The future of cancer research in Africa
CIVIS Alliance researchers explore targeted drug delivery for infection-linked colorectal cancer.
8 July 2026
How Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre is advancing specialised reconstructive surgery in SA
A 12-year-old with a rare neurological condition that affects facial movement and expression smiles after specialist surgery.
7 July 2026
Could AI create a new form of inequality in South Africa?
If AI is not designed properly, inequalities can reappear in new, digital forms.
6 July 2026
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 MoreWits hosted Africa’s first data science conference to advance AI for Africa. New research links gum disease to early human evolution, and a study questions whether Johannesburg’s electricity loan will improve power services soon. Wits arts students gained global experience to strengthen South Africa’s creative industries, while African genetic research is helping doctors prescribe safer, more effective medicines.
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