ANC: ‘We are not afraid’
The African National Congress held its Siyanqoba rally at Ellis Park Stadium yesterday. (more…)
Q&A with Lwandile Fikeni
Lwandile Fikeni’s life is a series of perfect coincidences. He is a 2016 Ruth First fellow, one of the current Mail and Guardian 200 Young South Africans list and the recipient of the 2015 Arts Journalist of the Year. In the midst of all this, he is also a journalism honors student at Wits.
Wits Vuvuzela caught up with the busy man.
Wits gives digital creators a new platform
A partnership with Wits University will soon launch an start-up incubator for creators in journalism.
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Local is lekker, or not?
Students have their say about the SABC’s decision to play 90 percent local music.
#FEESMUSTFALL movement distances itself from SRC president
Members of #FeesMustFall are adamant that Wits SRC President Nompendulo Mkhatshwa does not speak for the entire movement.
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Slice of life: Thanks, but no thanks
Wits community mourns victims of Limpopo crash
The Wits community came out in their numbers to commemorate the lives of the seven young Wits students who were tragically killed in a car accident on Sunday.
Wits University invites calls to influence fees
Wits University has called all students, staff and workers to submit proposals about how to restructure the funding of education. (more…)
Wits FMF Feminists stand in solidarity with #RUReferencelist protestors
Nude female demonstrators took to the Great Hall stairs to show solidarity with fellow student protesters at Rhodes University
Experts say Gautrain reputation will survive
Experts say that the Gautrain brand reputation will survive negative coverage on social media. (more…)
CONFIRMED: Maths whizz has no superpowers
Wits Vuvuzela spoke to the man of the moment, maths whizz Dario Trinchero, about things other than maths.
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UJ students angered by death of fellow student
Students at the Kingsway campus of University of Johannesburg expressed their frustrations with the university management in a prayer which escalated to a protest on Thursday afternoon. (more…)
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- Frequency and FreedomIn episode six of We Should Be Writing season 7, the team unpacked the evolution of music as a form of expression and protest, through four decades in the South African context. The episode explores the journey of South African music and its consumers from the 80s, 90s, early 2000s and contemporary listeners. From the […]