Professor Zeblon Vilakazi excited about taking Wits into next chapter

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Professor Zeblon Vilakazi , the Katlehong-born nuclear physicist, joined Wits in 2014 as deputy vice-chancellor for research and postgraduate affairs.

Over 100 first year students get free laptops from insurance firm

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Zororo Phumlani Funeral Plan gave free laptops to more than 100 first-year students at their various give-away ceremonies across the country.

Reach out for help, advises mom who battled with lifelong depression

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Kedibone Mokwena was shot during a break-in and that caused her health to deteriorate to the extent that she was diagnosed with depression.

Tshegofatso Pule’s alleged murder mastermind claims he helped cops find her killer

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Ntuthuko Shoba’s lawyer claims his client willingly assisted police to track down Tshegofatso Pule’s killer by alerting them of the CCTV footage from his Westlake ...

Tshegofatso Pule was scared the father of her child might harm her or their unborn baby

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Court says phone messages prove that the father of Tshegofatso Pule’s unborn child, Ntuthuko Shoba, he didn’t want the baby and that he was in constant communication ...

Legendary broadcaster’s voice silenced forever

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Metro FM veteran broadcaster Grant Shakoane died on Thursday at a Joburg hospital where he had allegedly been in a serious condition for an unknown illness.

Rhodes student to fly SA flag high at World Triathlon Championships in Canada

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Jonathan Benjamin, an Environmental Sciences Masters candidate at Rhodes, comes from an athletic family and competed in his first triathlon when he was in Grade ...

Unemployed graduate who sold muffins to make a living expands business with easy mix

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Anathi Nonxuba, also known as Muffin King, wants to start supplying bakeries with his own easy mix.

Woman pens book about her 4-year relationship with an inmate

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Tshidi Monkoe’s book, Prison Love, looks at challenges the lovers faced in the relationship and the backlash she faced for being in love with a prisoner.

Chef who lost job during lockdown opens thriving restaurant

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Yummy Thingz, the restaurant that Siyabonga Ngwenya started in Soweto after losing his job during lockdown, is thriving.

Nthabeleng Likotsi’s mutual bank will give first preference to black women

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Nthabeleng Likotsi’s mutual bank plans to offer shares to the public from June 1.

My daughter became victim of persecution we are facing from South Africa - Bushiri

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#Bushiri Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri has blamed South Africa for the death of his daughter.

DJ Black Coffee, designer Laduma Ngxokolo and artist Nelson Makamu raise R3m for student fees

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In the light of the recent student protests across the country, DJ Black Coffee; MaXhosa Africa knitwear designer Laduma Ngxokolo; ...

Mom says school accused autistic son of putting its reputation at risk and kicked him out

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A mother was left at odds with a centre for the blind after her autistic son was allegedly kicked out by the school.

Man who raped, killed young woman begs judge for leniency as he’s married with 8 kids

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Cash-in-transit robbery kingpin who kidnapped, raped and killed an SVB security employee pleads for a lenient sentence saying he’s a family man.

Is higher education a right or privilege? Students give their take

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As the fight for funding reverberates throughout South Africa, some people argue that higher education is for those privileged enough to afford it.

It hurts that his kids will grow up without a father, say colleagues of Wits shooting victim

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Colleagues say Mthokozisi Ntumba’s death set a sombre mood in the office as everyone mourned his passing.

Lawyer questions video footage at centre of Malema and Ndlozi’s assault case

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The handling of the footage evidence in Julius Malema and Mbuyiseni Ndlozi’s assault case was in the spotlight in court.

G4 security guard nabbed for his role in botched North West heist that left two cops dead

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Thuso Tshepo Lobelo, a North West G4S security officer, has been arrested for his role in a cash-in-transit robbery, one year after the incident.

Man accused of organising Tshegofatso Pule’s death wants bail as he fears for his life in jail

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Ntuthuko Shoba, the alleged mastermind behind Tshegofatso Pule’s murder, wants bail as he says he’s fearing for his life in custody.

Sister’s Keeper Movement holds silent march in memory of Tshegofatso Pule and her unborn child

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#TshegofatsoPule Members of Sister’s Keeper Movement marched out of frustration of mothers who protect their children who are perpetrators of crime.

Lehlogonolo quit his job to pursue business now his Moja Chicken franchise operates in three provinces

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Lehlogonolo Motseeng started Moja Chicken franchise to do something that would contribute towards helping township people better their lives.

35 families live on the streets after being evicted from RDP houses they illegally occupied

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Thirty-five families in Savannah City, south of Johannesburg, were evicted from houses they were occupying and their belongings chucked out on the streets.

Two Orange Farm school clinch high pass rate despite protests over subsidies last year

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Last year teachers from both schools went to the department headquarters and locked officials inside offices as they demanded payment of subsidies.

Teen with 6 distinctions wants to be a dermatologist and help acne sufferers like him

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Parktown Boys’ Lebone Legodi suffered from severe acne when he was 15 and that experience lead him to the decision to study medicine.