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A roaring NWU Leopards Lair competition
2017-09-12 Entrepreneurship continues to be a critical performance area within the South African society and economy. The North-West University (NWU) launched a NWU Leopards Lair competition forming part of the NWU SETHI Explosions event. The competition is…Community to benefit from RAG initiative
2017-10-09 If you thought varsity was just about studies and socialising, think again! The student community of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark is on a mission to collect 10 000 tins of canned food before 14 October 2017 to donate to…NWU improves food security with vegetable gardening
2018-02-14 The subject group Crop Sciences in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng recently initiated a vegetable cultivation project to improve food security for on-campus students and surrounding…https://www.nwu.ac.za/date/public-lecture-get-publication-accepted
Public Lecture: Get that Publication Accepted!!
2022-08-19 NWU Research Support is proud to announce a Public Lecture titled "Get that Publication Accepted!!", facilitated by Chief Editor Nature Metabolism, Dr Christoph Schmitt. Abstract The chief editor of Nature Metabolism will give background to the…https://www.nwu.ac.za/date/workshop-holistic-life-crafting-model-practitioners-guide-meaning-making-every-domain
Workshop - The Holistic Life Crafting Model: A Practitioner’s Guide To Meaning-making In Every Domain
2024-10-01 You are cordially invited to attend a workshop on "The Holistic Life Crafting Model: A Practitioner’s Guide To Meaning-making In Every Domain". This workshop is designed to help you and those you serve to craft lives filled with meaning, purpose, and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/driving-gerhard-horn
Driving Gerhard Horn
2020-05-12 The Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas is a 5,513 km test of driving expertise. Most turns bank to the left, exerting excessive amounts of G-force on the driver. “Don’t brake too late,” the motoring journalist mutters to himself as he reaches the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-kgotso-not-giving
NWU’s Kgotso is not giving up
2021-03-05 At the age of 22, Kgotso Moroenyane has taken the lemons life has handed him and turned them into lemonade. The BEd student majoring in mathematics and physical science has not let the two chronic illnesses he lives with stop him from working towards his…https://news.nwu.ac.za/life-goes-death-happens-loss-and-grief-time-covid-19
Life goes on, death happens: loss and grief in a time of Covid-19
2020-04-20 Across the world the Covid-19 pandemic has changed our assumptive worlds drastically, yet life continues to happen. Babies are born, people develop health conditions that are not related to Covid-19, others reach milestone birthdays, while others die. Dr…https://news.nwu.ac.za/stylish-student-going-places
Stylish student is going places
2021-09-29 North-West University (NWU) final-year B.Admin student Mbulelo Mbiphi has made it to the top 10 on the South African men’s fashion magazine GQ’s Best Dressed List for 2021. GQ’s Best Dressed List is an annual competition where fashionistas and the country’s…https://news.nwu.ac.za/solar-telescope-expands-research-horizons-solar-physics
Solar telescope expands research horizons into solar physics
2023-07-31 Located on the roof of building G5 at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus, the solar telescope of the Centre for Space Research has garnered attention from organisations such as the BBC and the Royal Astronomical Society. Dr Ruhann Steyn…https://news.nwu.ac.za/young-researcher-receives-nrf-award-excellence
Young researcher receives NRF award for excellence
2024-08-26 Research with impact ─ this is what the North-West University (NWU) is renowned for. The university’s researchers continue to shine nationally and internationally. This was again evident at the recent 2024 National Research Foundation (NRF) awards, where a…Teachers without borders: reaching out to educators
2017-08-29 The 21st century is a challenging time and it is important that both teachers and school learners become self-directed learners. The North-West University's (NWU's) research focus area for Self-directed Learning (SDL), under the directorship of Prof Elsa…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/hart/symposium
Symposium
2022-08-30 HART Symposium A decade of hypertension research: Reflecting on the past to strengthen the future 19 - 20 September 2022 Prof Neil Poulter London, UK Biosketch × Prof. Neil Poulter Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine…https://www.nwu.ac.za/global-engagement-office/steps-accepted-prospective-international-students
Steps for accepted prospective international students
2025-04-30 Prospective accepted incoming international student residence category identification. 8 Steps to registration for international students [accordion] Step 1- Invitation Letter to apply for a study visa to enter the Republic of South Africa Global…https://www.nwu.ac.za/mynwu/nwu-women-leadership-our-ambassadors
NWU Women in Leadership: Our ambassadors
2024-09-18 Rorisang Machailo (read more) × Rorisang Machailo I am a mother of three, a wife, a psychiatric nurse and a deputy director of the school of nursing in MC. I started in NWU as a simulation laboratory manager in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-hosts-public-lecture-challenges-energy-water-and-food-security
NWU hosts public lecture on challenges of energy, water and food security
2018-08-01 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng hosted a public lecture on 30 July 2018 as part of the National Science Week Lecture series. The lecture titled ‘Using Nanotechnology to address growing challenges of Energy, Water and Food Security…https://news.nwu.ac.za/another-nwu-alumnus-takes-helm
Another NWU alumnus takes the helm
2018-08-14 The North-West University (NWU) boasts yet another vice-chancellor (VC) of a South African university among its alumni. Dr Chris Nhlapo recently took office as VC of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in Cape Town. Dr Nhlapo now joins the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/inaugural-lecture-focuses-finding-solutions-obesity-diabetes-and-metabolic-syndrome
Inaugural lecture focuses on finding solutions for obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome
2018-08-20 North-West University (NWU) academic Prof Emmanuel Mukwevho spoke candidly about his research overview that focuses of finding therapeutic agents for obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome during his inaugural lecture held at the campus in Mahikeng on 15…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-soccer-institute-alumni-gather-honour-beautiful-game
NWU Soccer Institute alumni gather to honour the beautiful game
2018-06-14 Some of the top names in South African football attended the annual alumni gathering of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Soccer Institute in Mahikeng. Held at the institute in June 2018, the get-together saw former institute players, including five…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-winter-school-boost-grade-12-results