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Official Twitter account for the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Connect with us on Facebook:

Johannesburg, South Africa

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Wits in 60 Seconds | S2: Episode 14 [WATCH] Profs. Madhi & Klugman win Sabin Gold Medal, Sydney Brenner tribute, SA-Portugal Freedom Day at Wits, Doc Shakira Choonara leads UN Action Coalition, & Philosophy lecturer Mary Carman explores bias on AI. Link:

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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.

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Congrats to #Witsie Tlou Cleopas Monyepao, professionally known as @djcleo1 As I stand here with my degree in hand, I realise that i'm stronger, wiser and more resilient than I ever thought possible! Be Inspired! #Eskhaleni #WitsGrads #Witsie4Life #WitsForGood #Wits

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🎓Dr Judy Dlamini, Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 #WitsChancellor #ProudWitsie

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WITS Rugby World Cup Final Screening | We are #StongerTogether #RWC2023Final #Springboks #StrongerTogether 🏆🏆🇿🇦 #RSAvNZL

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WITS GRADUATION | DAY 2 Congratulations to South African actress, dancer, singer, voice-over artist, theatre workshop facilitator and Witsie, Sibulele Gcilitshana. Sibulele graduated with Hons degree in Psychology. Halala Witsie! #WitsGrads #WitsForGood #Witsie4Life

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Actor Bongani Gumede graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts this afternoon. Talent should be coupled with education, he says. #Isibaya #Mzansi #WitsGrads #Witsie4Life #WitsGraduation #Actor #BonganiGumede

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📢 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:

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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

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🔝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 👏🏿👏🏿

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👑🎉💐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:

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Our graduate, Thato Dithebe, who recently earned a BSc in Civil Engineering, is not only a talented actor on House of Zwide but also an academic achiever. 🏛️🎓 #WitsGrad2024 #WitsGraduate #Witsie4Life #WitsForGood 💛💙🚀

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🎓👑💯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.

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⚡️🎓📜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:

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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

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💊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:

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📢 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

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📢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:

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BOKKE IN BRAAM | The Wits Brass Band is ready to show @Springboks some Witsies love. #WITS 💚BOKKE #Springboks #WitsForGood

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@1992sFinest Hi, please note that the attached letter is fake and fraudulent. The University will deal with it as a matter of urgency.

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💉 #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:

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🏛💯🔝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:

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📢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:

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🏥🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈⚧️ @WitsRHI has pioneered the first ever transgender healthcare facility in South Africa. 👇🏾👇🏽👇🏿👇🏻

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SA gets first transgender healthcare facility #eNCA

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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.

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🕺🏾🎶🌞Wits #Jerusalemachallenge : Watch Wits Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Habib & Wits students dance, as they perform the #JerusalemaChallenge in celebration of #heritageday2020 ,after President @CyrilRamaphosa encouraged South Africa to participate in this joyous day.

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🎓💯🙏🏾 #WitsGrads : Wits Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Zeblon Vilakazi describes these graduations as a ‘moment of hope’ for humanity. Read more: #WitsieForLIfe #WitsForGood

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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.

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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.

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🎓💯 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:

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👑🎉💃🏾 #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

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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

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📸Pictures: Dr Judy Dlamini, Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand inauguration ceremony 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 #WitsChancellor #ProudWitsie

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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.

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🔝💰🏛️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:

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🔝🇿🇦🎉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

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🎈🥳🎉 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

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BOKKE IN BRAAM | Our champions are here. What a moment! #WITS 💚BOKKE #WitsForGood

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#ThisDayInHistory : 🎊🎈🎉🎈Today is Wits University’s 96th birthday!!!🎈🎉🎈🎊 🎂The University of the Witwatersrand was founded in 1922 on this day. #ProudWitsie #WitsBirthday

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🎓 Congratulations to Witsie and Miss SA winner Shudufhadzo Musida for attaining her honours degree in International Relations. #Halala #ProudWitsie #witsgraduate

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Marks are out😭 I’m an honours graduate now 😭😭😭

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📣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:

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#HeritageDayAtWits | Batswana Students Society celebrating Heritage Day 2023 #WitsForGood #HeritageMonth #WitsHeritage2023

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@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.

