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Province offers reason for why more money was not made available to hospitals that picked up the additional patient load

Details emerge about why we’re suffering yet another round of load shedding; medical experts say South Africa’s two years of lockdown and Covid response needs…

It is gratifying that the authorities of OAU have set up the “Great Ife Advance Foundation” for raising funds from its teeming alumni.

The University of Witwatersrand opened a R22m surgical skills lab in Johannesburg on Tuesday, a day after opening a new genetics lab and two weeks after announcing a R70m burns unit.

17 July 2021 - Faculty Communications Researchers from the Wits Faculty of Health Sciences and Wits Health Consortium recently pledged R1m to the Gift of the Givers in support of their aid efforts. The Gift of the Givers Foundation is the largest non-governmental disaster response organisation on the African continent. Their purpose is to unite people with a common vision, by serving mankind for the greater good. This purpose transcends race, religion, colour, class, political affiliation and g...

Jun 3, 2021 A Research Administrator vacancy is available at our Client, Wits Health Consortium’s Wits Clinical Research (Wits WCR) in Soweto, Johannesburg – Gauteng. Background WITS CLINICAL RESEARCH (WCR) is a division of the WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY) LTD, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (South Africa) under the Wits Faculty of Health Sciences. With WHC providing the core infrastructure, WITS CLINICAL RESEARCH is free to focus on conducting ...

Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong is currently busy with clinical trials for the Covid-19 vaccine he's developed, says Prof. Shabir Madhi.

Share This: Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong is currently busy with clinical trials for the Covid-19 vaccine hes developed, says Prof. Shabir Madhi. Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong and his scientific team started devoting their resources and scientific expertise in 2020 to the development of a Covid-19 vaccine. The South African-born billionaire obtained his medical degree at the University of the Witwatersrand and has lived in the US for most of his adult life. Now its reported that Dr Soon-Shiong wants to spe...

Top climate change scientist Prof Bob Scholes has died 30 April 2021 - 08:10 By TimesLIVE Leading climate change expert Bob Scholes. Image: Centre for Green Economy @afrigreen_Twitter Prof Bob Scholes, one of the world’s leading scientists on climate change, has died while on a hike in Namibia. Wits university said in a statement it was “shocked and saddened by the sudden loss of such a giant in the field of climate science, not only in SA, but in the world.” “...

Picture: YouTube Are universities’ race-based admission policies unfair and depleting the quality of medical students and doctors in South Africa? Fierce debate on this issue was recently sparked when Western Cape health MEC Debbie Schäfer  shared a post on Twitter suggesting a straight-A student was rejected by the University of Cape Town’s medical school due to his race. This prompted outrage from Afriforum CEO Kallie Kriel and others. What exactly does it take to be “competitive”?...