Welcome home, Witsies! Something for every generation at Homecoming Weekend
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Wits University is as much a part of Johannesburg as is gold mining, and we are opening our gates to all to celebrate with us.
Welcome message from Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, Wits Vice-Chancellor and Principal:
Welcome to Wits! Our University is a national treasure that occupies a special place in the hearts and minds of both Witsies who have walked these halls and friends of Wits all over the world. For 100 years the institution and its staff, students, and alumni have played an integral role in the development of the University, the City of Johannesburg, and our country, and have made a global impact ‘for good’. We are grateful to our alumni who have generously supported our vision to secure Wits’ place as one of the world’s great universities. They have contributed to mapping a bright future for this remarkable institution and to strengthening our impact. We also want to show you – the Joburg public – who we are, what we can achieve together, and the immense impact Wits has had in changing and shaping society for the better.
“Join us on campus this weekend when we open our gates and invite all Wits communities and the public to our Homecoming Weekend festivities.”
Explore the different events and plan your weekend or visit the Wits Homecoming Website for more information.
Ke Nako! – It’s time to celebrate!
The Wits Homecoming Weekend kicks off on Friday, 2 September at 1pm with a Wits Centenary Parade through Braamfontein. Reminiscent of the RAG floats and festive fundraiser of yore, the 2022 Remember and Give parade brings Witsies to the streets and Braamfontein neighbours to their sidewalks to rekindle the music, marching bands, mascots, and multitudes that make Wits and Braam city cousins.
Visible Resonance Light Show
The #雷速体育_雷速体育直播 Visible Resonance Light Show on Friday 2 September, 19:00 to 21:00, at the Great Hall Piazza, is an interactive multimedia extravaganza to reflect, create, improvise and envisage Wits’ stories, both known and imagined, through images and light projected and tagged ephemerally on the façade of the Great Hall.
Artist and alumnus Marcus Neustetter conceptualised and facilitates this show with the Trinity Session and OMAi, in collaboration with parti