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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 👏🏿👏🏿

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📖 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: If you are in pursuit of seamless tertiary funding please see our scholarship and fellowship opportunities. For more information visit: #StudyAtWits

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Second black female PHD Mining Engineer graduates this July. Read more: #WitsForGood #WitsGrads #Witsie4Life

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WITS Rugby World Cup Final Screening | Congratulations to our champions @Springboks . Witsies celebrating #Springboks victory!!! 🏉 #RWC2023Final #Springboks #StrongerTogether 🏆🏆🇿🇦 #RSAvNZL

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🎓🏛️🎉👩🏽‍🎓👩🏿‍🎓👩🏼‍🎓 #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

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⭐️📚 Goodluck with all your exams Witsies!

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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

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📹💃🏿🕺🏽🎶🌞 #JerusalemaChallenge : Wits University responds to The President's call to participate in the national #JerusalemaChallenge on #HeritageDay2020 . #WitsShowYourRoots

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🎓👩🏾‍🎓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

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🎓🔥📽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

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#RIPGeorgeBizos

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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

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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. 🌈

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The Wits Freshers Party is currently underway. Hip-hop artist Emtee, the hustler, is performing. #WitsFreshers

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Welcome back Witsies! #MondayMotivation

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🎉🎈🎉Happy New Year Witsies! We wish you all a prosperous 2021. #ProudWitsie

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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.

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A warm welcome to our incoming Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand Dr. Judy Dlamini 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 #ProudWitsie Read full story:

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@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.

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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.

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🏉🔥🎊 #WITSIES4BOKKE Congratulations Bokke! The vibe in the @WitsUniversity Great Hall now #StrongerTogether #RugbyWorldCup19

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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

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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)

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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

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Wits University is honoured to have hosted the Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group, Jack Ma and the launch of the Jack Ma Foundation Prize. #Netpreneurs #JackMaInSouthAfrica #JackMaAtWits #Alibaba

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🙏🏿 #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!

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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.

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🏛️💯 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:

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🎊🥳🎈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

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💯🔦👩🏿‍🔬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

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🎓🏅🏛️ #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.

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IN PICTURES | BOKKE IN BRAAM #WITS 💚BOKKE #WitsForGood

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📢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

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💫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 :

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📓🔧 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:

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🗣️🎨 #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.

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WITS Rugby World Cup Final Screening | Witsies standing behind the Bokke! #RWC2023Final #Springboks #StrongerTogether 🏆🏆🇿🇦

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🖱️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

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🎓📢📝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:

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New Week, new opportunities. #MondayMotivation

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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:

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Happy New Year, Witsies! We wish you all a prosperous 2023. Share your #2023 academic goals with us in the comments section. #Wits100

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🎓🏛🌞 #WitsGradWeek : Witsies, families and their loved ones are currently basking in the spirit of accomplishment after having their degrees conferred. #ProudWitsie #UpwardsAndOnwards #WitsKeYaka

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💉😷 #VIDACov19 : We have an exciting announcement coming soon! #COVID19 #Covid_19

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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.”

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🎓🔥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.”

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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.

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🎓🏛️🔝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

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📹❗️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

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💰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:

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🎓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.

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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. 👏

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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.

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🥮🎄🎁Wits University Vice-Chancellor, Prof Adam Habib, wishes you all a wonderful and safe festive season!

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‼️We understand that this incident is traumatic & urge students & staff who may be affected to use the University’s Counselling lines. For emergency counselling, please contact the Wits Student Crisis Line 0800 111 331 (toll free 24/7/365). Kaelo is available for staff support.

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📸IN PICTURES: Today at the peaceful march where Wits University students, staff and members of civil society marched to condemn all forms of violence, abuse and discrimination. We call on the state to take action. #EnoughIsEnough #GBV #AmINext

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2019 Applications CLOSING DATE: 30 June 2017 for the following programmes: • Bachelor of Architecture • Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Hearing Therapy • All programmes in the Faculty of Health Sciences APPLY ONLINE:

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