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Nqweba meteorite captures imagination of South Africans
Community work helped piece together the origins and story of this fascinating piece of science.
21 October 2025
Wits Enactus makes history at the Enactus World Cup 2025
Student entrepreneurs focused on social impact advance from national winners to Top 16 in global championship.
21 October 2025
User and consumer should pressure water bodies
The provision of water in many of SA’s cities and towns has deteriorated to such an extent that many citizens are without water for long periods.
21 October 2025
How cashew nut shells could help Africa make vaccines
Waste to wonder: Chemists and scientists are engineering a next-generation vaccine from a surprising and humble source.
21 October 2025
Nqweba meteorite captures imagination of South Africans
Community work helped piece together the origins and story of this fascinating piece of science.
21 October 2025
Wits Enactus makes history at the Enactus World Cup 2025
Student entrepreneurs focused on social impact advance from national winners to Top 16 in global championship.
21 October 2025
User and consumer should pressure water bodies
The provision of water in many of SA’s cities and towns has deteriorated to such an extent that many citizens are without water for long periods.
21 October 2025
How cashew nut shells could help Africa make vaccines
Waste to wonder: Chemists and scientists are engineering a next-generation vaccine from a surprising and humble source.
21 October 2025
STATEMENT FROM WITS UNIVERSITY
The Oracle E-Business system has been compromised in multiple countries as a result of a cyberattack. This is a “zero-day” event (a cyberattack which exploits a software vulnerability that is unknown to the software vendor and has no patch. It means that the software developer has zero days to solve the problem before the attack occurs).
The University uses this system for certain functions and operations continue as normal.
The Chief Information Officer is working with ICT, Oracle and cybersecurity experts to determine which data has been compromised. ICT has already implemented all the latest critical patch updates released by Oracle.
The University has notified the Information Regulator of this incident and we are doing all that we can to assess the potential risk to members of our community.
We will issue further updates as more information becomes available. Please direct any queries to info.ict@wits.ac.za
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22Oct
3rd Annual Conference on Queerness in the Global SouthWits Humanities Graduate Centre 08:00
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Professor Carlo Mombelli: The end of a Chapter The Chris Seabrooke Music Hall13:15
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Mozambique: The politics of a popular uprisingHistory Workshop Seminar Room (RS207).12:00
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School of Electrical and Information Engineering Open DayWits ARM Building.13:00
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