Lifelong learning is key to relevance in today’s marketplace says Wits Plus CEO
CareersUniversity of the Witwatersrand October 30, 2025
“If you thought 2025 piled on the pressure to keep up with the astonishing pace of technological, business, and social change, 2026 will be tougher,” says Wits Plus CEO Natalie Zimmelman. Wits Plus gives professionals and organisations access to learning through University of the Witwatersrand-backed research and innovation. It... Read more
Fundi awards bursary to Wits Accounting Science student Nandi Mbonani
GautengUniversity of the Witwatersrand March 9, 2025
University of the Witwatersrand student Nandi Mbonani was thrilled to receive a R10 000 bursary from Fundi this week. A first-year Accounting Science student, Mbonani will use the money towards registration, giving her a critical hand-up at the start of this academic year. Nandi was selected as the bursary recipient... Read more
Distinguished Prof Jill Adler receives NRF’s lifetime award
National Research FoundationUniversity of the Witwatersrand September 3, 2023
The National Research Foundation (NRF) has awarded Witwatersrand University’s Distinguished Professor Jill Adler the Lifetime Achiever Award at the 2023 NRF Awards ceremony held last night in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Introduced to the NRF Awards in 2004, the Lifetime Achiever Award recognises an individual who has demonstrably made extraordinary contributions... Read more
Dr Edward Nkadimeng recognised as a leading innovator
AchieversUniversity of the Witwatersrand July 28, 2023
The National Research Foundation (NRF) is pleased to announce that Dr Edward Nkadimeng has been recognised as a Leading Innovator in Technology and Innovation by the Mail and Guardian in its 200 Young South Africans initiative for 2023. This highlights Dr Nkadimeng’s contributions and remarkable achievements in advancing technology... Read more
The National Research Foundation (NRF) Chief Executive Officer, Dr Fulufhelo Nelwamondo, has been named Engineer of the Year by the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) at its 2022 Annual Awards held at the Indaba Hotel and Conference Centre in Johannesburg on Friday, 10 March 2023. Dr Nelwamondo... Read more
Third-year medical student, Zahra Kader, is a seasoned karate-ga and a member of the national team. Kader lives by the sage advice she received in primary school: “My coach would always tell us we should keep our heads small and our dreams big,” says the 21-year-old Pietermaritzburg, KZN native.... Read more
Successful cure of HIV infection after stem cell transplantation
ResearchUniversity of the Witwatersrand March 1, 2023
An international group of researchers including Wits scientists have identified a third case of HIV infection cured by stem cell transplantation. Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for the treatment of severe blood cancers is the only medical intervention that previously cured two people living with HIV. ‘Haematopoietic’ refers to an immature... Read more
Assaf gold medals for Profs Hofman, Mbembe
GautengResearchUniversity of the Witwatersrand October 28, 2022
ASSAf annually awards ASSAf Science-for-Society Gold Medals for outstanding achievement in scientific thinking to the benefit of society. In 2022, the awards were presented to two eminent scientists, Prof Karin Hofman and Prof Achille Mbembe. Prof Karen Hofman is a Research Professor and founding Director of the SAMRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision... Read more
Wits neuropsychologist awarded prestigious global scholarship
AchieversLatest newsUniversity of the Witwatersrand June 15, 2021
Dr Sahba Besharati in the Department of Psychology is one of just 19 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars, a programme that supports early-career researchers. CIFAR (pronounced “see-far”) is the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, established some 40 years ago at the University of Toronto, Canada. The CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars... Read more
Wits SRC raises R3m for students with outstanding fees
University of the Witwatersrand March 24, 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology has commended the University of Witwatersrand Student Representative Council (SRC) for raising R3.6 million towards assisting 3% of students who could not register due to outstanding fees. “This is a patriotic act by the SRC to ensure that no student... Read more
