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Towering kindness during Mandela Challenge
Kindness didn’t just show up, it stood tall as Witsies marked Mandela Month with contributions of canned food towards the Wits Food Bank.
28 July 2025
Witsies champion community change on global stage
Two Wits students were selected to participate in the 2025 Get Engaged Student Action and Youth Leadership Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania.
25 July 2025
Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security
This is a bad idea. African nations need to negotiate contracts that ensure they hold on to the power their resources bring.
24 July 2025
Slow-motion denialism as HIV services collapse
South Africa is staging a sequel to Mbeki-era HIV denialism, only this time the science, solutions and costs are clearer.
23 July 2025
Towering kindness during Mandela Challenge
Kindness didn’t just show up, it stood tall as Witsies marked Mandela Month with contributions of canned food towards the Wits Food Bank.
28 July 2025
Witsies champion community change on global stage
Two Wits students were selected to participate in the 2025 Get Engaged Student Action and Youth Leadership Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania.
25 July 2025
Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security
This is a bad idea. African nations need to negotiate contracts that ensure they hold on to the power their resources bring.
24 July 2025
Slow-motion denialism as HIV services collapse
South Africa is staging a sequel to Mbeki-era HIV denialism, only this time the science, solutions and costs are clearer.
23 July 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 NOWWits awarded honorary doctorates to Dr Mavuso Msimang and Dr Kaizer Motaung for their impact on democracy and sport. Professor Andrew Forbes was named a joint winner of the 2025 Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award for his pioneering work in quantum computing. SmartSpot is advancing safe, rapid TB testing across South Africa, while alumnus Dr Bradley Segal earned a spot on Forbes Africa’s 30 Under 30 list for using AI to revolutionise healthcare. In a historic first for the continent, Wits will host the 25th International Congress on the Education of the Deaf in 2030.
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EventsAll Events
29Jul
Critical Thinking in Health: Decolonising Health Systems and Epidemiology Wits School of Public Health Resource Centre 12:30
29Jul
Global Change Institute Monthly SeminarGlobal Change Institute, 2nd Floor Flame Station Building 13:00
29Jul
Inaugural Lecture of Professor Ziyaad DangorMarie Curie Lecture Theatre, Medical School, Parktown, Wits University16:30
01Aug
COSMOCENO @ the Wits Anglo American Digital DomeThe Wits Anglo American Digital Dome12:00
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