STUDENT LIFE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG BRAAMFONTEIN

STUDENT LIFE

In & Around Wits

Right at the epicentre of comedy, theatre, art, music, nightlife, food, sports, nature, hiking, history and heritage, Wits is an urban-based university, in the heart of Joburg’s commercial hub.

Entertainment

Food at the WAM Cafe (Wits Art Museum), Maboneng Precinct and 44 Stanley

Shopping at 27 Boxes, the Neighbourgoods Market, the Newtown Junction Mall and the Rosebank Rooftop Market

Live music at Kitcheners and The Bassline

Movies at The Bioscope, the Zone and Cinema Nouveau

Theatre at the Wits Theatre, Lyric Theatre, PopArt Theatre, Soweto Theatre, Jo’burg Theatre and the Market Theatre

Art at the Wits Art Museum, the Jo’burg Art Gallery, Everard Read Gallery and the Stevenson Gallery

Getting around

with the Rea Vaya, Metrobus, Gautrain, e Tuk-Tuk Melville and Uber. Wits Buses will taxi you between residences and campus.

Every single student’s everyday needs can be met, thanks to the various eateries at the Matrix (Braamfontein Campus East), access to lockers, banks, bookstores, various computer labs and Wi-Fi.

Outdoors

Nature, walking, hiking and cycling at the Melville Koppies, the Braamfontein Spruit and Delta Park

Picnicking at Zoo Lake, canoeing at Emmerentia Dam, visiting the Jo’burg Zoo and the Botanical Gardens

Entertainment and Fun Park at Gold Reef City

Attractions

History, heritage and science at the Origins Centre (Wits), the Planetarium (Wits); the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, the Cradle of Humankind, the Adler Museum (Wits), the War Museum, the National Cultural History Museum, Constitution Hill, Sophiatown and the Apartheid Museum

History, Heritage, Science and Art at Wits

14 Museums

6 Theatres

www.wits.ac.za/campus-life/jozi---our-city/getting-around/

3.1 CITY OF JOHANNESBURG

Johannesburg is the largest and most populous city in South Africa. The city is affectionately known as “Jo’burg”, “Jozi” and “JHB” by South Africans. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng Province, the wealthiest province in South Africa, and fourth largest economy in SubSaharan Africa. The city is one of the 40 largest metropolitan areas in the world, and Africa’s only officially designated global city. Johannesburg houses the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa.

Johannesburg is also served by the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA), the largest and busiest airport in Africa and a gateway for international air travel to and from the rest of Southern Africa.

Johannesburg has all the modern amenities of a large metropolitan region (population over 7 million), including fascinating cultural attractions, art galleries, museums, shopping, and restaurants. The city’s vibrancy is a reflection of the diversity of its people and its often turbulent history. There are a number of tourist attractions in Johannesburg, which includes a number of diverse museums, Outdoor spaces and Nature reserves, Sport and Extreme Sports, Markets and Shopping Centres, etc.

3.2 BRAAMFONTEIN

‘The spring by the brambles’, was transformed from a rundown business district to a revamped Soho style neighborhood with chic hotels, art galleries, trendy bars clubs and restaurants.

Likewise, Braamfontein attractions range from cultural stalwarts like the Johannesburg Theatre, to the revolutionary Origins Centre that reexamines humankind’s past through the medium of rock art. Braamfontein mustsees include the striking Nelson Mandela Bridge, the Constitution Hill complex, the Johannesburg Planetarium, and a whole new generation of contemporary creative spaces, that house avant-garde interior design, art, fashion, and film studios.