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PROFESSOR YEGANDI IMHOTEP PAUL ALAGIDEDE

Wits Business School, Faculty of Commerce Law and Management

Lecture title: "The End of Scarcity: Metanomics and the Birth of µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍø Monetary Sovereignty"

Date: 20 October 2026

This lecture asks a plain question: why should a continent that owns the resources borrow someone else's money to develop them? Metanomics answers that scarcity is inherited accounting, not µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍø condition.

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PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER DESMOND

School of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management

Lecture title: "The value of other people: investments in human development in a time of artificial scarcity"

Date: 13 October 2026

This lecture examined the risks associated with unbalanced specialisation in social policy. It highlights the inefficiencies, missed opportunities and dangers.

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PROFESSOR LATIFAT IBISOM

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences

Lecture title: "Sexual and Reproductive Health across the Life Course: A narrative of needs, realities and opportunities"

Date: 07 October 2026

Sexual and reproductive health is a fundamental human right critical for the overall health and well-being of individuals in relation to all aspects of sexuality, sexual relationships and reproduction.

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PROFESSOR SOORAJ BAIJNATH

School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences

Lecture title: "Bringing meaning to masses: Biomedical mass spectrometry in health and disease research"

Date: 22 September 2026

Professor Sooraj Baijnath explored the growing role of biomedical mass spectrometry in advancing our understanding of health and disease, highlighting current applications at the University of the Witwatersrand.

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PROFESSOR GERALD GAYLARD

School of Language, Literature and Media, Faculty of Humanities

Lecture title: "Finding a Home in Johannesburg: The Case for Literature"

Date: 29 July 2026

Professor Gaylard analysed the significance of Vladislavić’s development of a sense of home via an attention that is attuned to environs, has an “internal GPS”, and delves into history. Can others find belonging in this literature? 

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PROFESSOR BONITA MEYERSFELD

Wits School of Law, Faculty of Commerce Law and Management

Lecture title: “What's in a name? Gender apartheid and the draft treaty on crimes against humanity”

Date: 29 June 2026

Professor Bonita Meyersfeld's inaugural lecture explored one of the most urgent and contested questions in international law today: should gender apartheid be recognised as a crime against humanity?

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