GNU must act in widest possible interest
Too often, a ruling party assumes — wrongly — that what’s good for it must also be good for the nation.
26 July 2024
Wildfires in South Africa are set to increase
How legal action can help the country adapt better to climate change and it's deadly impact.
26 July 2024
TB: gene editing could add new power to vaccine
The only vaccination against TB is more than 100 years old. Gene-editing has made it more effective.
25 July 2024
Wits fencer set to compete at 2024 Olympics
Harry Saner, a 23-year-old fencer from Johannesburg, is set to make history at the Paris 2024 Olympics, marking South Africa's first Olympic fencing appearance since 2008. Saner, who is part of Tyshler Fencing School celebrates this achievement not just with his team mates, but with Wits University and the whole country. “My friends and family are ecstatic! Especially because they have been such a big part of my journey. This victory for me has been our whole community’s victory,” says Saner. His journey to become a world class fencer started early in 2010 as a nine-year-old child.
Read MoreIn this week's episode, the Wits School of Accountancy is renamed the Wits Margo Steele School of Accountancy, thanks to a generous donation honouring the former Head of School. The funds will support ‘missing middle’ students in the School. The Wits Mandela Month drive kicked off with food drives, school visits, and clean-ups with #JoziMyJozi. Eight PhD students and postdocs joined the prestigious Carnegie Diversifying the Academy programme and PecoPower's groundbreaking sustainable energy model lights up the Nomzamo Village in Mpumalanga demonstrating Wits’ research and innovation impact. Read more at www.wits.ac.za/news.
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