by Staff Reporter | Dec 6, 2013 | Featured 1, News
Nelson Mandela received an honorary doctorate from Wits University. Pic: Wits University.
Nelson Mandela’s alma mater, the University of the Witwatersrand released a statement early this morning to pay tribute to one of it’s greatest students.
THE PASSING OF TATA NELSON MANDELA: A TRIBUTE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG
The University of the Witwatersrand extends its deepest sympathies to the friends and family of former president Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the father of our nation and an international icon, who passed away on Thursday, 5 December 2013 at the age of 95. May his soul rest in peace.
Founding president of democratic South Africa, Tata Nelson Mandela changed the world as we know it. He has left a legacy that will benefit and inspire generations to come. He set an example for the rest of the world and created history on his journey through life.
We must celebrate his humility, his principles, his commitment to justice, peace and freedom during this time and we must never forget the values for which he fought so hard and for which he was prepared to die.
Tata Madiba, we walk in your footsteps, we are guided by your principles, and we live by your humanity. You are with us today, and your contribution as an alumnus of our University, as a fellow South African, as a comrade, and as the father of our young nation, is etched in history, and will live on forever.
You were of us, but you belonged to the world. You lived amongst us now, but your legacy will inspire for eternity.
Hamba Kahle Tata – You are in our hearts.
Professor Adam Habib
Vice-Chancellor and Principal
University if the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Related:
Wits Vuvuzela: Farewell Nelson Mandela. December 6, 2013.
by Staff Reporter | Oct 15, 2013 | Sport
This information is taken from Wits News: please contact wits.news@wits.ac.za
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Bidvest invites you to the ABSA Premiership Match: Bidvest Wits FC vs. Polokwane FC
DATE: 23 October 2013
TIME: 19:30
VENUE: Bidvest Stadium, Braamfontein Campus East.
COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS FOR WITS STAFF: Wits staff members can obtain complimentary tickets for this match from the Bidvest offices at Sturrock Park, near the Wits University Sports Administration offices.
Please contact sil@bidvestwits.co.za in advance and specify how many tickets you would like to have. The office is open on weekdays between 09:00 and 16:00.
For any queries, contact Silindile Sibiya on sil@bidvestwits.co.za or (011) 339-1112.
by Staff Reporter | Oct 11, 2013 | News
The Wits Student Affairs Division has been moved to the portfolio of the Deputy vice-chancellor (Finance and Operations) Professor Tawana Kupe with immediate effect.
“The Division comprises of the following units: Campus Health and Wellness Centre, Counselling and Careers Development Unit (CCDU),Campus Housing and Residence Life, the Student Development and Leadership Unit (SDLU) and WITS Sports,” according to its website.
Student Affairs was previously headed by the Dean of Student Affairs, Ms Prem Coopoo, who resigned suddenly last month.
According to an email sent by Prof Kupe, “Ms Lamese Abrahams is currently serving as the Acting Dean of Student Affairs until a replacement is appointed.”
by Staff Reporter | Oct 8, 2013 | News
This information is taken from Wits News: please contact wits.news@wits.ac.za
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IS THE ‘HEART-HEALTHY’ PRUDENT DIET THE SINGLE WORST MEDICAL MISTAKE OF THE 20TH CENTURY?
The Royal Society of South Africa presents a public lecture by Professor Tim Noakes, Discovery Health Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Cape Town, and Director of University of Cape Town/Medical Research Council Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine in the Sports Science Institute of South Africa.
His talk will cover the politics, commercial influences and the absence of science that drove the adoption of dietary guidelines, in 1977, advocating the eating of 6-11 servings of grains and cereals per day and an avoidance of dietary fat. He will present evidence that suggests that unless we radically alter our current dietary advice we will be powerless to prevent or reverse the epidemic of obesity and diabetes that is already apparent in all South African youth.
Date: 30 October 2013
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Venue: Charlotte Maxeke Hospital Auditorium, Wits Medical School, Braamfontein Health Campus
Enquiries: andrea.fuller@wits.ac.za or 011 717 2162
by Staff Reporter | Oct 8, 2013 | News
This information is taken from Wits News: please contact wits.news@wits.ac.za
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Wits Art Museum (WAM) is privileged to host Survey, an exhibition of major new work in sculpture, drawing and photography by Jeremy Wafer (4 September – 3 November 2013).
