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Smart cities start with people, not technology
Lessons from Westbury, Johannesburg, show that technology must be controlled by the community and enhance people’s daily lives.
6 August 2025
Drama therapists becomes 5th PhD holder in SA
Dr Linda Mdena-Thibedi has achieved a milestone by becoming the fifth and the youngest female PhD graduate in Drama Therapy.
5 August 2025
Global Ethics Day colloquium exposes vulnerabilities in research
Not just research subjects, but research itself, is vulnerable to the onslaught of technology.
4 August 2025
Awards for building capacity in quantum and engineering research
Professor Andrew Forbes and Professor Anne Fitchett have won prestigious NSFT-South32 awards
1 August 2025
Smart cities start with people, not technology
Lessons from Westbury, Johannesburg, show that technology must be controlled by the community and enhance people’s daily lives.
6 August 2025
Drama therapists becomes 5th PhD holder in SA
Dr Linda Mdena-Thibedi has achieved a milestone by becoming the fifth and the youngest female PhD graduate in Drama Therapy.
5 August 2025
Global Ethics Day colloquium exposes vulnerabilities in research
Not just research subjects, but research itself, is vulnerable to the onslaught of technology.
4 August 2025
Awards for building capacity in quantum and engineering research
Professor Andrew Forbes and Professor Anne Fitchett have won prestigious NSFT-South32 awards
1 August 2025
SmartSpot boosts safe, rapid TB diagnostics
In a small yet highly innovative laboratory in Braamfontein, Professor Bavesh Kana and his team are quietly revolutionising the global response to tuberculosis (TB). As Head of the Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, Kana leads a research group that developed SmartSpot, a diagnostic innovation that has enhanced TB testing in South Africa and around the world.
WATCH NOWThe Rhisotope Project goes live, harnessing nuclear science to help protect rhinos. Wits celebrates two big wins at the NSTF-South32 Awards, with honours for Professors Andrew Forbes and Anne Fitchett. A new study links climate change to the deadly 2022 Durban floods. Wits innovators pitch real-world solutions at the annual Prospector @Wits workshop and Prof. Lucy Allais makes history as the first female South African philosopher elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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EventsAll Events
08Aug
Concert to celebrate Female Academic LeadersGreat Hall14:00
11Aug
Inaugural Lecture of Professor Nicky Falkof Senate Room17:00
11Aug
2nd Professor Barry Dwolatzky Memorial LectureWits Anglo American Digital Dome17:00
11Aug
Book launch: Research & Activism: Ruth First and Activist Research Online Event18:00
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