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NWU Human Capital Summit to focus on 4th Industrial Revolution
2019-06-03 On 11 and 12 July 2019, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management will be hosting its annual Human Capital Summit. This year will see the third rendition of the summit taking place at the NWU’s…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-open-days-chance-map-your-future
NWU Open Days: a chance to map your future
2019-06-03 More than 10 000 prospective students and their parents attended the 2019 rendition of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) open days across its three campuses. This year the event took place on 11, 18 and 24 May in Potchefstroom, Vanderbijlpark and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/sars-lifts-tax-threshold-taxpayers-must-be-cautious
SARS lifts tax threshold: Taxpayers must be cautious
2019-06-04 On Tuesday, 4 June 2019, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced that it has increased the tax return threshold from R350 000 to R500 000. Individuals earning less than R500 000 will not need to submit personal income tax returns (ITR12). “It is…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-soccer-institute-players-fly-flag-high-italy
NWU Soccer Institute players to fly flag high in Italy
2019-06-06 Two players from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Soccer Institute will fly the university and South African flag at the World Student Games in Naples, Italy from 3 July to 14 July 2019. Gift Mogorosi and Lindani Nkabinde were selected along with 20…https://news.nwu.ac.za/thousands-attend-nwu-career-fairs
Thousands attend NWU career fairs
2019-06-06 With about 6,2 million unemployed people between the ages of 15 and 64 years in South Africa, the North-West University (NWU) is determined to do its bit to decrease these alarming statistics. During the month of May the NWU Career Centre hosted five…https://news.nwu.ac.za/autism-symposium-spotlights-experiences-people-autism
Autism Symposium spotlights experiences of people with autism
2019-06-06 The Institute of Psychology and Wellbeing at the North-West University (NWU) and Autism South Africa (A;SA) will soon host their fourth Autism Symposium. The symposium, which has grown into a national event, is not only for academics and professionals who…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-it-humble-beginnings-huge-accomplishments
NWU IT: From humble beginnings to huge accomplishments
2019-06-07 As Dr Cobus van der Walt slowly rises, the muttering in Room 305 is replaced by a quiet reverence. The former director of Information Technology at the North West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom commands the type of admiration reserved for…https://news.nwu.ac.za/universities-urged-aid-un-goals
Universities urged to aid UN goals
2019-06-07 “Universities are becoming too vocational. There is too big a focus on jobs for today and not on jobs for tomorrow.” This according to Dr Geoff Scott, emeritus professor for higher education and sustainability at Western Sydney University in Australia…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-combines-expertise-take-sports-development-new-heights
NWU combines expertise to take sports development to new heights
2019-06-10 It is a well-known fact that the North-West University (NWU) has delivered world-class international athletes such as Caster Semenya, Willem Coertzen, Elroy Gelant, Sunette Viljoen, Khotso Mokoena, Lood de Jager and Akker van der Merwe, to name but a few…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-engineering-leaves-sweet-bitter-and-creamy-taste
NWU Engineering leaves a sweet, bitter and creamy taste
2019-06-10 Final-year students from the School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) recently had the opportunity to show that their course entails much more than poring over their books. These aspiring engineers competed against…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/openbare-lesing-rig-%25C5%2589-versoek-vir-afrikanisering-eerder-dekolonisasie
Openbare lesing rig ʼn versoek vir Afrikanisering eerder as dekolonisasie
2019-06-10 “Universiteite is omskep in “kinders van die dekolonisasiestryd”. So het prof Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni geargumenteer tydens ‘n onlangse openbare lesing op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark. Hierdie lesing was deel van ʼn reeks…https://news.nwu.ac.za/public-lecture-calls-africanisation-instead-decolonisation
Public lecture calls for Africanisation instead of decolonisation
2019-06-10 “Universities have become ‘sons of decolonisation struggles’.” This is how Prof Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni argued during a recent public lecture hosted on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark. This lecture formed part of a series of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-ups-fight-against-six-rare-diseases
NWU ups the fight against six rare diseases
2019-06-12 Diagnosing a rare disease soon after birth can, for some, mean the difference between life and death in the long run. The Centre for Human Metabolomics (CHM) on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom, together with a leading American…https://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-believes-being-ambassador-nwu-brand
Alumnus believes in being an ambassador for the NWU brand
2019-06-12 North-West University (NWU) alumnus and former Student Representative Council president Mr Mpho Mfolwe is living the NWU brand through his key diplomatic role in his country, Botswana. Mpho sees his career – wherever he is deployed – as an opportunity to…https://news.nwu.ac.za/top-performing-mbas-awarded
Top performing MBAs awarded
2019-06-12 No fewer than 55 graduates recently obtained their MBA degrees from the North-West University's (NWU’s) Business School. During a lavish occasion held in Potchefstroom, these students who took the bull by the horns were honored for their hard work and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/%25E2%2580%259Ctake-back-bult%25E2%2580%259D-progressing-well
“Take back the Bult” is progressing well
2019-06-13 Gone are the days when the Bult CBD was used as a hunting ground by criminals who prey on unsuspecting victims. Phase 1 of the “Take Back the Bult” project of the Cachet Park CID NPC – a joint venture between the North-West University (NWU) and the JB…https://news.nwu.ac.za/specialist-advises-social-media-usage
Specialist advises on social media usage
2019-06-13 Social media has entered our public sphere like a hurricane, changing the way we communicate. These are the words of social media specialist and PhD candidate at the North-West University (NWU), Moremogolo Moremogolo. She is educating organisations,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-partake-african-bodybuilding-championship
NWU student to partake in African bodybuilding championship
2019-06-14 North-West University (NWU) student David Tshoose continues to make waves in the bodybuilding and fitness community. His performance during the recent Arnold Classic Africa 2019 has earned him the opportunity to compete in the International Federation of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/amberley-angel-disguise-0
Amberley, an angel in disguise
2019-06-14 A guardian angel is defined as an angel believed to protect a particular person, for instance from danger or error, and that is exactly what two-year-old Labrador Amberley is to her owner, Lindi Opperman. Lindi, a final-year LLB student at the North West…https://news.nwu.ac.za/are-we-heading-another-recession-nwu-expert-predicts-economic-growth-second-quarter