
Details on vaccination and the return of staff members to campus.
The South African Quantum Technology Initiative (SA QuTI) aims to drive local quantum technology research and innovation.
There is no doubt about the enormous scale of the shocks South Africa has experienced over 2020-21.
The AI Africa Consortium partners with Cirrus AI to bring large-scale AI infrastructure capacity and expertise to the African research community and industry.
This article has been published in the print and online edition of the Daily Maverick.
Wits staff and students can now get their Covid-19 vaccine at the Netcare site on campus.
DEHN AFRICA donates R500 000 to the Johannesburg Lightning Research Laboratory at Wits University to support pioneering research in lightning protections.
We are being cautious about the implications for vaccine efficacy and transmissibility while we gather more data to understand this lineage.
Wits students who got the Covid-19 vaccine jab at the SABC vaccination site on Thursday morning say they chose to place their trust in Wits and science.
Wits staff and students can now get their Covid-19 vaccine at the SABC vaccination site in Auckland Park.
Wits staff and students who are 18 years and older can now get their Covid-19 vaccine at the Liberty vaccination site in Braamfontein.
Wits University and Sibanye-Stillwater today signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding a sponsorship of some R52 million over a 10-year period.
What might happen in South Africa?
Our cutting-edge research offers #Solutions to some of the most challenging problems facing society today.
Editorial: From solutions to the structural, political, and socioeconomic challenges in South Africa, to those ‘moonshot moments’ that advance society for good.
We need to rethink higher education by asking what kind of society we want to create.
South Africa’s infrastructure seems to be falling apart at the seams. What needs to be done to save the country from further deterioration?
A ‘world class African City’ begins and ends with history and geography.
Can love be the central guiding value in big business and in complex decisions?
In search of ways to help his father recover from injuries suffered in a motorbike accident, Nabeel Vandayar enrolled at Wits to study medicine.
The Wits Senior Executive Team hail Witsies in the 2021 Mail & Guardian Top 200 for making a positive impact in society.
When politicians and others speak about herd immunity, unfortunately, they are under the misconception that the current tools that we’ve got are adequate.
The circulation of misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine poses the danger of hampering the government’s efforts to control the pandemic.
Failure to ensure access for all to prevention and treatment, including vaccines, undermines national responses to Covid-19.
The Wits Heroes Series celebrates staff members who went beyond the call of duty at the onset of Covid-19 in 2020.
“I want this University to know there is nothing I wouldn’t do for it.”
We call on Acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi to do the right thing to ensure the Covid-19 vaccination programme is inclusive.
We are likely to keep being hit by further waves of this virus until at least all adults have immunity.
Schools are not driving the COVID-19 pandemic and can safely remain open provided people stick to the non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19 prevention.
Despite the critical role of the PHRU as part of the national and international Covid-19 response team, it was not spared during the recent unrest.
Professor Barry Dwolatzky has been contracted as Director of Innovation Strategy.
South Africa has clearly suffered the consequences of poor strategic decisions to this point. It doesn't need to continue along these lines.
This year’s Fak’ugesi Festival will be a hybrid event and takes place from 14 to 24 October 2021.
South Africa didn't engage early enough with pharmaceutical companies in bilateral discussions to ensure it could get vaccines early.
Professor Ruksana Osman has been appointed as Senior DVC: Academic and Professor Ian Jandrell as DVC: Systems and Operations.
It is an essential part of the national science system and it must be protected to perform its regulatory work.
Award-winning screenwriter and producer, literary critic, a towering intellectual and generous mentor.
The third wave of the coronavirus has started in Gauteng and is rapidly gaining momentum as we head into the winter season.
Huawei South Africa has awarded bursaries to a select group of postgraduate ICT students as part of its efforts to bolster and support technology skills.
Two master’s students are developing new technologies aimed at disrupting the booming cannabis, or so called ‘green gold’, industry.
Tertiary education often carries societal benefits that far outweigh the initial investments necessary to establish a strong and productive system.
Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, shares three core areas that Wits will maintain as the University transitions into its next century.
The Novavax vaccine is the first that provides objective scientific evidence that it can protect people against the variant virus circulating in South Africa.
All University entities are required to be fully operational as from 1 February 2021.
Update on the return to campus of staff members.
Clinical efficacy demonstrated in Phase 2b South Africa trial.
Mining giant commits 16.5 million in investment for education and to aid research and innovation.
