A highly rated mathematics researcher and academic says negative attitudes towards mathematics harm the subject.

University's suburban development plans for Frankenwald betray its deed terms, activists say

Developing countries -- and the environment -- could benefit greatly from new technology that makes fuel and electricity from waste.

The Johannesburg Planetarium, owned and operated by the University of the Witwatersrand, is celebrating its golden jubilee this year.

As management and student negotiators met over fee hikes at Wits on Wednesday, protesting students weaved their way around the campus.

Scientists are abuzz with the discovery of a new species of mosquito identified by researchers from Wits and the NICD.

Given the demand for mining engineers in the country, if you are one of this year's Grade 12s, you should consider a career in mining engineering.

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has lost another influential and experienced black intellectual to the University of Johannesburg.

The border between South Africa and Zimbabwe should be "comprehensively" abolished, Methodist Bishop Paul Verryn told academics at the University of the Witwatersrand on Wednesday. "In exactly the same way we pulled down the fences in 1994 and found that instead of restricting, it enabled," Verryn told a colloquium on xenophobia.

The government has denied deciding to set up refugee camps for foreigners displaced by xenophobic violence. Reports suggesting such a move were "baseless and therefore not true", it said on Wednesday. "The government has noted with concern media reports that the Cabinet has taken a decision to establish refugee camps," a statement said.