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WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op):
The University of Witwatersrand (fondly known as WITS) has pulled out all the stops as it celebrates its centenary this weekend.

Some students at the Johannesburg-based institution spoke about what 100 years of Wits means to them as celebrations got underway in the student suburb of Braamfontein.

“It feels amazing being at the best university in South Africa and hopefully we all go really far and have successful careers, that’s what we are here for,” remarked one student.

A whole host of activities are lined up until Sunday.

Founded in 1922, the university has been named as one of the best and oldest universities in the world. It is ranked joined second in South Africa and the African continent alongside Stellenbosch University. The University of Cape Town holds the top spot.

Friday nights celebrants were treated to a rainbow themed light show detailing the university's history at the great hall stairs as the wits choir serenaded attendees.

Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op):
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Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op): 1:54pm On Sep 04, 2022
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by Xiaohei(m): 3:20pm On Sep 04, 2022
The legacies of the whites live on in South Africa. Beautiful!
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op):
The Parade

Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op): 4:42pm On Sep 04, 2022
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Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by LoveFayfay(f): 5:34pm On Sep 04, 2022
I wish I could attend versities like this with pride not the yeye ASUU and FG bullshit happening here in Nigeria.

If I have a chance, God knows, I wouldn't think twice starting over again somewhere not in this bleeped up basement we call a country.
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by MyVILLAGEpeople(m): 5:35pm On Sep 04, 2022
Our federal university system is nothing to write about.
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by Nosayer: 7:24pm On Sep 04, 2022
LoveFayfay:
I wish I could attend versities like this with pride not the yeye ASUU and FG bullshit happening here in Nigeria.

If I have a chance, God knows, I wouldn't think twice starting over again somewhere not in this bleeped up basement we call a country.
You can if you want to, you just need money and the strength to stomach a lot of hatred from black SAs and also, a prayerful life to not get robbed or shot.
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by Nobody: 7:43pm On Sep 04, 2022
Hmm these are those mzansi girls that flood African porn sites, they sabi ride die.
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op): 7:50pm On Sep 04, 2022
WITS Vice-Chancellor Zeblon Vilakazi led the festivities

Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by care4you: 9:24pm On Sep 04, 2022
Nonsense
Childish
Mediocrity
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by LogicBomb8: 9:38pm On Sep 04, 2022
Tmk ma niggur
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by Wilson500: 10:48pm On Sep 04, 2022
Antimarraige:
Hmm these are those mzansi girls that flood African porn sites, they sabi ride die.
Say No to porn grin
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by zhike: 11:58pm On Sep 04, 2022
Congratulations to Wits.

Does Nigeria have good universities, why in the top 20 best universities in Africa there is no Nigerian university.
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by zhike: 12:00am On Sep 05, 2022
Xiaohei:
The legacies of the whites live on in South Africa. Beautiful!
Yes South Africans looked after White people legacies, they also improved those legacies.

But Nigerians destroyed White legacies with the lightning speed.
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op): 2:00am On Sep 05, 2022
LogicBomb8:
Tmk ma niggur
cool cool cheesy cheesy
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op): 2:14am On Sep 05, 2022
South Africa's Top10 Universities

Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op):
Xiaohei:
The legacies of the whites live on in South Africa. Beautiful!
Why are you always thinking white people? Making them your Gods.

WITS is BLACK and NUMBER 2 in Africa. Deal with it!

cc morpheus101 thetranslator parrot69
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by Xiaohei(m): 5:53am On Sep 05, 2022
TMKsouth:
Why are you always thinking white people? Making them your Gods.

WITS is BLACK and NUMBER 2 in Africa. Deal with it!

cc morpheus101 thetranslator parrot69
Chill bro! I didn’t mean nothing bad, okay? WITS was built by the whites, not blacks. Just pointing out an obvious fact, not trying to discredit blacks- a group I belong to.
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by Parrot69: 6:34am On Sep 05, 2022
Trash!! Schools built during the apartheid Era. The blacks built nothing afterwards...
Living on past glories grin
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op): 7:11am On Sep 05, 2022
Parrot69:
Trash!! Schools built during the apartheid Era. The blacks built nothing afterwards...
Living on past glories grin
Maggot69gaysexposition does it pain u in the bum that 30 years of black rule and SA public universities are tops in Africa? grin

