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Wits Review April 2025

Volume 53

Unsung heroes One of the most significant discoveries of the 20th century, the Taung skull, established Africa as a permanent focal point for the study of humanity’s origins. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Raymond Dart’s paper published in Nature on 7 February 1925. Wits Review revisits the role of two alumni in this momentous discovery. | Where the trees are The first of a new photography series offers a delight for dendrophiles. Curiosities and wonders The Wits Adler Museum of Medicine offers up treasures from a bygone era. | Art meets science Karel Nel’s lifelong fascination with the two disciplines is captured beautifully in a new book. Satire and subversion Former Wits 足球竞彩app排名 editor Dr Irwin Manoim shares his recollections of a newspaper that pushed boundaries. | Will it end with a bang? Chris Thurman wonders about the MAGA modus operandi which has been borrowing from Silicon Valley jargon, “Move fast and break things”.

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October 2024

Wits Review October 2024

Volume 52

Feature Amapiano: The allure of a music genre | Profiles highlights from alumni finding solutions  | Joburg Spaces The Centre for the Less Good Idea – what can it teach us? | Books A father’s love in Kevin van Wyk’s memoir Irascible Genius

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April 2024

Wits Review April 2024

Volume 51

Feature Personalities behind Wits’ legacy of distance running | Profile John Perlman’s dream for every child | Wits Spaces Marlene Dumas's gift | Wits End Academics were in their pyjamas long before it was trendy

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October 2023

Volume 50

Is that you Sugar?
A Witsie’s search for the elusive Sixto Rodriguez | Witsies around the world An engineer’s fascination with ice in the Arctic | Historical snippet Hugh Wilson made every lesson a performance

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April 2023

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Volume 49

Keiskamma Art Project – Two decades of threading stories of sorrow and hope | Profile – On a journey of reminiscences with Denis Hirson | Feature – Regina Twala the erased pioneer restored to her rightful place 

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