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Wits was the first African university to

• develop radar,

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• establish a dental hospital and school,

• develop physiotherapy and occupational therapy studies,

• transmit data securely through light,

• own a computer,

Sporting legends from Wits include Comrades marathon runner Hendrik Ramaala and Bruce Fordyce who also led the 2022 Wits Parkrun, legends Ali Bacher and Richard Snell, sprinter Paul Nash, tennis star Syd Levy and Olympic gymnast Odette Richards.

• access a quantum computer,

• open a clinic for the treatment of speech defects,

• curate over 9 000 works of unique African art,

• buy and own a nuclear accelerator,

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• transplant liver from an HIV+ mother to her HIV- child,

• own a private teaching hospital (the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre)

• open a full-sized planetarium,

• discover a new species of mosquito from Malawi,

• establish a digital mine on campus,

Witsies are changing the world in all spheres – Rory Byrne served as the chief engineer for Ferrari, John Burland saved leaning tower of Pisa from falling, and Professor Bavesh Kana is helping to make testing for tuberculosis more accurate.

• connect the brain to the internet,

• establish a dental hospital and school,

• help create the composite version of the South African national anthem,

• develop physiotherapy and occupational therapy studies,

• open a clinic for the treatment of speech defects,

• initiate the first blood transfusion service,

• host two national teams during the 2010 FIFA World Cup,

• discover a new species of mosquito from Malawi,

• help create the composite version of the South African national anthem, are many more such wonderous stories, of talented alumni, developed at University, who are using their talent, knowledge and savviness to change the for good.

• have a team play in the Premier Soccer League, and

• host two national teams during the 2010 FIFA World Cup,

• have a team play in the Premier Soccer League, and

• host multi-racial productions like the premiere of King Kong and the Free People’s Concerts during apartheid.

• host multi-racial productions like the premiere of King Kong and the Free People’s Concerts during apartheid.