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NEWS ANALYSIS: Covid-19 worsens education sector’s teacher crisis

by Akhona Matshoba | Oct 20, 2020 | Featured 2

The teacher shortage induced by covid-19 threatens to derail progress made in the sector thus far. 

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EDUCATION FEATURE: Covid forces teachers in training to go online

by Akhona Matshoba | Oct 20, 2020 | Featured 2

The covid-19 pandemic that is gripping the world has prompted the transformation of the teaching practice curriculum in South Africa, introducing a new challenge for student teachers. (more…)

HEALTH FEATURE: A rapidly produced covid-19 vaccine can still be trusted

by Laura Hunter | Sep 30, 2020 | Featured 2

All vaccines come with risk, but the time it takes to develop an effective vaccine does not affect its quality.

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Covid-19 relegates primary health care to secondary status

by Zainab Patel | Sep 25, 2020 | Featured 2

The coronavirus pandemic has negatively affected the delivering of primary healthcare services and health-seeking behaviour, according to experts. (more…)

Wits scientists reflect on climate factors in pandemic

by Anna Moross | Aug 14, 2020 | Featured 2

A group of Wits expert have presented a southern African perspective on climate factors in the spread of covid-19 at an international e-symposium.

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Wits physics researchers break record

by Catia De Castro | Aug 13, 2020 | Featured 2

The new quantum approach could allow for a more secure transmission of information in commercial devices.  

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Wits excellence recognised at NSTF awards

by Tshepo Thaela | Jul 30, 2020 | Featured 2

The annual NSTF awards recognises academic exellence in South Africa. 

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HospiceWits’ Night with the Stars goes virtual

by Emma O'Connor | Jul 30, 2020 | Featured 2

The funds that were raised on Tuesday night’s star-studded occasion are directed towards HospiceWits’ daily expenses and operational costs.

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COVID19: #SupportAWitsie assists students on campus

by Tshepo Thaela | May 22, 2020 | Featured 2

SAUJS campaign, #SupportAWitsie, has donated food and sanitary supplies to 165 international students living in Wits residences. (more…)

Wits law student makes High Court admissions history

by Dylan Bettencourt | May 20, 2020 | Featured 2

A student who served his articles with the Wits Law Clinic was admitted digitally to the High Court of South Africa. 

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PROFILE: A student’s support for Saffas

by Emma O'Connor | May 15, 2020 | Featured 2

“What started out as me making sandwiches and providing fruit to 190 people at a shelter turned into providing 14 000 meals and 100 food parcels during our busiest week to numerous locations across Cape Town.”

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As told to: Coming into contact with someone with covid-19

by Khuleko Siwele | May 14, 2020 | Featured 2

Prudence Minisi (49), a wife and mother of four, came into contact with the first case of covid-19 in Eswatini, and got to realise just how real the virus is.

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