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G20 Report: We are facing an inequality emergency
Landmark G20 report led by Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz sounds alarm on ‘inequality emergency’ and calls for International Panel on Inequality.
4 November 2025
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Dreaming with new tools
Artificial Intelligence is inspiring African architects to build, create and explore with traditional knowledge that spans generations.
4 November 2025
Honouring a lifetime of dedication
It was a bittersweet retirees’ celebration – emotional on the one hand and celebratory on the other.
3 November 2025
Celebrating a lifetime of service
Professor Ruksana Osman, the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic honoured for her contribution to education for over 40 years.
3 November 2025
G20 Report: We are facing an inequality emergency
Landmark G20 report led by Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz sounds alarm on ‘inequality emergency’ and calls for International Panel on Inequality.
4 November 2025
Dreaming with new tools
Artificial Intelligence is inspiring African architects to build, create and explore with traditional knowledge that spans generations.
4 November 2025
Honouring a lifetime of dedication
It was a bittersweet retirees’ celebration – emotional on the one hand and celebratory on the other.
3 November 2025
Celebrating a lifetime of service
Professor Ruksana Osman, the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic honoured for her contribution to education for over 40 years.
3 November 2025
African Investigative Journalism Conference 2025
Now in its 21st year, the African Investigative Journalism Conference, hosted and organised by the Wits Centre for Journalism, returns to Wits University in 2025 for another packed edition featuring the brightest minds in investigative journalism from Africa and around the world. Join us for three days of lectures, masterclasses, story showcases and networking from 5 to 7 November in Johannesburg.
Be Part of the Event - Learn MoreIn this week’s episode, the 2025 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards celebrated outstanding Wits staff making an impact through excellence, while educators from schools gathered to strengthen inclusive and equitable teaching practices. Future Witsies were also welcomed to campus as Wits hosted its top 2026 applicants. Researchers are taking bold steps in health innovation through developing an inhalable nanomedicine that delivers all four TB drugs directly to the lungs and uncovering how people living with HIV experience chronic sleep disruption.
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EventsAll Events
06Nov
Masterclass Series | International Courts and Africa: Navigating Global Climate JurisprudenceOnline Event09:00
11Nov
WITS IDORI SEMINAR: Gene Therapy, from Hollywood to the bench to the clinicPhillip V Tobias Resource Centre, 29 Princess of Wales Terrace, Parktown15:30
12Nov
Inaugural Lecture of Philippe GradidgeHybrid Event17:00
13Nov
Ngezandla Zethu: Baskets That Tell Their Stories – Starting with a Thread that ConnectsOrigins Centre16:00
Straight From the ‘Gram