Nothing stopping Wits from becoming the next Stanford, says new vice-chancellor
07 July 2020 - 19:49
In April 1981, 12-year-old Zeblon Vilakazi, decades away from becoming a renowned professor, was playing football outside a general store in the Gauteng township of Katlehong when a black-and-white TV set piqued his interest.
A man at the store was switching between a channel carrying sports and the launch of the space shuttle Columbia...
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