Wits In 60 Seconds

Puff adders emerge as unlikely heroes in crop protection, offering a natural rodent control solution. Wits scientists make a cancer breakthrough, identifying two new breast cancer genes in Black South African women. The University secures a major AI climate grant from the Bezos Earth Fund to advance forecasting across Africa. Yebo Gogga 2025 dazzles with interactive exhibits on nature’s wild wonders, and a new Lancet report co-authored by Wits warns that climate change, conflict, and digital disruption threaten adolescent health progress.