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NWU brings education to your doorstep
2018-11-01 The North-West University (NWU) believes distance should never be an obstacle to education. This is why in an attempt to bring education right to your doorstep, the Unit for Open Distance Learning of the NWU has recently established two offices in Namibia…http://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…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-uesm-researchers-blazing-trail-excellence
NWU UESM: Researchers blazing a trail of excellence
2018-06-05 In line with the vision of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management (UESM) in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, experts are conducting research that is not only fundamental and applied, but also…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-equity-open-knowledge
NWU celebrates equity in open knowledge
2024-09-05 In recognition of Open Access Week, the Library and Information Systems Directorate at the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted several discussion sessions on the theme: “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”. Open Access Week was celebrated…http://news.nwu.ac.za/dothraki-and-other-sub-cultural-languages-%25E2%2580%2593-focus-unique-phd-study
Dothraki and other sub-cultural languages – the focus of a unique PhD study
2017-06-23 “Me zisosh disse”. It is just a flesh wound. This would certainly be good news if you were wounded and one of the native speakers of the language used in this sentence. It is Dothraki and it is the fantasy language that was created for the television series…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-and-poet-shines-setswana
NWU student and poet shines in Setswana
2021-07-13 Lesego Motlhankane, a third-year BEd student on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus, recently published an anthology of Setswana poetry titled Pitsana ya Poko. The book of poetry, a collaboration between Lesego and renowned author…http://news.nwu.ac.za/empowering-youth-one-step-time
Empowering the youth, one step at a time
2022-06-22 According to Stats SA’s 2022 report, young people in South Africa continue to struggle to enter the labour market with an unemployment rate higher than the national average. According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the first quarter of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/academy-science-south-africa-honours-professor-radio-chemistry-top-scholar
Academy of Science of South Africa honours professor of Radio Chemistry as a top scholar
2024-11-26 Nuclear technology is a powerful instrument, and research has shown that it can have a significant impact on disease prevention and treatment. An extraordinary professor at the North-West University (NWU) and specialist in nuclear technology – in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-strengthens-global-ties-and-gathers-insight-ahead-new-medical-school-launch
NWU strengthens global ties and gathers insight ahead of new medical school launch
2025-06-12 On 10 June 2025, Prof Bismark Tyobeka, principal and vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), arrived in Curitiba, Brazil, alongside a delegation of senior academic staff to formalise a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the NWU and the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-work-students-take-ubudlelane-community
Social work students take ubudlelane into the community
2026-01-27 For social work students at North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus ubuntu is no longer a concept only discussed in lectures. It is becoming a structured community programme with students preparing to lead projects that strengthen support networks in…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/sesotho
Sesotho
2020-06-18 Available on the Vanderbijlpark Campus Sesotho, or Southern Sotho, is a Bantu language that originated in the Bantu-Nguni era, with dialects originating from Sotho, Pedi and Tswana, but these are all considered to be separate languages…http://news.nwu.ac.za/developments-mahikeng-campus-north-west-university
Developments at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University
2021-03-20 Management has with sadness and frustration taken note of the way some of our Mahikeng Campus students conduct themselves, especially when there are calls for support and solidarity on matters at national level. We have emphasised countless times…http://news.nwu.ac.za/bodybuilders-fly-nwu-flag-high-national-championships
Bodybuilders fly the NWU flag high at national championships
2021-10-13 Seven bodybuilding athletes from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus participated in the Bodybuilding South African National Championships that took place on 2 and 3 October 2021. They showed their mettle, and three of them finished in the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/oorbrug-die-digitale-gaping-een-township-op-%25E2%2580%2599n-keer
Oorbrug die digitale gaping een township op ’n keer
2018-02-01 As die jongste HUB nóg van Projek Isizwe[HC1] , die innoverende niewinsgewende organisasie (NWO) agter Afrika se suksesvolste gratis Wi-Fi-netwerk, rig Dudu Mkhwanazi (26) haar visier daarop om die digitale gaping in Suid-Afrika te oorbrug. Meer nog, sy…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-se-voornemende-geoktrooieerde-rekenmeesters-skitter
NWU se voornemende geoktrooieerde rekenmeesters skitter
2021-07-16 Ten spyte van die talle uitdagings wat studente tydens die Covid-19-pandemie moes te bowe kom, het die voornemende geoktrooieerde rekenmeesters by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) besonder goed in hulle ITB (Aanvanklike Toets van Bevoegdheid) gevaar. Die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/mahikengkampus-vier-wereld-intellektuele-eiendom-dag-maak-wiskunde-pret-en-beveg-honger
Mahikengkampus vier Wêreld Intellektuele Eiendom Dag: maak wiskunde pret en beveg honger
2024-05-09 Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het op 25 en 26 April Wêreld Intellektuele Eiendom Dag 2024 met lewendige geleenthede regoor ons Mahikeng- en Potchefstroomkampusse gevier. Hierdie jaar se tema het daarop gefokus om intellektuele eiendom te gebruik om die…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/af/philosophy/bphil-filosofie-politiek-en-ekonomie
BPhil in Filosofie, Politiek en Ekonomie
2026-03-19 Die doel van die BPhil in Filosofie, Politiek en Ekonomie is om menslike probleme te ondersoek wat met eksistensie, kennis, mag, waardes en ekonomie verband hou. Hierdie drie aspekte van ons lewens – filosofie, politiek en ekonomie – hou…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-vaal-senior-basketball-tournament-display-sporting-talent
NWU Vaal Senior Basketball Tournament a display of sporting talent
2017-04-05 Reach for the sky or don’t even try. This well-known basketball saying rang true during the recent high-profile NWU Vaal Senior Basketball Tournament which took place at the Harry Gwala Sport Centre in Sasolburg. This year marks the third rendition of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-lecturer-and-team-shine-argentina
NWU lecturer and team shine in Argentina
2018-08-14 Ms Chiedza Tsvakirai, a lecturer in the subject group Agricultural Economics and Extension of the North-West University (NWU), recently represented South Africa in a Young Professionals and Students Case Study Competition in Argentina. The competition…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-innovation-hub-cultivate-future-entrepreneurs