University Of The Witwatersrand

Report finds most SA universities well run

Article Bongekile Macupe - 15 Nov 2019

But Parliament also hears that some of these institutions require additional support

All actions to counter climate change matter

Article Sipho Kings And - 27 Sep 2019

Sipho Kings and Sarah Wild consider the question we all ask: Do our efforts count, or is this just about what big corporations do?

Jailed #FeesMustFall activist Kanya Cekeshe appeals to the high court

Article Franny Rabkin - 7 Jun 2019

Cekeshe argued his former counsel did such a shoddy job defending him that his trial was unfair

Smoke, spies, and lies: Big Tobacco gatecrashes public health lobby meeting

Article Joan Van Dyk - 23 Apr 2019

South Africa’s top public health experts sat down to discuss the safety of e-cigarettes. The verdict? Stay away.

An open letter to the readers of Adam Habib’s ‘Rebels and Rage’

Article Open Letter - 1 Apr 2019

Those referred to as "the far-left" in the Wits vice-chancellor's book raise concerns about its ethics and its implications for academic freedom

South African team wins international gaming award

Article Aaisha Dadi Patel - 24 Mar 2019

Bahiyya Khan and her team — Claire Meekel, Abi Meekel, and Tim Flusk — won the award for their work on ‘after HOURS’

The workers’ struggle for dignity that’s almost won

Article Bongekile Macupe - 8 Feb 2019

The #OutsourcingMustFall movement and its outcomes would change lives forever

Students, universities on a collision course

Article Bongekile Macupe - 8 Feb 2019

We have been here before. This is what happens when you don’t resolve an issue

African universities move up the ranks

Article Sarah Smit - 15 Jan 2019

The latest rankings of higher education institutions in emerging economies show that the continent is progressing

Mr Nice Guy with a big mission

Article Kiri Rupiah - 30 Nov 2018

The University of Pretoria’s new vice-chancellor has set his sights on the opportunities that going continental offers

Another NGO deals with sexual harassment claim

Article bogdan TagDiv - 6 Nov 2018

CALS wants to "deal openly with reports of sexual harassment and so begin to make our spaces more supportive and safer"

Khaya Sithole Saica hearing to continue

Article Tehillah Nieselow - 29 Aug 2018

Saica's inquiry into chartered accountant, commentator and former Wits lecturer Khaya Sithole will resume on Wednesday

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Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip: The guerilla priest

Carlos Amato - 23 Feb 2020

From his adventures with Steve Biko to his support for shack dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal, Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip has always walked the talk of radical Christianity

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Tshwane water woes in court again

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

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Life in lockdown: Behind closed doors keeping out the coronavirus

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

Press Releases

Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

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