NEWS ANALYSIS: Online learning a big step towards innovative education for higher institutions
The shutdown of physical learning in institutions meant that universities had to resort to...
HEALTH FEATURE: A rapidly produced covid-19 vaccine can still be trusted
All vaccines come with risk, but the time it takes to develop an effective vaccine does not...
Covid-19 relegates primary health care to secondary status
The coronavirus pandemic has negatively affected the delivering of primary healthcare services...
EDUCATION FEATURE: Covid forces teachers in training to go online
The covid-19 pandemic that is gripping the world has prompted the transformation of the...
#MakeADifference takes care of students in need
A new wellness campaign is raising awareness around food insecurity among university students....
Wits paleoanthropologists unearth new hominid site
The excavation team is going to produce a series of video recordings of the scientific work...
NEWS ANALYSIS: Covid-19 worsens education sector’s teacher crisis
The teacher shortage induced by covid-19 threatens to derail progress made in the sector thus...
Wits: Leaked students’ personal details retrieved
The accidentally circulated information included students’ full names, email addresses and ID...
Students society raises funds for shelters
The online campaign hopes to aid 51 women with essentials. The Wits Students’ Surgical...
MORE NEWS
Covid-19 relegates primary health care to secondary status
The coronavirus pandemic has negatively affected the delivering of primary healthcare services...
Annual AFDA film festival goes online
Film students across the school's four campuses rose to the challenge of merging remote and...
Entrepreneurship course launched for Wits employees
The Wits Entrepreneurial Research Challenge aims to grow entrepreneurship skills among staff at...
Students unhappy about uniticket data
Wits students take to social media to complain about the university's data restrictions. A...
Errand-running business helps students earn an income
Wits students have initiated an errand-running service to provide a potential income for fellow...
Wits complies with covid-19 screening regulations through Logbox Patient
Staff and students are required to adhere to coronavirus screening process implemented by the...
Children’s book to include South African sign language translation
A new children's book includes visual sign language translations for Deaf children. Mpumi and...
Food parcels, vouchers stave off hunger for Wits students
Schemes put in place to close the gap left by the lockdown-induced suspension of the food...
New app to support doctors on the covid-19 frontline
The Wits Paediatric Fund’s new resource app aims to help healthcare workers navigate...
Students test covid-19 positive at private accommodation
The return of students to their residences has come with its first cases of covid-19. ...
New hope for breast cancer patients as Wits trials new treatment
The clinical trials for possible treatment of TNBC will soon begin at Wits University ...
New online content channel keeps Wits community informed
The university's digital resource provides reliable and easily accessible information. ...
REVIEWS
REVIEW: Blood and Water – Bloody good show, watered down by silly inconsistencies
Netflix’s latest commissioned South African series looks and feels great but is not an...
REVIEW: Ted Bundy: Falling For a Killer – A look through a much-needed female lens
The multiple retellings about this notorious serial killer who kidnapped, raped, mutilated and...
REVIEW: Hidden Figures – An untold story about three black women who developed NASA’s space programme
The movie Hidden Figures celebrates the true stories of a visionary trio, who challenged the...
REVIEW: How the world ends – or not
Geoff North's book tells a story of survival by a few humans in a post-apocalyptic world. How...
REVIEW: Noughts and Crosses – tackling racism, class and identity
A review of the dystopian television series Noughts and Crosses that gives viewers a different...
REVIEW: The Letter Reader – A coming-of-age story
The Letter Reader is a story about a boy who, through reading, heals the heart of his...
OPINION
SLICE: We all might benefit from a digital detox
Studies have shown that constant connectivity can make maintaining a healthy, balanced...
SLICE: Art has been my saving grace during lockdown
In times of crisis, we often immerse ourselves in art for cathartic or pleasure-seeking...
SLICE: Mind your own lockdown business!
It is time to stop pointing the finger at what everyone else is doing during lockdown that is...
SLICE: Locked down with my addiction
The ban on cigarettes has simultaneously baffled my mind and put it in distress, and the evil...
SLICE: #RamaphosaMaskOffChallenge – The meme we all needed
Although Cyril Ramaphosa’s eyes were covered by his mask blunder, the president had vision. On...
SLICE: Covid-19 has taught me to grow a thick skin
The covid-19 lockdown is proving to be a global newsroom for this Wits Vuvuzela student...
LIFESTYLE
Kasi 2 Kasi brings queer cinema to the internet
The launch of a new queer virtual cinema intends to promote social change A new virtual film...
LIFE IN LOCKDOWN PHOTO ESSAY: Different strokes for different folks
Zainab Patel is a student journalist at Wits Vuvuzela. She has documented her families'...
PHOTO ESSAY: A first time baker – what could go wrong?
Palesa Mofokeng is an honours student in journalism at Wits University. She has decided to use...
INFOGRAPHIC: The ban on alcohol and cigarettes
The national lockdown has seen the sale of alcohol and cigarettes banned, alongside a number of...
LIFE IN LOCKDOWN PHOTO ESSAY: Lockdown lessons
Catia De Castro is a student journalist at Wits Vuvuzela. This is what lockdown has taught her....
INFOGRAPHIC: Brain food for brain power
With the stress of online learning and exams, here's a list of ' brain foods' to help improve...
SPORT
As Told To: Covid-19 dashes international Ultimate Frisbee dreams
“After all the work I put into training and raising the funds, I felt like I was robbed of my...
COVID19: Wits sports teams keep fit by training remotely
Individual players are rising to the challenges presented by the lockdown. Wits sports teams...
COVID19: Egamers thrive in lockdown
Online gamers are thriving during the lockdown as other competitive sports remain shut down....
COVID19: The grass might not be greener on the other side for sports
Uncertainty around the return of sport looms over the sport industry with revenue being...
Soccer Laduma journalist heads back to the UK
Respected football journalist is looking forward to taking up his 'dream job' in his home...
Coronovirus: Varsity Cup suspends all games
There is no indication when the games will resume. All Varsity Cup matches have been suspended...