The pandemic demands a relook of how we connect with each other and the world.
Wits University has received a donation of R16.5 million from mining giant Sibanye-Stillwater to support the development of scarce skills and research in mining
CANVAS, a modern, stable Learning Management System (LMS).
South Africa has the legal tools to challenge the vaccine nationalism of rich countries.
Update on the latest Covid-19 testing and infection of staff and students.
It will take 67% of the population to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity; here is how those still reluctant can be persuaded to join in.
Implications for the (mis)management of Covid-19 in South Africa.
African leaders can make strategies to fight COVID-19 more accessible to the people.
Update on the latest Covid-19 testing and infection of staff and students.
Professor Vilakazi assumed office on 1 January 2021 and looks forward to stewarding the University in his capacity as the Vice-Chancellor and Principal:
Critics of the South African government argue that it has done too little too late to secure vaccines, and that it doesn't have a proper roll-out plan in place.
Pasha 91: Blunders that left South Africa trailing in the vaccine stakes
Drones, dinghies and an army helicopter - the new toys are diverting resources, and diverting attention.
This article examines and estimates the financial implications of a vaccine strategy with a goal of achieving herd immunity.
Mining's immediate future is to be impacted not just by economic cycles or established trends, but by structural issues demanding urgent and deep innovation.
It is distressing to hear senior officials increasingly talking down the prospects for the availability and usefulness of Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa.
Implications of adjusted Level 3 regulations for staff and students.
Beyond the pandemic and possibilities for new knowledge architectures.
What are the urgent steps that South Africans need to take to prepare for a timeous life-saving roll out of vaccines?
Gauteng Government, IBM Research and Wits University are fighting the pandemic with artificial intelligence.
For the first time, the Wits School of Architecture and Planning (SoAP) held its End of Year School Show online.
Update on the latest Covid-19 testing and infection of staff and students.
Wits University has taken all graduation ceremonies online, following the President’s announcement on Monday night.
Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Adam Habib, will leave Wits University at the end of December 2020.
Update on the latest Covid-19 testing and infection of staff and students.
Professor Adam Habib, Wits Vice-Chancellor and Principal conferred awards to exceptional staff members at the University.
How can you trust what you are told about Covid-19?
Update on the latest Covid-19 testing and infection of staff and students.
Wits University has been endorsed by the prestigious International Nuclear Management Academy for its Nuclear Technology Leadership Programme.
Update on the latest Covid-19 testing and infection of staff and students.
Register for postgraduate study at Wits University and be part of the future of exciting possibilities.
Update on the latest Covid-19 testing and infection of staff and students.
Two engineering students used their final year projects to study the possibilities of using rubble clay-brick masonry as part of the sand in fresh concrete.
Following President Cyril Ramaphosa's address.
Update on the latest Covid-19 testing and infection of staff and students.
South Africa is testing digital technology to detect outbreaks of respiratory diseases.
Quality assurance entities are immobilising the system and hindering the ability of more students to access online education.
Wits researchers develop solution to improve accuracy and safety of Covid-19 testing.
Update on the latest Covid-19 testing and infection of staff and students.
The School of Electrical and Information Engineering (EIE) recently held its Open Day online for the first time.
Covid-19: When and how South Africa should try to prevent or mitigate it.
Update on the latest Covid-19 testing and infection of staff and students.
It is key to continue high-impact non-pharmaceutical interventions that will not impede economic activity, but limit the spread of COVID-19.
The 2020 Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival will run for one month from 20 October to 20 November 2020.
Latest update on infections and university protocols.
Finalists at Wits’ first cross-faculty PhD Seminar kept judges and audiences on the edge.
Appeal to adhere to safety regulations and preventative protocols.
Answers to queries raised by organised labour and staff members.
We welcome the news that South Africa will move to national lockdown level 1 from Monday, 21 September 2020.
The work of Joshil Naran, a masters in Architecture student, has been selected to showcase at a global festival for creatives and innovators.
A balancing act between scientific data and health and broader socioeconomic implications is needed when policymakers prioritise interventions and measures.
The experience of the Oxford vaccine and the measures put into place are not unusual. Many phase one and phase two clinical trials have holding rules.
Pasha 80: Fighting the coronavirus can put severe strain on a person’s mental health.
Pasha 78: Listen to Professor Shabir Madhi, explaining how the new vaccine trial will work
Sibanye-Stillwater collaborates with Wits to produce face shields for frontline health workers in the Group’s South African operations.
