Up to 450 homeless Wits students squatting in libraries, laboratories and residences
The accommodation crisis at Wits has left many students homeless, squatting at residences and sleeping in computer labs and libraries.
Wits shows solidarity with excluded Rhodes students
Protesters say institutions need to take rape more seriously.
Foetus found buried behind Wits University residence
A foetus was found buried behind a residence on the Education campus of Wits University.
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DUT students pin hopes on Manamela to break strike impasse
Meeting with all parties to find solution to seven-week impasse between Durban University of Technology management and staff‚ which has resulted in the academic programme being suspended.
Q&A with Lebohang Masango
Lebohang Masango is a Social Anthropology Masters student at Wits University and a poet, author and feminist activist. In December 2017, she released her debut children’s book, Mpumi’s Magic Beads. (more…)
Centre for study of USA to be launched at Wits
Wits to launch continent’s second US-Africa centre. (more…)
Dlamini rejects plea bargain to secure legal career
Former Wits Student Representative Council (SRC) president and #FeesMustFall activist, Mcebo Dlamini, has rejected a plea bargain offered by the State during his latest court appearance at the Johannesburg Central Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, February 20.
Former Wits Hockey coach appointed to national team
Former Wits Men’s Hockey coach,Mark Hopkins, has been appointed as the new coach for the South Africa Men’s Hockey team.
Wits’ Kapepula is man of the match on debut
FNB Wits won their inaugural game of this Varsity Cup season in spectacular fashion.
Pikitup workers call for permanent positions
Pikitup workers picketed outside the headoffice of their company earlier today. (more…)
Wits creates emergency fund to assist students with historical debt
Wits SRC has created an emergency fund that will assist returning students with historical debt to register for the 2018 academic year.
Wits strike ends
Wits Workers are expected to go back to work tomorrow, February 1. (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 […]