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Wits Review April Wits Today This is a really important question, and one which climatologists work on in many aspects of their jobs. Will white South Africa ever give up part of its privilege? The focus of the government seems to be about how many people can get vaccinated rather than ensuring the greatest protection against severe disease and deaths. South Africa has a vaccine supply, but the challenge is using the doses effectively before they expire.
The author set out to understand how the faith of displaced LGBT people in South Africa has evolved over time, and how religion has shaped their experiences of displacement.
Using state resources to sue media for spreading fake news is not the answer, and sets a bad precedent. This tool can identify cause of death by fatal lightning strike in skeletonised remains. The picture seems hopeless, but with mitigation and adaptation strategies and policies driven through COP26, southern Africa can reduce the impacts of climate change on local livelihoods.
Over the years, the University of the Witwatersrand became internationally recognised for academic excellence and extensive research activities. During the Second World War members of the University staff took an active part in the original development and construction of radar. Wits was the first South African university to have a nuclear accelerator, to have a computer, to study building materials and early Afrikaans, to produce a systematic climatological atlas of Southern Africa and to achieve a successful graft of plastic cornea.
The country's first dental hospital and school was established by the University. It was also a local first in the field of physio- and occupational therapy and the first South African institution to open a clinic for the treatment of speech defects.
The first blood transfusion service in the Union of South Africa was started by Wits medical students; the Medical School undertook the first clinical survey of childbirth in African tribal conditions.
The University's scholars have also greatly advanced the theory of human origin and evolution. And there are many more such examples. Today, with five faculties Commerce, Law and Management; Engineering and the Built Environment; Health Sciences; Humanities; Science and 33 schools, Wits offers approximately 3 courses to 40 students. Over a third of the student body comprises postgraduate students. Library facilities consists of two central libraries and 12 branch libraries with students having access to over 1,5 million books.
Approximately 5 students are accommodated in a number of residences and student villages. There are 42 sport clubs and many cultural opportunities in the form of over 60 student societies, the Wits Theatre, art galleries, concert hall and 7 museums. The renaming of the space is in commemoration of struggle stalwart Solomon Mahlangu. Read about the institutional naming here.
Sobukwe, an intellectual of Pan-Africanism, founder and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress, was celebrated for his role in initiating and leading the anti-pass law protests of 21 March Read about the plaque unveiling here. Dr Kambule is widely acknowledged as an inspirational teacher and leader who fought for high-quality black education in apartheid South Africa.
He was a leading mathematics educator who joined Wits in as a Senior Tutor in the then Department of Mathematics, serving as a role-model for about a decade. He was elected to the Council of the University in and awarded an honorary doctorate from Wits in In , Dr Kambule received the Order of the Baobab in Gold for his exceptional contribution to mathematics education, human development and community service.
This was followed by an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria and honorary membership of the Actuarial Society of South Africa. Dr Kambule is an example of a mathematician who served the field of mathematics and mathematics education in the country with distinction.
It is hoped that by naming the building after a leading African mathematician, it will inspire future generations of mathematical scientists to excel in the discipline. Engineering students gather early in the morning on the first day of September each year and prepare breakfast to celebrate the arrival of spring. While they are meant to wear pyjamas, many students nowadays just dress outrageously. Spring in Jozi brings with it the blossoming of the beautiful Jacaranda flowers.
After the festivities the students down a pint at Ore House on West Campus. In what originated as a fundraiser to beat a Guinness World Record for the number of participants in a pillow fight, Witsies now gather on the Library Lawns every September, armed with pillows to pummel each other in a riotous explosion of feathers, fabric and foam. The Mr and Miss Wits beauty pageant used to take place annually in the Great Hall with a panel of celebrity judges.
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