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Focus on LIVING: Discover how movement, exercise and everyday choices can support healthier, more fulfilling lives. Explore Wits research, insights and initiatives that turn science into practical action for better physical and mental wellbeing.

The future of thinking

Focus on IDEAS: Explore research, insights and innovations from across Wits University at the forefront of AI and emerging technologies. Meet the people, projects and innovations helping to shape Africa’s digital future.

 


 

Wits in 60 Seconds

The Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre has performed 1 000 liver transplants, marking a major medical milestone. Researchers have found a way to protect quantum information in bad weather. Scientists helped to test a vaccine that could protect newborn babies from deadly infections and launched South Africa's biggest Karoo mapping project. Wits celebrated outstanding researchers and new innovations at its annual research excellence awards.

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Fak'ugesi Festival 2026