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A deeply personal journey
Once a cleaner and secretary, Dr Millicent Motheogane’s drive to attain a PhD was a fight against poverty and a quest for representation.
8 August 2025
Wits philosopher elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lucy Allais, Professor of Philosophy at Wits and at Johns Hopkins University, is the first female South African philosopher to join the Academy.
8 August 2025
Sexism in science: trailblazing women who shattered stereotypes
The tools that feminist science studies have developed are critical to the sciences because they ask new questions, and develop new methodologies.
8 August 2025
‘Historic moment’ for first-generation PhD candidate
Anele Siswana, a support staff member in Humanities, has been awarded a prestigious doctoral fellowship.
7 August 2025
A deeply personal journey
Once a cleaner and secretary, Dr Millicent Motheogane’s drive to attain a PhD was a fight against poverty and a quest for representation.
8 August 2025
Wits philosopher elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lucy Allais, Professor of Philosophy at Wits and at Johns Hopkins University, is the first female South African philosopher to join the Academy.
8 August 2025
Sexism in science: trailblazing women who shattered stereotypes
The tools that feminist science studies have developed are critical to the sciences because they ask new questions, and develop new methodologies.
8 August 2025
‘Historic moment’ for first-generation PhD candidate
Anele Siswana, a support staff member in Humanities, has been awarded a prestigious doctoral fellowship.
7 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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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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