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New electricity law brings reform Good news for competition in South Africa's electricity market but big hurdles must be overcome before success is achieved. 4 September 2024

Africa’s ‘youthquake’: No jobs, the wrong skills and little hope With growing populations and major youth unemployment in Africa, more must be done to create jobs and help young people develop the right skills. 4 September 2024

Eastern Cape meteorite find revealed The spectacular entry of a meteorite into Earth’s atmosphere has unleashed a chain of events that would not be out of place in a Hollywood movie script. 3 September 2024

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05Sep

Research Day & Postgraduate Expo 2024Parktown Health Sciences Campus08:00

10Sep

Intimations of Apocalypse: Catastrophist and Gradualist Imaginings of the Planetary FutureWiSER Seminar Room, Wits University13:00

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AngloGold Ashanti leaves a legacy through donating R87.5 million to support more than 200 students from mining communities. We unveil a rare meteorite discovered by a nine-year-old girl in the Eastern Cape, sparking a major scientific investigation by South African universities. The streets of Braamfontein were painted blue and gold as Witsies celebrated 103 years of excellence. The Wits LINK Centre, in partnership with ITU, introduced a digital skills programme for African policymakers and Wits hosts the 22nd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on 28 September, featuring Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah. Read more at www.wits.ac.za/news

SA's Youth to Benefit from Wits AngloGold Ashanti Legacy Scholarship Endowment

The R87,5 million Wits AngloGold Ashanti Legacy Scholarship Endowment will offer comprehensive funding and support over the duration of their studies to eligible students from disadvantaged and rural families with links to the mining industry and AngloGold Ashanti’s former gold mines in South Africa. The scholarship is part of a larger investment in legacy projects in education and agriculture that AngloGold Ashanti will carry out over the next five years to recognise the company’s commitment to South Africa, its employees and its communities.

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