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Hope and Community in a Garden
The launch of the Wits Food Sovereignty Hub strengthens the drive to reclaim food production and increase community gardens.
3 June 2025
Sex and disability: Nigerian women share their stories
Despite growing global interest in sexual and reproductive health, the voices of women with disabilities have remained largely unheard.
3 June 2025
From classroom to community: Youth-led healthcare delivery
Vertical gardens by OT students help to involve disabled people in meaningful activities while addressing water scarcity and other rural gardening challenges.
3 June 2025
It’s been a good month for Politics
The Political Studies Department celebrated staff and students who made an impact in their field and society.
2 June 2025




Puff adders emerge as unlikely heroes in crop protection, offering a natural rodent control solution. Wits scientists make a cancer breakthrough, identifying two new breast cancer genes in Black South African women. The University secures a major AI climate grant from the Bezos Earth Fund to advance forecasting across Africa. Yebo Gogga 2025 dazzles with interactive exhibits on nature’s wild wonders, and a new Lancet report co-authored by Wits warns that climate change, conflict, and digital disruption threaten adolescent health progress.
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EventsAll Events
04Jun
Inaugural lecture of Professor Yusuf IsaSolomon Mahlangu House17:00
10Jun
A Comparative Study of Colonial Legacies and Water Governance in South Africa and Zimbabwe 2nd Floor Station Building, Braamfontein. 13:00
17Jun
Summer Institutes in Computational Social ScienceOnline Event08:00
30Jun
50th annual conference of the South African Association of BotanistsWits Rural Facility Campus08:30
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