Poor populations bore a disproportionately higher burden of poor health.
SA should fire the current Cabinet and set up a national “emergency” one with the best talents in the country prevent it from plunging down the cliff.
When university resources are scarce, building and sustaining equitable research excellence should be paramount.
Wits is top of the class in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities.
Three South African vice-chancellors paint a post-COVID picture for universities.
Women’s extended working days have become normalised, despite the adverse effects on their progression within the labour market and general well-being.
Special Report by the Wits School of Accounting on how companies should manage the Covid-19 pandemic.
Wits student, Musawenkosi Nyati has published an award-winning book, Mobile App Development.
The third in a series of expert advisories on how to respond to Covid-19 which will be published from time to time by Maverick Citizen.
This is the second of a series of Expert Advisories on how to respond to Covid-19 which will be published from time to time by Maverick Citizen.
This is the first of a series of expert advisories on how to respond to Covid-19 which will be published from time to time by Maverick Citizen.
Investments are starting to help grow the African continent's science preparedness.
With the onset of the Coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic, working and studying remotely have increased the risk of cybercrime.
Witsies, please take care, adhere to social distancing and follow Covid-19 protocols.
Not enough clinical research is being done in Africa. This has repercussions for when interventions become available and effective in high income countries.
Students who are scheduled to return as part of phase 2, will return in mid-July.
Phased return of more academic, professional and support staff and students to campuses.
SA had to have a hard lockdown because we don’t trust our government. Little since has made us change our minds.
South Africa's public health system has been allocated R21.5 billion more to fight the Covid-19 pandemic but there's no strategy to guide how it should be used.
South Africa will have to prioritise new business, employment and growth based on the current and new domestic and global needs unleashed by Covid-19.
Professor Zeblon Vilakazi appointed as the Wits Vice-Chancellor and Principal from 1 January 2021
The first participants in South Africa's first clinical trial for a vaccine against Covid-19 will be vaccinated this week.
Government is steaming ahead with the reopening of schools. This is an overly hasty, ill-considered step for a number of reasons.
Detecting fever requires measuring core body temperature. Screening measures the body's surface temperature.
Students and staff members who have not already done so, must complete the student survey or staff survey before 8pm on Thursday, 11 June 2020.
By identifying the roots of global ills there's an opportunity for coordinated action as countries lay new pathways for a post-Covid world.
Pasha 66 - The Conversation Africa's podcast series focus on questions arising from the symptoms of people who have contracted the coronavirus.
Self-screening form on the app is for staff members with permits to be on campus, and students who have been invited to return to campus only.
Twelve Wits scientists across disciplines have been nominated for NSTF-South 32 Research Awards, known as the 'Science Oscars', and eight are finalists.
New level 3 regulations mark an important strategic shift in the government’s approach to the coronavirus pandemic.
The testing backlog and proposed testing strategies outside hospital settings are threatening patient management and compromising health care workers’ safety.
The most profound change is the accelerated of way in which digital transformation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution have moved at warp speed.
New initiative provides students with data to access selected URLs through the Wits network.
Statement of Support for Professor Glenda Gray and the Principle of Academic Freedom of Speech.
The four telecommunications companies agree to extend the provision of data to students for another 15 days.
Join South Africa’s Grand Geek’ and leading digital experts as they explore Africa’s Digital Future.
South Africa should base its COVID-19 mitigation strategy on the premise that the pandemic will last for two years unless a vaccine is developed before then.
A reminder to all students and staff about Wits' mental health and wellbeing services that are available to you during the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown.
Information pertaining to the screening of staff and students entering University campuses and premises.
SA's response to the COVID-19 pandemic was one of 'intervene first and ask questions later'. Now is the time for government say what its strategic endgame is.
Miners face cramped working conditions, transportation in packed cages, and a high incidence of other respiratory diseases, posing considerable risks.
These Wits heroes represent just a fraction of the clinical, academic, professional and administrative staff, alumni and students responding to this disaster.
South Africa cannot afford to embark on a strategy of extended periodic lockdowns. It needs to shift to mass testing and contact tracing.
A team of innovative Witsies is using their design and engineering skills to create face shields in aid of the fight against COVID-19.
Amongst the best in their fields, Wits experts are at the frontlines and behind-the-scenes against COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.
