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Report: Health systems needs to prepare for ageing with HIV The challenge now is not simply helping people live longer, but ensuring they age well. 26 August 2026

Families live with rubbish and rats in Joburg stadium Hundreds of people have been stuck for years in “temporary” accommodation. 26 August 2026

Wits researchers use light’s topology to beat atmospheric distortion World-first experiment shows information encoded in a beam of light can survive real-world atmospheric turbulence. 25 August 2026

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26Aug

Becoming Agarwal: The Manufacture of a Close-Knit Mercantile Caste, by Ujithra PonniahNorth Lodge, 2 St Davids Place15:00

27Aug

Keeping Safe(r): Developing better policies and strategies for conducting fieldwork safelySolomon Mahlangu House12:00

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Wits and the Technology Innovation Agency are strengthening their partnership to turn university research into products and services. Prof. Yahya Choonara becomes South Africa’s first pharmacist to receive an NRF A-rating. Two Wits students earned top honours for blockchain projects. Research by Prof. Glenda Daniels reveals growing online harassment and leadership barriers facing women journalists. Wits also hosted the annual Parents’ Day event, where prospective students and their families explored academic programmes and experienced campus life first-hand.

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Wits University is committed to the responsible, ethical and innovative use of AI with academic integrity at its centre. The purpose of this policy is to provide academic and professional and support staff (staff), and students with contextually valued practices regarding the fair and productive use of AI in advancing research, innovation, learning, teaching, course design and assessment of student learning at the University.

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