Wits University UK

News for alumni & friends of Wits University, the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA.

[Wits University UK @WitsIntheUK]

Happy 100th Birthday @WitsUniversity! #Wits100

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY‼️ Wits turns 100 today!! 🎂 #Wits100

[Shirona37 @shirona37]

Dr Patrice Motsepe & Prof. Zeblon Vilakazi celebrate a R20m donation towards research and post doc fellowships. The Chamber of Mines Building @WitsUniversity will be renamed the African Rainbow Minerals Building. Motsepe: “Wits is one of the greatest universities in the world.”

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

WITS Rugby World Cup Final
Screening | Congratulations to our champions @Springboks.

Witsies celebrating #Springboks victory!!! 🏉

#RWC2023Final #Springboks #StrongerTogether 🏆🏆🇿🇦 #RSAvNZL

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

Wits University in conjunction with Australian friends of Wits and Wits Foundation UK invite you to a virtual private event to celebrate the 90th birthday of Emeritus Prof. Margo Steele.

Date: 2 August 2023

Register: https://t.co/GrW3ib6GdQ

See poster for more details.

[NSTF🇿🇦 @NSTF_SA]

MEET FINALIST: Water Research Commission Award.

Prof Craig Sheridan -@WitsUniversity. Prof has spent the last 13 years at Wits conducting research into treating acid mine drainage as well as providing water treatment and sanitation solutions for the SA.

@South_32

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

Wits University has received a donation of US$10 million to rename the Wits School of Accountancy after celebrated Prof. Margo Steele, who served as Head of School from 1987 to 1995.

She became the first woman to head the School of Accounting in 1987.

https://t.co/Ex9ENu1SfV

[Caroline Lehmann @Caroaceae]

Marvellous to end my week back at Wits after what feels like forever catching up with Liam, the first @GeosciencesEd undergrad exchange student studying @WitsUniversity and, the fab @FMtsetfwa who is researching plant resprouting for sustainable management of African ecosystems.

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

Witsies were full of celebration and jubilation as they came out in their numbers to celebrate Wits' 100th birthday with a cake-cutting ceremony led by the Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Zeblon Vilakazi outside the Great Hall. #Wits100 #WitsForGood

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

#FoundersTea ☕️

This special Wits tradition celebrated alumni who graduated more than 40 years ago.

This year we welcomed classes of 1980, 1981 and 1982 to their first Founders’ Tea.

#Wits100 #WitsForGood #WitsAlumni

[Colin Hugo @Colin_Hugo7]

The @TheWitsChoir performs a surprise performance at the end of the Founders Tea. @WitsVuvuzela @WitsUniversity #wits100

[Wits CLM Faculty @WitsCLM]

HAPPENING TODAY!

RSVP here: https://t.co/n97y13wnIZ

#Wits100

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

Award winning SA music arts #BigZulu, #MduduziNcube, #LwahNdlunkulu, #SiyaNtuli & #Xowla performed the song #Voicemail at the Wits100 Free People's Concert.

#Wits100 #WitsForGood #ProudWitsie

[Wits University UK @WitsIntheUK]

Watch now the incredible #Wits100 'Free' People's Concert livestreamed here https://t.co/y1xUkKmtp8

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

"We need to draw on our collective strength, our resilience and our ability to adapt in the face of adversity to craft a new world that is beneficial to our community, and to our society". - Prof Zeblon Vilakazi

#Wits100 #Witsie #Homecoming #CentenaryCelebrations #WitsForGood

[MCFScholarsEd @MCFScholarsEd]

Day 1 for our Scholars @WitsUniversity for the #AfricanFuturesSummit and what a day to be there as Wits kick off their #Wits100 celebrations! #WitsForGood #HOMECOMING

[Wits_News @Wits_News]

#Wits100 #Parade #Witsies came in numbers.
Thank you Joburg 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[Wits University UK @WitsIntheUK]

Thank you @nickjrowland and Lebo was one of thousands of Witsies who turned Joburg blue and gold for #Wits100! So superb to have @EdinburghUni @MCFScholarsEd visiting @WitsUniversity right now

[Wits University @WitsUniversity]

#Wits100 is our hashtag for the weekend. Watch our interview with @eNCA about the Homecoming and Centenary Celebrations.

#Wits100 | Parade, picnic, light show and concert https://t.co/IZ9zCacfAp via @YouTube