WATCH | South Africa's Youth to Benefit from Wits AngloGold Ashanti Legacy Scholarship Endowment

AngloGold Ashanti plc and the University of Witwatersrand (Wits University) today announced a bespoke scholarship project that will benefit about 200 eligible students over the next five to seven years, the first 68 of whom have been selected to begin their studies in 2024.

The R87,5 million Wits AngloGold Ashanti Legacy Scholarship Endowment will offer comprehensive funding and support over the duration of their studies to eligible students from disadvantaged and rural families with links to the mining industry and AngloGold Ashanti’s former gold mines in South Africa.

Students can select to complete their undergraduate or postgraduate studies in high-impact areas where critical skills are required, including health and advanced medicine, engineering, education, technology, science, law and the social sciences at Wits University.