Terminally ill patients in the province have little access to pain relief, or basic care. Here’s one man’s story.
Those who oversaw the removal of mental health patients could face the full wrath of the law as could those standing by as KZN’s cancer care fails.
Employees say the university’s mooted salary increases won’t cover the escalating cost of living
Universities seem to be shifting their focus to research-based tertiary education and accommodating more postgraduate students
"​Former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene was named interim director of the Wits Business School late Friday."
The vice-chancellor and principal of the university has made "significant contributions" to the institution’s growth and sustainability
Ten universities in UN Women project on employment parity and ending violence were the ‘guinea pigs’
Students vow to retaliate after private security and SAPS officials barred them from entering the venue where they intended to hold a mass meeting.
Incubation hub next to Wits University is to nurture young inventor entrepreneurs.
Sars will have a role to play in student education if some of the ideas put to the commission of inquiry are accepted.
If there was a list of Africa’s top universities, the University of Cape Town would rank number one, and South Africa would dominate the continent.
Wits vice-chancellor Adam Habib plans to abolish the "exploitative" practice of outsourcing support service workers on campus.
Free speech, however unpalatable the subject, is fundamental to a university.
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The disease is outfoxing prevention efforts, thanks in part to vaccination myths.
Palaeoartist John Gurche recreates strikingly realistic models of our ancestors.
Carlo Mbombelli, a jazz enthusiast and lecturer. If he’s not busy teaching, he can be found on stage and in studio.
A Johannesburg director has taken up the continuing tragedy of botched circumcisions.
Activists says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan misrepresented the true state of the country’s health in his budget speech.
Bhekisisa director Mia Malan speaks on The Science Inside show about ARV shortages on Voice of Wits radio station.
Clinical associates are changing the medical sector by freeing up doctors to do more.
The Art History Department at the University of the Witwatersrand produces its first Wits History of Art portfolio.
University of the Witwatersrand scientist Marcus Byrne joined the illustrious ranks of Ig Nobel winners for putting boots and caps on dung Âbeetles.
University of the Witwatersrand vice-chancellor Adam Habib told outsourced workers that he cannot afford to employ them.
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.
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/ 13 October 2010
The Johannesburg Planetarium, owned and operated by the University of the Witwatersrand, is celebrating its golden jubilee this year.
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/ 16 September 2009
As management and student negotiators met over fee hikes at Wits on Wednesday, protesting students weaved their way around the campus.
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/ 1 September 2009
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.