Witwatersrand
Americannoun
noun
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South Africa is under pressure from global shocks and domestic policy failures, said William Gumede, professor of public management at the University of the Witwatersrand.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
About a year after Ezra’s find, the mining town of Randsburg sprang up around a big gold find — the town and the mine named optimistically for the immense Witwatersrand gold fields in South Africa.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025
Other interpretations focus on the spiritual, rather than social, importance of the animals, said Sam Challis, who heads the Rock Art Research Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 27, 2024
Mr Lani says he received a medical degree from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2023
He was a professor at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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