Witwatersrand
Americannoun
noun
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Previous waves of xenophobia were localized and universally condemned by politicians, said Loren Landau, a senior researcher with the African Centre for Migration & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Scientists at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, working with collaborators from Huzhou University, have uncovered a surprising feature in one of the most widely used tools in quantum optics.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026
In South Africa, according to the University of Witwatersrand, the top 0.1 percent owned over a quarter of wealth.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025
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
When I returned to Johannesburg at the beginning of 1943,1 enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand for an LL.B., a bachelor of laws degree, the preparatory academic training for a lawyer.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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