Wits in 60 Seconds | Season 2: Episode 35
[WATCH] Did you know that African men are at a higher risk of developing prostate cancer earlier due to unique genetic factors? Find out more about this ground-breaking study in this week’s episode. Top learners from across SA explain
WITS SETS THE PUBLIC RECORD STRAIGHT
Following claims made by “Dr Matthew Lani” on social media and based on the facts at hand, Wits cannot find any person who graduated by the name of Matthew Bongani Zingelwa or Sanele Zingelwa in recent years.
Read the full statement below.
📢 IMPORTANT NOTICE: Wits has
5000 new laptops 💻 in the Wits Computing Bank allocated for students who need them. All Wits students will get 30GB free data for a month to kickstart their online learning. We are here to walk this journey with you. Read:
WITS GRADUATION | DAY 4
Congratulations to Witsie, Former Miss SA, Published author, and Speaker, Ntandoyenkosi Kunene.
Today, she graduated with an MBA.
Ntando is officially a three-time Wits graduate.
Halala!
@kuneneNtando_
#Witsie4Life
#WitsGrads
#WitsForGood
🔝Wits University is currently No. 1 in Africa according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018 and remains in the 200-300 range globally out of about 25 000 universities worldwide. See ranking methodology here:
#ProudWitsie
👏🏿👏🏿
👑🎉💐Congratulations to the newly crowned
#MissSA2020
Wits University student, Shudufhadzo Musida (
@abigailmusida
).
The fashion model who hails from Venda in Limpopo is currently studying towards an honours degree in International Relations. Read more:
⚡️🎓📜Congratulations to Wits University master's student in electrical engineering, Hlengiwe Mnisi, who was recently awarded the Best Student paper by the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) Southern Africa. Read more:
🎓👑💯WATCH: "Dreams are valid, I never thought I'd be sitting here today...to every single graduate, to every single student who feels like this is really tough, you are going to make it through, you are going to succeed, you are going to graduate," Miss SA, Shudufhadzo Musida.
WITS GRADUATION | DAY 2
Congratulations to South African broadcaster, journalist and Witsie, Azania Mosaka.
Azania graduated with Honours degree in Journalism and Media Studies (with distinction)
#WitsGrads
#Witsie4Life
#WitsForGood
💊Congratulations to Wits Pharmacy graduates, Mbuso Thwala and Mpho Maake, who were awarded seed funding for their automated, antimicrobial pill-dispensing innovation, Ra-Pill. Read more:
📢 STATEMENT: Kwasa Zozo Lugalo, a determined & driven young women, was murdered by a man she chose not to have a relationship with. Women are being murdered in shocking numbers by men in SA.We are tired of mourning the loss of the lives of women. Rest in peace.
#JusticeForKwasa
📢Today the Council of the University of the Witwatersrand announced the appointment of Professor Zeblon Vilakazi as the fifteenth Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University from 1 January 2021. He takes the reins from Professor Adam Habib. Read more:
💉
#VIDACov19
: FIRST COVID-19 VACCINE TRIAL IN SOUTH AFRICA & AFRICA BEGINS.
Wits University is hosting a virtual press conference for the Ox1Cov-19 Vaccine VIDA-Trial. Wits is collaborating with
@UniofOxford
& the Oxford Jenner Institute on the trial:
🏛💯🔝Wits University has been ranked first in Africa in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities. Prof Adam Habib, Wits VC & Principal,says that this achievement is the result of our world-class researchers, research stewardship,scholars & students:
📢ACCESS TO DATA NOTICE: Dear Students, We are pleased to inform you that
@Vodacom
&
@MTNza
users will get 30GB of data at no cost to Wits students for one month starting from 20 April 2020. Please check your student e-mail inbox for urgent updates. Read the full notice below:
The
@WitsHealthFac
student who has been in quarantine since last week has tested positive for
#COVID
ー19. All 350 students who could be affected have been instructed to go into self-quarantine. All GEMP 1/MBBCh 3 contact classes to go online. SET meets today to plan way forward.
