After more than 60 years of being the largest in sub-Saharan Africa, the Planetarium at Wits University is rebranding and extending its facilities. It is relaunching as the Wits Anglo American Digital ...

‘For the past 64 years, the planetarium has entertained, inspired and educated millions of visitors from Gauteng and beyond,” said Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Wits ...

The WITS Planetarium will be undergoing something of an upgrade soon, but before that, it’s giving South Africans one final chance to experience the views of space as others have for over 60 years.

Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest planetarium has relaunched as the new state-of-the-art Wits Anglo-American Digital Dome after it underwent an R90 million refurbishment project. The planetarium is now a ...

Wits University and mining firm Anglo American have invested R75 million in funding the refurbishment, expansion and digitalisation of the 62-year-old Johannesburg Planetarium. It will be transformed ...

Learners, students, researchers, and Joburgers will soon have access to a cutting-edge 360-degree visual experience in the new Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, where they will learn through immersion ...

The lecture is titled, Measuring Life: What we know about other planets and how we know it, and will revolve around a journey through the solar system and beyond. Penn is an award-winning artist with ...

When one thinks of a planetarium in South Africa, the old Johannesburg Planetarium at Wits will likely come to mind. For decades, it has been the place where school trips, families, and starry-eyed ...

JOHANNESBURG - A world of endless possibilities was uncovered on Wednesday at the launch of the largest digital dome in Africa at the University of Witwatersrand. Sixty-four years ago, the university ...

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Anglo American and the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) have launched a partnership to refurbish, expand, and digitalise the 62-year-old Johannesburg Planetarium into a modern, multidisciplinary ...