University of the Witwatersrand

Researchers from Wits University and the University College in London (UCL) recently undertook a field trip to the mountainous kingdom, Lesotho, as part of the quest to explore the source of moisture that influences rainfall in Lesotho.…

The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) and Wits University have concluded a Memorandum of Agreement that aims to strengthen collaboration between the parties, to enable the delivery of quality healthcare services and exemplary health…

Wits academics to whom the National Research Foundation (NRF) awarded A-ratings in 2022 for the first time include Professor Victor Houliston in the School of Literature, Language and Media; Professor Hilary Janks in the Wits School of…

The University is also part of the DPC’s Representative Council, which drives strategy.The Wits Library envisages being SA’s information hub of choice among leading research libraries globally, and providing an inclusive environment in…

About 842,000 people die every year from diarrhoea in rural communities because they lack safe water and adequate sanitation. Water and sanitation are essential in preventing a number of other infections and hygiene-related diseases.In…

At simultaneous press conferences around the world, including at the Wits Planetarium at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced key changes to the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), a significant development which will benefit patients with DR-TB in SA and globally. Treatment time has been slashed…

Inflation is a process of sustained increases in the general price level over a period of time, typically 12 months.Inflation can be calculated for a country, for specific regions in a country and for different income and demographic…

The pandemic has created a Covid-19-apocalypse of unemployment. In the first quarter of 2021, Statistics South Africa reported these alarming figures for youth unemployment:Youth account for 60% of total unemployment3% of youth aged…

Institutions of higher learning are tasked with implementing entrepreneurial and innovative-focused programmes as these are skills considered vital in producing a generation of graduates that will speak to the current economic demands,…