🎓💯🙏🏾
#WitsGrads
: Wits Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Zeblon Vilakazi describes these graduations as a ‘moment of hope’ for humanity. Read more:
#WitsieForLIfe
#WitsForGood
Good morning! Pls note that no walk-in applications will be allowed at public universities in SA. See attached statement from Universities South Africa for details.
ATTENTION!
CALLING ALL WITSIES AND SOUTH AFRICANS IN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK!
Monday, 19 September 2022
13:30 NY Time (19:30 SA Time)
Make your way to TIMES SQUARE today, to celebrate a momentous centenary moment with the VC and principal, Prof. Zeblon Vilakazi.
🎓💯 New year, new Vice-Chancellor. Professor Zeblon Vilakazi takes the reins from Professor Adam Habib who left Wits at the end of 2020. Prof Vilakazi was one of the first students from Africa to conduct PhD research
@CERN
in Switzerland. Learn more:
👑🎉💃🏾
#FridayFeeling
: Congratulations to Shudufhadzo Musida (
@abigailmusida
) who is a Top 10 finalist for Miss South Africa 2020. Shudufhadzo is currently doing a BA Honours in International Relations at Wits University.
#ProudWitsie
#Halala
WITS GRADUATION | There’s “snow” way we're letting the cold stop our celebration!
Graduating with style, snow or shine!
Share your pics and videos with us using
#WitsGrads
and
#SnowAtWits
Live Stream:
#WitsForGood
A medical student has been quarantined after it was found that the student came into contact with a person who had been identified with COVID-19. The student is being monitored & hasn’t displayed any COVID-19 symptoms. Test results are expected today. We will keep you updated.
🔝💰🏛️Wits University has been ranked the number ONE university in South Africa for producing the most millionaires, according to the New World Wealth Index. Our graduates have gone on to become global leaders in every field of endeavour. Ranking stats:
🔝🇿🇦🎉A big congratulations to Wits University PhD chemical and metallurgical engineering student, Tamlyn Naidu who won the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) young persons lecture award. This was an international lecture which was held in London.
#ProudWitsie
🎈🥳🎉 Happy Birthday to the University of the Witwatersrand! 🥳🎉🎈
🎂Today Wits University celebrates its 98th birthday. The official opening ceremony for The University occurred on 4 October 1922. Learn more:
#ProudWitsie
#Halala
🎓 Congratulations to Witsie and Miss SA winner Shudufhadzo Musida for attaining her honours degree in International Relations.
#Halala
#ProudWitsie
#witsgraduate
📣IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Watch Professor Adam Habib, Vice-Chancellor, share his thoughts on leaving Wits University at the end of 2020. He will take up the position of Director at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. Full video:
Former Wits VC, Prof. Loyiso Nongxa has been elected as Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union. He was the first African Rhodes Scholar to graduate from
@UniofOxford
with a doctoral degree in math. He continues to exemplify the makings of a true leader 👏🏿👏🏿
@WitsUniversity
cancels all contact classes, tests, and face to face interactions for Monday, 16 March 2020. Students in res to remain in rooms. Employees required to report to work but to take precautions. All travel suspended. Grads postponed. More info to follow tomorrow.
📖 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: If you are in pursuit of seamless tertiary funding please see our scholarship and fellowship opportunities. For more information visit:
#StudyAtWits
🎓🏛️🎉👩🏽🎓👩🏿🎓👩🏼🎓
#WitsGrads
: Wits female students make up 54.64%. In the Faculty of Health Sciences there were 4417 female students enrolled, which is 65.7% of the faculty's student body. Many female students take up studies in Health Sciences, Humanities, Commerce & Law.
#Halala
PhD graduates play a pivotal role in the nuturing of knowledge and development. The outstanding Wits PhD group has 54 Doctors in Science, 25 Doctors in Health, 21 Doctors in Commerce, Law & Management, 27 Doctors in Humanities and 9 Doctors in Engineering.