Wafer is Professor of Fine Art at Wits University and a prominent and highly regarded contemporary South African artist. This exhibition is part of an academic project in which he reflects on a 30 year career of art making and which traces, revisits and rearticulates themes and ways of working which have characterized his work over this time.
Date: 12 October 2013
Time: 12:00
Venue: Wits Arts Museum, Corner Jorissen and Bertha streets, Braamfontein
by Staff Reporter | Oct 8, 2013 | News
This information is taken from Wits News: please contact wits.news@wits.ac.za
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The Origins Centre presents this performance with Madosini and Pedro Espi-Sanchis. Music is integral to the understanding of Rock Engravings and the evening is to celebrate the inclusion of San inspired music into the Origins Centre. Using a variety of traditional instruments, the project also recognises the cross-influence of Bantu-speaker musical traditions. The performance is the result of a two week workshop. Participants include members of Khoe and San communities.
Date: 11 October 2013
Time: 18:30
Venue: Origins Centre, Braamfontein East Campus
Cost: R150 pp until 2 October. R200 pp thereafter.
Bookings: ask@origins.org.za
by Staff Reporter | Oct 8, 2013 | News
This information is taken from Wits News: please contact wits.news@wits.ac.za
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The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation Annual Conference titled Lost in Transformation? Reviewing 20 years of transformation in South Africa takes place from 8 – 9 October 2013 at the Alexander Forbes Auditorium in Sandton.
In conjunction with the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER) a colloquium will also be presented at Wits University on 10 October 2013.
Date: 10 October 2013
Time: 08:15 – 13:00
Venue: Seminar Room, WiSER, Richard Ward Building, Braamfontein East Campus
Information: www.kathradafoundation.org
Enquiries: research@kathradafoundation.org
by Staff Reporter | Oct 8, 2013 | News
This information is taken from Wits News: please contact wits.news@wits.ac.za
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Wits University and the South African Institute for Electrical Engineers present a talk by Easton LaChappelle, the 17-year-old from Mancos, Colorado (USA) whose goal it is to revolutionise upper limb prostheses using his skills in robotics. His work has been featured in Popular Science and Popular Mechanics and he has given a TEDx talk.
Date: 9 October 2013
Time: 18:00 for 18:30
Venue: CM2, Basement of the Chamber of Mines Building, Braamfontein West Campus
RSVP for catering purposes: geyerg@saiee.org.za or 011 487 3003
by Staff Reporter | Oct 8, 2013 | News
This information is taken from Wits News: please contact wits.news@wits.ac.za
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Roger Jardine, former CEO of the Aveng Group, will deliver a public lecture titled Rejecting Collusion and Corruption: Where to for the government and the private sector? Jardine resigned as CEO in August 2013 following five years at the helm of the Aveng Group and will reflect on his experience in dealing with the investigation by the Competition Commission of South Africa into the so-called construction cartel.
Although the incidents of collusion occurred before Jardine joined the company, as CEO he led the process to investigate the allegations of collusion within the company.
Date: 8 October 2013
Time: 17:30 for 18:00
Venue: Donald Gordon Auditorium, Wits Management Campus, 2 St David’s Place, Parktown
Enquiries: kelebogile.tadi@wits.ac.za or 011 717-1146
by Staff Reporter | Sep 20, 2013 | News
by Staff Reporter | Sep 17, 2013 | News
This information is taken from Wits News: please contact wits.news@wits.ac.za
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After sold-out performances at the National Schools Festival in Grahamstown and rave reviews hot off the Cape Town run, Hayani is heading for Johannesburg, bringing with it compelling performances and a heart-rending home-grown story of a generation nearly lost and forgotten, and which is yearning to be heard.
Hayani is directed by Warren Nebe and presented by the Drama for Life Company Laboratory, a research-based project aimed at developing young professional theatre performers, writers and directors at Wits University.
Date: 20 September – 27 October 2013
Venue: The Market Theatre, Johannesburg
Tickets: www.computicket.com
by Staff Reporter | Sep 17, 2013 | News
This information is taken from Wits News: please contact wits.news@wits.ac.za
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Wits Business School will host Home Affairs Minister, Naledi Pandor and the Director of Wits African Centre for Migration & Society, Prof. Loren Landau to discuss Immigration, Home Affairs & the Economy, Xenophobia, Corruption and the New National Identity Cards.
Date: 19 September, 2013
Time: 18:00 for 18:30
Venue: Donald Gordon Auditorium, Wits Business School, Parktown
RSVP: sue@vibrantmedia.co.za