Show me pics of your farm cubicle of higher learning please.
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op): 7:12am On Sep 05, 2022
Xiaohei:
Chill bro! I didn’t mean nothing bad, okay? WITS was built by the whites, not blacks. Just pointing out an obvious fact, not trying to discredit blacks- a group I belong to.
It's true all u have on your mind are whites and drugs.
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by Xiaohei(m): 7:30am On Sep 05, 2022
TMKsouth:
It's true all u have on your mind are whites and drugs.
Drugs? No way! I don’t smoke let alone do drugs. I’m honestly disappointed you’re creating a storm in a teacup over nothing! Chill, bro! I used to enjoy reading your threads. Relax!
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op): 7:42am On Sep 05, 2022
Xiaohei:
Drugs? No way! I don’t smoke let alone do drugs. I’m honestly disappointed you’re creating a storm in a teacup over nothing! Chill, bro! I used to enjoy reading your threads. Relax!
Thanks for following me. Just decolonise your brain - it's 2022.

By always praising whites you're diminishing what black people have achieved.
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by Xiaohei(m):
TMKsouth:
Thanks for following me. Just decolonise your brain - it's 2022.

By always praising whites you're diminishing what black people have achieved.
Bro, I’m Afro-centric, but it doesn’t hinder me from saying things are what they are. WIT is a beautiful university so much so one would think it was located somewhere in Europe! Can blacks build such architectural masterpieces? Sure! Was WIT built by blacks? No! It’s a relic from a period when white colonial masters lorded over your country. So, bro, what’s wrong in me saying the university is a legacy of the whites? Have a good day, bro! We really shouldn’t be going back and forth over nothing! Handshake!
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by Parrot69: 12:06pm On Sep 05, 2022
TMKsouth:
Maggot69gaysexposition does it pain u in the bum that 30 years of black rule and SA public universities are tops in Africa? grin

Show me pics of your farm cubicle of higher learning please.
It's with utmost sadness that your post apartheid Government could not thrive without the help of these structures built and developed by the white supremacist and apartheid loyalists they abhor. What a shame!

Black Zulu man is an Inconsequential animal
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op): 5:28pm On Sep 05, 2022
Parrot69:
It's with utmost sadness that your post apartheid Government could not thrive without the help of these structures built and developed by the white supremacist and apartheid loyalists they abhor. What a shame!
Maggot69gaysexposition see pics of black built public universities in SA and then respond with pics of COWgerian state universities that can compete okay. Shalom! grin

Warning: Your bum is gonna hurt even more.

https://www.nairaland.com/5892794/two-new-state-universities-south

Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by Parrot69: 8:05pm On Sep 05, 2022
TMKsouth:
Maggot69gaysexposition see pics of black built public universities in SA and then respond with pics of COWgerian state universities that can compete okay. Shalom! grin

Warning: Your bum is gonna hurt even more.

https://www.nairaland.com/5892794/two-new-state-universities-south
Yawns
This place looks like ecological center where wild animals are kept.
Please google The University of Ibadan before comparing this trash of a public warehouse you call school.
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by morpheus101: 8:14pm On Sep 05, 2022
TMKsouth:
Why are you always thinking white people? Making them your Gods.

WITS is BLACK and NUMBER 2 in Africa. Deal with it!

cc morpheus101 thetranslator parrot69
Stop dragging me into your fights Wena!
Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by TMKsouth(op):
Parrot69:
Yawns
This place looks like ecological center where wild animals are kept.
Please google The University of Ibadan before comparing this trash of a public warehouse you call school.
OMG grin, University of Ibadan, the 1940s called... They want they style back! grin grin grin

Dude what on God's planet earth is happening in the 2nd pic?

Tjo! Jaceblaze, LeSudAfricaine, Zhike come see what's being compared to SA varsities grin

Re: WITS: Africa's Second Best University Turns 100! See Lights Show by JaceBlaze: 8:45pm On Sep 05, 2022
TMKsouth:
OMG grin, University of Ibadan, the 1940s called... They want they style back! grin grin grin

Dude what on God's planet earth is happening in the 2nd pic?

Tjo! Jaceblaze, LeSudAfricaine come see what's being compared to SA varsities grin
Lol they tried shem grin
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