Wits University has added a new course to its free, online WitsX/edX learning platform.
When classes started on Monday, Triphin Mudzvengi was sitting attentively among the studious first-year engineering students.
The value of research conducted by the School has been further recognised with the award of an NRF rating to a fifth member of staff.
Curiosity ignited an interest in electrical engineering for aspiring academic, Hlengiwe Mnisi.
EDITORIAL: We do not have a choice. It is incumbent on each of us to tackle the #ClimateEmergency.
An energy crisis built on an obsession with fossil fuels. Can alternative energy resources save the day for South Africa?
In our bid to save the planet from catastrophe, we have entered “the age of green”.
Consumer products rule our world. Period. And in our modern lives, electronic equipment is no longer a luxury – it is a necessity.
PROFILE: An early fascination with the environment sparked an interest in its protection for Miss Earth South Africa 2019.
Third-year Electrical Engineering student, Romario Ferrao is drawing attention on and off the field.
Wits awarded a Gold Medal to John Teeger, President of the Board of Wits Fund Inc., an independent fundraising entity representing Wits in the USA.
Top marks are due for a bionic hand engineered by Wits University postgraduates, who have made mobility more accessible to the 1 million amputees in SA.
PeCo Power, a new spin-off company, is a home-grown electrical off-grid solution that will radically change lives and impact local communities.
The Solomon Mahlangu concourse has been transformed into a platform for visionary works.
Humankind is facing an ever-growing data tsunami that could swamp us as a species – or provide us with unheard of opportunities.
Preparing for a digital revolution is as much about getting the basics right as it is looking to the future.
The new laser scanner adds to the modern technology available to mining engineering students at Wits.
Interdisciplinary learning is on the rise so we asked an industrial engineer what the Wits Art Museum had to teach her engineering students.
Oluwaseun Damilola Ajayi, a real estate PhD candidate, has been awarded a scholarship to pursue doctoral research in Germany.
Wits academic Michael Lucas took top honours at the International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control in Switzerland, 10-13 September 2019.
Wits academics – both established and emerging – have won widely over the past month, in fields as diverse as philosophy, entomology, pharmacy, and engineering.
South Africa needs to develop low-cost housing solutions that are inherently comfortable and environmentally sustainable.
Students at the 2019 School of Electrical and Information Engineering Open Day presented their engineering innovations for solutions to everyday challenges.
Female Wits academics and students were recognised at the annual South African Women in Science Awards.
An interesting development emerged from Brazil dam disaster: investors work with mining companies and regulators to improve tailings management systems.
In the age of densification, where will we sleep? Hyper-connected pods, embedded technology and micro democracies.
Eye-gaze devices as assistive tech have the potential to empower people with disabilities by improving their independence at home.
Is buying a house still the solid investment once thought or is it time to turn nomadic?
Land ownership has historically been the great divider, and South Africa is no different. But is this the silver bullet to address our gross inequality?
Home, health, identity and dignity - creating smarter solutions and symbiotic thinking for Jozi’s homeless people.
PROFILE: A Wits study is the first to look at transforming Victorian/Edwardian bungalows into urban compounds in Yeoville and Rosettenville.
Intentional living, the rise of imikhukhu and urban densification for dignity.
Professor Herman Potgieter answers questions about whether the planet’s plastic trash tsunami can be stopped.
Over 40 Wits alumni, students and staff members were included in the 2019 Mail and Guardian Top 200 supplement.
Wits students are part of South African team to take first prize at the International Supercomputing Conference.
Wits University hosts two African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in materials and migration respectively.
Wits geotechnical engineer and his colleagues commented on the reasons on why fatal mine disasters occur in an article published in Science.
Eight Witsies are finalists in six categories of the NSTF-South 32 Awards, dubbed the ‘Science Oscars’.
Professors Yosuf (Joe) Veriava and Thokozani Majozi are amongst the recipients of the 2019 National Orders.
Sibanye-Stillwater commits additional R30 million to further mining 4.0 research and development.
The National Research Foundation has bestowed another accolade on the School of Mining Engineering by awarding a C2 rating to Professor Rudrajit Mitra.
The global standing of the School of Mining Engineering has been boosted by another step up in the QS World University Rankings – to 13th place in 2019.
Research by Wits biomedical engineers that incorporates the human brain as part of a computer network is believed to be a world-first.
Wits physicists and engineers team up to tackle Africa’s digital divide with home grown technologies