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Player joins professional women’s football league
2024-04-12 By Phenyo Mokgothu and Lerato Tshweu Lebohang Mpakanyane from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) women’s football team has joined Tshwane University of Technology, a team in the Hollywoodbets Super League, which is a professional South African women's…http://news.nwu.ac.za/political-stability-seen-key-boosting-southern-african-trade
Political stability seen as is key to boosting southern African trade
2025-05-28 South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini need to work towards stabilising their political environments and improving governance to create a better climate for business and trade. “Political stability is crucial for trade,” says Dr Mpho Lenoke, recent PhD…http://news.nwu.ac.za/report-court-nwu-juta-mock-trials
Report to “court” for the NWU-Juta Mock Trials
2023-07-18 It is again time for students to don their judicial robes for the popular annual NWU-Juta Mock Trials competition. This year’s competition promises to be especially exciting, with the semi-finals and final taking place on 6 and 7 August respectively in the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-vanderbijlpark-campus-celebrates-water-week
NWU Vanderbijlpark Campus celebrates Water Week
2023-03-24 To mark National Water Week, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Geography subject group hosted a water awareness event at the Vanderbijlpark Campus. Water Week is a national awareness week celebrated in March every year, coinciding with World Water Day on…http://news.nwu.ac.za/eagles-continue-fly-high-varsity-cup
Eagles continue to fly high in Varsity Cup
2023-03-24 They just have a touch of class, don’t they? Slick as marlins in the water at the back, as ferocious as stampeding rhinos in the front. On Monday, 20 January, the North-West University (NWU) Eagles ran in five tries as they beat the Central University of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-honoured-excellence-elementary-school-teaching
Alumnus honoured for excellence in elementary school teaching
2023-07-27 By Nolwazi Xulu Mapule Sechogo, a former North-West University student and first-time entrant in the National Teachers Awards recently defied the odds when she won the Excellence in Primary School Teaching category at the awards ceremony held at the Naledi…http://news.nwu.ac.za/school-accounting-sciences-explores-distributive-tax-justice
School of Accounting Sciences explores distributive tax justice
2023-08-15 A delegation from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Accounting Sciences recently attended the International Tax Conference on Distributive Tax Justice in the Global Economy. The conference, hosted by the University of Pretoria’s Department of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-bismark-looks-sas-nuclear-future
Prof Bismark looks at SA’s nuclear future
2023-08-08 You don’t have to be able to split the atom to know that South Africa – and the world – is facing an energy crisis and that urgent answers are needed to address this pressing problem. That is why the principal and vice-chancellor of the North-West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/former-world-and-national-morganti-ju-jitsu-champion-bags-phd
Former world and national Morganti Ju-Jitsu champion bags a PhD
2024-06-05 Moses Radebe, a two-time world Morganti Ju-Jitsu and a five-time national Ju-Jitsu champion, graduated with a PhD in radiation science at the North-West University (NWU) on 20 May 2024. Moses also holds a BSc in computer science and physics, and a BScHons…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-represents-south-africa-first-kho-kho-world-cup
NWU student represents South Africa in first Kho Kho World Cup
2025-01-28 North-West University (NWU) nursing student Bonolo Precious Mogari and her teammates reached the semi-finals and secured a bronze medal for South Africa in the Kho Kho World Cup 2025 in India. "It was an incredible experience to represent South Africa on…http://news.nwu.ac.za/eagles-flying-varsity-cup-start
Eagles off to a flying Varsity Cup start
2024-02-21 How’s that for laying down a marker? The North-West University (NWU) Eagles, the defending champions, showed no ring rust as they got their Varsity Cup campaign off to the best of starts by beating Maties 23-12 at the hallowed Danie Craven Stadium in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/lecturer-creates-new-poetic-form-inspired-setswana-and-japanese-traditions
Lecturer creates new poetic form inspired by Setswana and Japanese traditions
2025-10-01 When Motlhankane Lesego stood before an audience at Sol Plaatje University’s international conference to present a paper on Mosinete, a new genre of Setswana poetry, he left with more than notes. It sparked an idea that would become Haikaro, a new literary…http://news.nwu.ac.za/colloquium-reimagines-future-humanities-knowledge-and-pedagogy
Colloquium reimagines the future of humanities knowledge and pedagogy
2025-10-03 By Gofaone Motsamai The decolonisation of higher education curricula will not happen overnight. In the words of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Prof Mpho Chaka, it is a “continuous multifaceted journey that involves questioning colonialism’s deep-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-students-step-each-others-shoes-creative-learning-experience
NWU students step into each other’s shoes for creative learning experience
2025-08-22 On 6 August 2025, during a Human Resource Management (HRMA121) class at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University, male and female first-year students exchanged professional roles in a creative learning exercise aimed at building empathy, understanding…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-leaves-it-late-snatch-vital-point-varsity-football-opener
NWU leaves it late to snatch vital point in Varsity Football opener
2025-08-12 The North-West University (NWU) left it until the 89th minute to earn a valuable away draw against the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in the opening round of the 2025 Varsity Football season. Playing under chilly skies in front of a packed UJ Stadium on 7…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/research-methodology
Research Methodology
2024-09-03 Prof Liesl van der Merwe The primary aim of this module is to enable students to conceptualise, plan, write, and then present and defend a research proposal with integrity at a public symposium. Students are encouraged to choose a…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/webinar-power-calculation-and-sample-size-optimization
Webinar: Power Calculation and Sample Size Optimization
2022-07-18 The Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR) is proud to announce a webinar about Power Calculation and Sample Size Optimization, presented by Prof Cristian Ricci, an experienced biomedical statistician. Prof Cristian shares his expertise on…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/webinar-learning-r-scratch
Webinar: Learning R from Scratch
2022-07-18 The Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR) is proud to announce a webinar about Learning R from Scratch, presented by Prof Cristian Ricci, an experienced biomedical statistician. Prof Cristian shares his expertise on the R Software…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/public-lecture-prof-roger-deane-giant-african-eye-and-ear-universe
Public Lecture by Prof Roger Deane: A Giant African Eye and Ear on the Universe
2025-12-07 You are cordially invited to a Public Lecture by Prof Roger Deane. Topic: A Giant African Eye and Ear on the Universe. Abstract: South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope, deep in the Karoo, has become one of the world’s most…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/lecture-commemorating-human-rights-africa