University of the Witwatersrand

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV prevention method. It is taken by people who are HIV negative, so that if they are unknowingly exposed to HIV, the drug will prevent the virus from infecting them.The development of this method is…

Professor Boris Urban and Stephanie Townsend won first and third prize for their works titled, Beverley-Anne Joseph: Cheers to the Perseverance of an Entrepreneur and Ahmed Mujtaba Razzak: An Immigrant Entrepreneur with Big Dreams.Second…

Wits University and the University of Makerere in Uganda cemented their long-standing partnership with a virtual signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.The year 2022 holds a special place in the hearts of Makerere University in Uganda…

The individual stories of migrant women are essential in understanding if HIV healthcare strategies and programmes are working.South Africa has made massive strides in the fight against HIV. One of the country’s flagship interventions has…

It was once regarded as a miracle chemical to protect against disease and improve global food production. The man who discovered its properties even won a Nobel Prize for medicine. But today, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is best…

Education can’t make up for inadequacies in other policies that continue to cause mass unemployment.Many South Africans argue that the country has a skills crisis. An equal number question why it can’t sort this out by “adopting the…

South Africa’s public transport system, whether to carry passengers or goods, have been systemically destroyed by corruption, incompetence, and little long-term planning, undermining economic growth, investment, and job creation.Recently,…

Wits University celebrates the achievements of thousands of graduates at its December ceremonies which run from 12 – 15 December 2022. Two distinguished alumni - Professor Hazel Sive and Professor Aimee Stewart will be recognised for…

Top scorers in the Wits Maths Competition (WMC) have praised the dynamic scope of the papers which stretched their abilities. Winners of the competition were recently announced. The mental jamboree drew approximately 7000 participants…

Wits University and the University of Edinburgh (UoE) (Scotland, United Kingdom) have further strengthened their long-standing partnership and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to fund research fellows selected for the Institute…