A former University of the Witwatersrand Student Representative Council (SRC) president pledged $100,000 (R1.5m) in student aid as Wits celebrated its 99th birthday on Monday.
The #Wits100 challenge, a call for alumni to give back to the university ahead of its centenary next year, has already raised R1.5m from a single donor. File photo.A former University of the Witwatersrand Student Representative Council president pledged $100,000 in student aid as Wits celebrated its 99th birthday on Monday.
According to a statement by the university, student leaders from 1968 to 2021 convened in September to discuss how they could rise to the #Wits100 challenge and give back. Linda Vilakazi, the first black president of the SRC and co-founder of the SA Student Solidarity Foundation for Education — an alumni society to support students — welcomed the challenge and committed to impel former student leaders to support the #Wits100 campaign, including those from the Black Student Society.
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