Paying it forward

The Wits Centenary Campaign has surpassed all expectations and continues to gain momentum. I am heartened and grateful for the support and goodwill that has been shown to me personally and to the University in this special year. As you know, we set an initial target to raise R3 billion to support Wits’ eight priority areas: driving digital transformation; catalysing digital innovation and entrepreneurship; ensuring better health for all; solving global challenges; advancing society; governance and justice; futureproofing our natural treasures; developing the next generation of leaders; and energising broad-based alumni support. To date we have surpassed all expectations, with the current campaign total standing at R3,1 billion, for which we are hugely appreciative – we could not have reached this milestone without you, and without the support of our alumni, corporate donors, trusts and foundations, who believe in, and trust Wits. There have been many donations and sponsorships to Wits, too many to mention here. You, too, can Give Now, For Good. Any form of support that you give, makes a huge difference in helping Wits realise our ambitious Wits100 goals.

We also enhanced several strategic partnerships which have yielded mutual benefit, with the likes of the University of Edinburgh, University College London, Northeastern University and Melbourne Business School. Two outcomes have seen Wits inducted into the Afretec Network which provides very generous funding to advance digital transformation on the continent, and significant funding to kickstart quantum technologies.

Professor Zeblon Vilakazi FRS Vice-Chancellor and Principal