Protests after Sizzlers workers fired for eating cheese and Vienna
Sizzlers, a deli shop at the Matrix, was the scene of a protest after the company allegedly fired four worker for eating cheese, rolls and Viennas during their lunch hour.
Election poster wars emerge as students head to the polls
Wits EFF and Project W allege that PYA members took down their election posters during the current SRC election campaign season.
Witsies go to the polls to elect new SRC
The Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA), Wits EFF and Project W delivered their last SRC election campaign manifestos this afternoon. Voting began today at 9 am and will carry on until Wednesday.
Killarney voting station teeming with politicians and celebrities
As voting for local government kicked-off this morning former deputy president Kgalema Montlanthe was just one among a number of high profile politicians and celebrities who turned up at the Killarney Country Club.
Mbeki hosts Tau after mayoral candidates no-show
Visits by election parties to former president Thabo Mbeki’s home have been placed under severe scrutiny after the EFF top six, led by Julius Malema, visited the former president yesterday.
Social media and the fantasised self
Social media, through our acting out of the ‘fantasized self’, helps us suspend our immediate reality in order to escape our urgent existential crises.
Wits mum on free sanitary pads
Management at Wits University are yet to respond to calls for free sanitary pads despite receiving a petition of over 3 000 signatures supporting the move.
A play about women ruined by war at Wits Downstairs Theatre
The WITS School of Arts showcases Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined as part of Africa Week.
DA Mobilising for Zuma’s Downfall
A sea of Democratic Alliance members in blue shirts descended on the Constitutional Court for the #MarchForChange demonstration which aimed to put pressure on President Jacob Zuma to resign.
The Political Art of Project Hoopoe
IS THIS WHAT WE DIED FOR: Grafitti remembering the deaths of anti-apartheid activists Solomon Mahlangu and Chris Hani Photo: Lwandile Fikeni
Project Hoopoe, an anonymous art collective whose political artworks have been popping up on campus and around the Braamfontein area, is here to incite a revolution one art piece at a time
Amnesty International Wits petitions vice-chancellor for free pads
Amnesty International Wits is circulating a petition around campus demanding Wits Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib provide all Wits students and workers with free sanitary pads.
From Miners Shot Down to Everything Must Fall
Rehad Desai, the multi-award winning filmmaker who bagged an Emmy for his documentary Miners Shot Down has turned his lens to the #FeesMustFall student movement at Wits. The name of his new documentary is Everything Must Fall. He speaks to Wits Vuvuzela about his current film and other projects in the pipeline.
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