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Unyielding Pan-Africanist: The late great Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe.
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The unforgettable Sobukwe

Fort Hare must be to the African what Stellenbosch University is to the Afrikaner

Research from the University of the Witwatersrand shows that more than half of the deaths in newborns and about a third in infants were caused by just two types of bacteria. (Aditya Romansa/Unsplash)

Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatment

Over the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand’s vaccines and infectious diseases analytics unit analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children under five who died at public health facilities in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg.  With the people in the area living in from informal settlements to structured houses, the cases […]

One in 10 clinics in South Africa will start to hand out a twice-a-year anti-HIV jab as early as February. The country’s medicines regulator, Sahpra, says it’s on track to announce its registration decision within the next few days, by the end of October. So who should get LEN first? (Anna-Maria van Niekerk)

The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?

The country’s medicines regulator Sahpra says it’s on track to announce its registration decision by the end of October

A white rhino is being monitored while it is sedated and awaiting the insertion of a dosage of radioisotopes into its horn by members of the Rhisotope Project.

Rhinos go nuclear: Scientists use cutting edge deterrent to foil traffickers

The University of the Witwatersrand’s Rhisotope Project is embedding low-level radioactive isotopes into rhino horns to combat poaching

Professor Maurice Radebe, Head & Director: Wits Business School and Mr Andile Sipengane, Acting CEO: SSETA

A major boost for entrepreneurship in Johannesburg: Wits Business School signs agreement with the Services SETA

The Services SETA, the largest sector education and training authority in South Africa, has pledged a significant sum of money to help launch the Wits Crucible

Thasmei Reddy  credits her postgraduate studies, culminating in an MBA, as a game-changer in her career.

Mines, motherhood and management 

Transforming industries through innovation and resilience

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Scientists break down South Africa’s Nqweba Meteorite

It flashed across the sky – at 72  000km an hour – and sounded like 92 tonnes of TNT exploding

Jennifer Fitchett sitting next to the excavation through the diatomite profile, adjacent to the core that was taken, April 2014. Photograph provided by Jennifer Fitchett

Finding Lesotho’s lost lake

A glimpse into the past, which shows the effect of climate change, can help predict the future

Going for gold: Salimah Valiani’s anthology of poetry iGoli eGoli is a socio-political examination of the city. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Johannesburg: A city laid bare in lines of poetry

Salimah Valiani’s beautiful, insightful anthology explores Johannesburg and its inhabitants

The DA’s policy has been criticised for stating that a capitalist open market would be able to break up oligopolies and stimulate growth. (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

New DA economic policy promises ‘neoliberal utopia’

The political party’s policy has been criticised for stating that a capitalist open market would be able to break up oligopolies and stimulate growth

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Wits team discover beetle that roamed alongside dinosaurs

The find, at the Orapa Diamond Mine in Botswana, sheds light on the evolutionary history of the insects

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Report urges state to cut BEE premium to reduce VAT

A report suggests that government could save R150 billion in wasteful expenditure if it stopped overpaying its contractors

Are you studying an accredited TEFL course?

Self-paced, fully online TEFL courses over eight weeks start on the first Monday of every month at the Wits Plus Language School

Adult education for professional growth

Lifelong learning is no longer just a choice; it has become a necessity.

Shacks in Tembisa, Gauteng. Photo by Delwyn Verasamy

The shifting landscape of South Africa’s informal settlements

As households increasingly build in bricks and mortar within informal settlements, the face of these communities is changing