#WitsGrad
#WitsPhD
🎓👩🏾🎓Wits Alumnus, Zikho Pali, graduated with her LLB degree with distinction at Wits in 2014. She had her LLM conferred to her from
@Harvard
University. Our academic degrees continue to enjoy international accreditation with top ranking universities around the globe.
#ProudWitsie
Happy New Year from Wits University!
May the year be filled with academic success, personal growth, and countless moments of happiness.
Here's to another year of learning, discovery, and achievements. For Good.
Happy New Year! 🎆🥳
#WitsForGood
🎓🔥📽Watch as Wits SRC president Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa has her degree conferred to her. Preluding the graduation ceremony Chancellor, Dr Judy Dlamini noted that leadership is exemplified by accomplishment and dedication. We are truly proud of all SRC graduands!
#WitsGradWeek
Wits University now gives students & staff the option to identify themselves in gender-neutral ways by choosing "Mx" as a gender category in the administrative system. Wits is committed to human rights & opposes all discrimination on the basis of gender identity & expression. 🌈
Well done to the Medical graduates of 2023 at Wits. Wits for GOOD. Once a Witsie, always a Witsie. Wishing you well in your future endeavours and seeing you contribute to the upliftment of Society as a whole, irrespective of borders.
@WitsUniversity
is pleased to announce that Wits students can now access 30GB of data (10GB Anytime & 20GB at night) if they are registered with any of the four networks -
@MTNza
,
@Vodacom
@CellC
or
@TelkomZA
at no cost to Wits students.
1/3
@WitsUniversity
is pleased to announce that medical student Mumtaaz (Taz) Emeran has successfully managed to raise the funds required to pay her fees in full. Her appeal has attracted more funds than she requires.
CONFIRMATION THAT MR APHIWE MNYAMANA HAS BEEN SUSPENDED
We refer to Mr Aphiwe Mnyamana's tweet posted at 20:31 tonight and confirm that Mr Mnyamana was suspended on 6 March 2023. (1/5)
WITS GRADUATION | Did someone say red gowns?
Congratulations to all our 151 PhD graduates!
Here are some of the captured moments.
Share your pics with us by using
#WitsGrads
and
#Witsie4Life
Live stream the ceremony:
#WitsForGood
Working together for a common purpose requires a high level of humility & self-awareness. Thank you to everyone who made a contribution by giving their time & effort to create this image of donated goods. We did it Witsies!
#MandelaDay
#BeTheLegacy
#TeamWork
#ProudWitsie
🙏🏿
#FarewellMoseneke
: It was a bittersweet evening last night as the University bid farewell to Justice Dikgang Moseneke who served as Chancellor of the University for the past 12 years.
Justice Moseneke lent gravitas & integrity to the institution. He will be missed
#ProudWitsie
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#WitsGoesOnline
: Wits has successfully completed the first day of online learning. This morning 15500 students logged onto Sakai. We are cognisant of the tremendous effort that has been expended by students, academics, professional & administrative staff. Well done Witsies!
The management of
@WitsUniversity
will decide early next week on whether to continue with or cancel upcoming graduations & other major events. They will make considered decisions based on the latest data available & the advice of experts in the field. We will keep you updated.
🏛️💯 The University of the Witwatersrand secures R150-million endowment for missing middle students. This is one of the largest donations ever made for the benefit of the University. Read more:
🎊🥳🎈HAPPY BIRTHDAY WITS UNIVERSITY!🎈🥳🎊
💯Today is the University of the Witwatersrand's 99th birthday. On this day, 4 October, we celebrate 99 years of academic & research excellence, social activism & the advancement of the public good:
#Wits100
💯🔦👩🏿🔬Congratulations to Wits University Physics PhD candidate, Ms Nokwazi Mphuthi, who has won the US award for the Best-Emerging Research Journal Article for 2018.
