Wits Brian and Dorothy Zylstra Sports Complex
Welcome to the Zylstra Complex
Located on the Wits Education Campus in Parktown, the R300m Wits Brian and Dorothy Zylstra Sports Complex is a flagship institute for training, exercise, teaching, research, and services in sports science and exercise medicine, in the heart of Johannesburg. It houses enhanced and sophisticated sports and exercise grounds, facilities, and equipment, as well as consulting rooms, research laboratories, and operational headquarters.
It opens to athletes, patients, and the public in September 2026.
#MzansiWhatsYourMove
No need to sign up for the gym
Research has shown that even brief (short bouts of less than five minutes), low-intensity movements can yield measurable physical and mental health benefits.
These findings were the springboard for the “Mzansi, what’s your move?” campaign at Wits University. The aim is to encourage staff and students to move more by showing how simple actions add up to physical activity. The campaign is supported by a series of comics and a mural on campus.
Six lessons on how exercise can empower you – and maybe help you find love! – from Professor Georgia 'Speed Goat' Torres, COO of the new Wits Zylstra Sports Complex.
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Witsies, your Journey to Health starts here!
Every journey begins with a single step. Take your first towards improved health and fitness today, with a specially-for-Witsies easy, free referral system.
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Any movement is better than none. Even standing instead of sitting makes a measurable difference to your health.
In the 21st Century, while few of us are Olympic athletes, sport and exercise as medicine – and as a scientific and academic discipline – are now more than ever a critical component of a healthy and thriving lifestyle.
Regular exercise and even relatively low levels of physical activity may lower the risks of both disease progression and death.