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University Of The Witwatersrand

The University of the Witwatersrand is a public research university located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Commonly known as Wits University or simply Wits, it is one of the country's leading institutions of higher education and a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. The university operates across five campuses in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg, with its main campus situated in Braamfontein. Wits offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across five faculties: Commerce, Law and Management; Engineering and the Built Environment; Health Sciences; Humanities; and Science. The institution is recognised for its strong research output and has produced notable graduates and faculty members, including several Nobel Prize laureates. The university plays a significant role in South Africa's academic landscape, particularly in fields such as mining engineering, palaeontology, law and social sciences. Wits maintains partnerships with universities and research institutions globally and contributes extensively to public discourse on social, economic and environmental issues affecting South Africa and the broader African continent. The university was established in 1922 as the University of the Witwatersrand, having evolved from the South African School of Mines founded in 1896 and later the Transvaal Technical Institute and Transvaal University College.

University Of The Witwatersrand Updates


Report addresses issues of mine closure in Mpumalanga
Report addresses issues of mine closure in Mpumalanga
22nd May 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

As the issue of mine closure and rehabilitation continues to confront South Africa’s mining sector, effective governance of mine closure and financial provision for rehabilitation plays a crucial... 


An image of Dr Pontsho Twala
Mine safety training evolves, incorporating critical thinking
22nd May 2026

The mining sector’s significant progress in health and safety, with fatalities declining from 200 to 41 over the past two decades from 2005 to 2025, has been supported by improved skills... 


EXTENDING REACH Through an extensive range of education and training initiatives, Impala Platinum Holdings is changing outcomes for mine personnel at all levels, as well as host communities and entrepreneurs
Platinum major refines education, training programmes
22nd May 2026 By: Trent Roebeck

Through an extensive range of education and training initiatives designed to improve mine efficiency, community and economic development, in addition to providing career opportunities for youth,... 


Lebo Diseko
The House at 6001: A Memoir of Uprising and Exile
21st May 2026

On 16 June 1976, thousands of Black South African school children took to the streets of Soweto in protest against the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction under apartheid... 


Vishwas Satgar
Facing the Heat in South Africa
15th May 2026

Southern Africa is heating at twice the global average. With the failure of the UN multi-lateral process to rapidly phase out fossil fuels, the world has lost the opportunity to prevent a 1.5°C... 


Buildings in the Johannesburg CBD on a cloudy day
As coal chokes Johannesburg, South African scientists launch pollution warning app
21st April 2026 By: Reuters

Scientists at the University of the Witwatersrand have designed South Africa's first app to warn residents of pollution levels, as Johannesburg suffers a spike in coal emissions in recent weeks,... 


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