RECOGNISING OUR CENTENARY DONORS AND SPONSORS

Thank you for your generosity. We are thrilled to have your support. Through your donation, we have been able to accomplish the impossible and continue working towards our vision of being a leading world-class research-intensive university. You truly make the difference for us, and we are extremely grateful!

 

 

INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY FOUNDATIONS - 2018 TO DATE

ORGANISATIONS - 2018 TO DATE

SIGNIFICANT DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS - 2018 TO DATE

R200 million for the development of the Wits Brian and Dorothy
Zylstra Sports Complex

$10 million to rename the School of Accountancy in honour of former head,
Professor Margo Steele

$10 million endowment to support postgraduate students in need
Natie Kirsh

R87.5 million towards Wits 100 AngloGold Ashanti Legacy Scholarships
AngloGold Ashanti

R70 million towards the development of the Roy McAlpine Burns Unit at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Roy McAlpine Foundation

R55 million to repurpose the Wits Planetarium into the multidisciplinary
Wits Anglo American Digital Dome

R50 million to establish a Chair in Innovation to drive researcher-led innovation
Angela and David Fine Chair in Innovation

R50 million for the Wits Southern Centre for Inequality Studies
Ford Foundation

R50 million student support endowment to rename the Sibanye-Stillwater Innovation Bridge
Sibanye Stillwater

R22 million for the Advanced Surgical Skills Lab to train specialists and sub-specialists in the health sciences
Philips, Netcare, Medtronic and Karl Storz

R20 million to support the Future Ecosystems in Africa programme
Oppenheimer Generations Trust

R16 million from the Lamberti Endowment Fund

R15 million for the Zola Dental Clinic in Soweto
Bergman family

R15 million for the Claude Leon Chairs in Water and the Environment
Claude Leon Foundation

R14,5 million to purchase state-of-the-art analysis equipment in Geosciences
Anonymous donation

A R10 million bequest for palaeosciences
Anonymous donation

Significant donation for the Jack Ginsberg Centre for the Book Arts
Jack Ginsberg

Significant donation for the Wits Chris Seabrooke Music Hall
Chris Seabrooke

Support from international philanthropic foundations
Carnegie, Gates and Open Society

Support from South African based philanthropic foundations
Raith, Bertha and Albert Wessels

R1,5 million gift to support students in need
former SRC President Rex Heinke

R1 million gift to Female Academic Leaders Fellowship Endowment Fund
Wits Chancellor, Dr Judy Dlamini