Wits all the Wiser for its vital literary couple
With personal histories spanning Cameroon, SA and a number of countries in between, they are well placed to expand the institution’s horizons.
Wits staff put on leave after sexual harassment allegations
The University of the Witwatersrand has placed four staff members on special leave following allegations of sexual harassment made against them.
[Podcast] JM Coetzee on education in South Africa
Many felt that author JM Coetzee's honorary doctorate speech at Wits was removed from the realities of SA education. Listen to the speech.
Wits takes hard look at controversial outsourcing
Apartheid-style segregation and the poor treatment of outsourced workers is to be investigated at Wits.
Kaizer Chiefs' Parker buries Bidvest Wits
Bernard Parker has continued his scorching goal-scoring form with a brace that pushed Kaizer Chiefs to a 3-1 victory over Bidvest Wits.
Campus protest: Laying down forks for democracy
The form of boycott at Wits earlier this week stands in contrast to the boisterous marches seen on campuses nearly every year, writes Eric Worby.
Letters to the Editor: May 13
Mail & Guardian readers share their thoughts on alleged plagiarism, Osama bin Laden and more.
Wits joins Big Bang researchers
Physicists at Wits University now have access to the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments used to study "elementary particles".
Behind the first-year flood
Universities that offer diplomas as well as degrees appear to be the first choice of students who have been flooding universities.
Flood of new matrics besiege varsities
Two Johannesburg universities were flooded this week by unprecedented numbers of students seeking late admission.
Wits students compete at MIT
Wits University students will become the first African team to participate in the iGEM competition, run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Local leaders 'behind xenophobic attacks'
A report released on Wednesday on the xenophobic attacks in Alexandra last year shows that most of the violence was organised by local leaders.
SA's response to xenophobic attacks 'was chaos'
The response to the May 2008 xenophobic attacks was "characterised by chaos", said a recent report by the Wits Forced Migration Studies Programme.
Swallows see off Wits in tedious Telkom Cup
Moroka Swallows moved to the next round of the Telkom Knockout Cup by beating Bidvest Wits 2-0 in a tedious match that provided little entertainment.
