Covid-19 lockdown: A silver lining for homeless youth?
A moment of rude awakening, perhaps the covid-19 restrictions can reshape policies and the response to homelessness in South Africa.
New bursary scheme set to challenge norms and stigmas of financial aid
A new take on bursaries wants to focus on ubuntu
What’s really happening at Wits Dental School?
‘Toothaches’ continue at Wits dental school as the senior executive team tries to get to the root of the problem.
Overdue meeting with Oral Health Science students finally held
Extension to fifth-year dental students curriculum now up for negotiation.
Wits Medical Students await nod to return to CMJAH
Wits Faculty of Health Science students remain at other regional hospitals after partial reopening.
SLICE: I did not feel black anymore
An avid attempt to understand the intersectional identity of a black child in a white private boarding school.
A month and ten days too long, as Charlotte Maxeke Hospital stays shut
The delayed reopening of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital does not only affect the public but Wits health science students as well. (more…)
PROFILE: Wits Basketball fosters culture of inclusivity through developmental program
Deafness does not limit these two high school learners from dribbling their way to better basketball skills.
Decolonised view gives fashion education a fresh look
A new fashion academy places Afrocentric design at the forefront, and it is set to compete with others like it in Braamfontein
Riding the train to freedom with rising star Thuso Mbedu
An Emmy nominated South African actor takes us on a journey into the past, in her first leading role in an international series
Cool Kid: Mbali Shongwe
From navigating personal mental issues to helping destigmatise and claim ownership of one’s mental health: Meet this week’s cool kid, Mbali Shongwe, activist and founder of the youth–led nonprofit, Mindful(l) Organisation.
REVIEW: WAM exhibition a ghostly memorial to men lost to war
The names of men who died at war in three different countries are pressed onto skin, photographed, printed on banners that are hung outdoors, exposed to the elements. (more…)
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