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School of Geosciences - University of Witwatersrand

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Jul 19

Congratulations to Wits School of Geosciences geology and geochemistry honours alumna Nomonde Miya on receiving the 2025 Haughton Award at the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA) awards ceremony on 17 July 2025. The GSSA presents the Haughton Award annually, which recognises the most outstan...Read more

Jul 18

Congratulations to Professor Glen Nwaila, Director of the African Research Centre for Ore System Science at the Wits School of Geosciences, on being awarded the prestigious Des Pretorius Memorial Award for 2025. Prof. Nwaila is recognised for his substantial contribution to economic geology in Afri...Read more

Jul 7

This week we have Prof. David Harper, visiting from Durham University, presenting a Geotalk on "Understanding early animal biodiversity: Jumps and bumps or steady as we go?” Date: Thurs 10th July Time: 16h00 Venue: Hall G101 - Geosciences Zoom Meeting ID: 97168403738 Join Zoom Meeting #wits #w...Read more

Jun 27

Celebrating our students' hard work!! Wits Geosciences is happy to share the incredible achievements of our science students who received Faculty of Science prizes! Every year, the Dean of Science gives out these awards to celebrate the top academic performance and amazing science projects that ...Read more

Jun 20

Exciting news! A scientific research report into meteorite fragments linked to the Nqweba bolide – a rare fireball event that occurred in the Eastern Cape on 25 August 2024 – has just been released. The discovery sparked a collaborative scientific investigation involving Nelson Mandela Universit...Read more