#Halala
#WitsResearch
Watch her interview with
@eNCA
below:
#ProudWitsie
🎓🏅🏛️
#WitsGrads2020
: Dr Bonisile John Kani was awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature degree by Wits University. As an artist and social activist, Kani has used his work to interrogate complex sociopolitical matters and contributed, through his art, to the liberation of SA.
📢STATEMENT:
@WitsUniversity
would like to clarify the difference between an academic & an invited guest. Guests may be invited by virtue of their position in an organization to share information that may be positive or offers an alternative opinion.
#HlaudiMotsoeneng
💫Meet Mpho Kgoadi, a Wits alumnus,who is an aspiring astrophysicist & a current PhD student. Kgoadi completed his Bachelor of Science honours degree & a master’s degree in Physics & Astrophysics at Wits. He is currently a research scientist intern
@IBM
:
🗣️🎨
#WitsAgainstGBV
: Asithandile Kwasa Zozo Lugalo, was a Wits student and a determined and driven young woman. She was murdered by a man she chose not to have a relationship with on August 17, 2020. This mural is dedicated to her, her family and those affected by this tragedy.
📓🔧 Congratulations to Musawenkosi Nyati, a second year civil engineering student who received the recognition at the 2020 AfriCAN Authors Awards, which took place on 31 July 2020. The tech-savvy student wrote the book in two months. Read more:
🖱️2019 undergrad applications info:
• Apply online -
• How to apply -
• Download the 2019 undergrad guide -
���️Contact the Student Enrolment Centre for assistance on Tel: (011) 717-1888
🎓📢📝MATRIC ANNOUNCEMENT: NBTs will NOT form part of Wits University's 2021 Admission Criteria for Current Matriculants. Therefore, the results of the NBTs will not be taken into consideration when students apply for the first year of study in 2021. Read:
Wits learnt today of the passing of Professor Audrey Msimanga, the Head of the Wits School of Education, who did not recover from her illness after contracting COVID-19. We have lost a great leader in teacher & science education today. Full obituary:
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) sponsors R20mln in research at Wits to support research.
The Chamber of Mines Building at Wits will be renamed the African Rainbow Minerals Building.
Founder of ARM, Dr Patrice Motsepe says “Wits is one of the greatest universities in the world.”
🎓🔥Congratulations to Wits SRC graduands: president, Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa, deputy president, Nkateko Muloiwa & deputy secretary general, Thaakirah Savahl.
🙌🏿“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.”
Witsies, pls note that the WhatsApp msg circulating below is legitimate.
@WitsUniversity
engineers are producing face shields & devices to assist with breathing. The first few hundred face shields were delivered to doctors this week & Wits wants to take the project to scale.
🎓🏛️🔝Wits University is one of only two universities in Africa to be placed in top 200 universities worldwide. As a graduate from Wits, you form part of the social milieu that is engaged on big issues that enables you to fashion solutions in society.
#WitsGradWeek
#ProudWitsie
MEDIA STATEMENT FROM WITS UNIVERSITY
Wits University is appalled to learn of the suspension of Dr Tim De Maayer, a paediatric gastroenterologist based at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital (RMMCH), and who is also a joint appointee of the University of the Witwatersrand.
📹❗️WATCH: Wits Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Habib, announces Wits University's response to the COVID-19 pandemic 🦠. Please watch the full video on Youtube:
#CoronaVirusSA
#CoronaVirusUpdates
🎓FACT:
@WitsUniversity
is producing more graduates than ever before. Postgraduate student graduation rates increased by 39% and undergraduate rates by 17.8% over five years. This is an ave increase of 7.8% p.a. for PG graduations & an ave increase of 3.6% p.a. for UG graduations.
💰Funding Opportunity: If you have outstanding fees please apply for the Discretionary Fund on Friday 11 January 2019, through the Wits self-service portal.
Read more here:
Apply:
This morning belonged to 165 PhD graduates who painted the Great Hall red!
Here are some of the captured moments. Share your moments with us by using the
#WitsGrads
we want to see you and celebrate you. 👏