Wits

Last night, in a tavern called Wits End, we dropped quarters into a console, sized and shaped like an old TV.

The Tamarack Swamps Michael Seidel 2011

The Wits, that is, form an inner circle, who like to speak with an affectation of obscurity even if the meaning be tolerably transparent, and show that they are behind the scenes by occasionally circulating bits of sham news.

English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century Leslie Stephen 1868

That dream has been in the making since 2005 and is to be called the Wits Art Museum (WAM), previously the Wits Art Galleries.

Joburg.org.za 2010

"I note with concern that some universities such as Wits are considering closing down their schools of Social work at a time when there is a great need for such professionals," he said.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

The same situation is true of the South African Student Congress (SASCO) in historically white institutions such as Wits, Rhodes, UCT, etc. In these institutions we can no longer uniformly characterise black students as coming from historically disadvantaged backgrounds without further analysis of class polarities that differentiate them.

Mayibuye - December 1997 1997

'Wits' is worthy to serve as a _pendant_ to that of the 'Queens:' happy would it be for society if the annals of the former could more closely resemble the biography of the latter.

The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 Philip Wharton 1847

Conor thought this a disgraceful surrender of academic freedom to political correctness; I wrote columns defending the decision, and soon collided with Conor again over his decision to go to South Africa and take up a teaching post at "Wits" in Johannesburg.

open Democracy News Analysis - Comments 2009

I wonder what happened at other universities such as Wits and UCT.

Muti 2009

Teddy loosely impersonates Sedley in this performance, all in fun, but the rest of the Wits have turned out in a disapproving force—thank goodness Savile and Buckhurst are in the country, two fewer to worry about.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

He just seems to sweep in, surrounded by a swarm of women and Wits, watch the play, flirt, collect more women and more Wits, and sweep out.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011