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Graduation ceremony signals dawn of new generation of impact makers
2019-04-25 “A graduation ceremony is essentially a symbolic recognition of a new generation of leaders, opinion-makers, experts, artists, scientists and entrepreneurs. In short: a day when the doers of tomorrow step to the fore to be counted as proud stewards of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/sawhar-science-and-technology-insights-tomorrow%25E2%2580%2599s-water-calamities
SAWHAR: science and technology insights for tomorrow’s water calamities
2018-11-20 Cape Town’s drought crisis in 2018, also referred to as Day Zero, serves as a wake-up call to all South Africans to once again become more aware of the importance of water in the 21st century. This awareness also includes academic research into…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-delivers-phd-graduates-every-corner-africa
NWU delivers PhD graduates from every corner of Africa
2019-05-20 Nelson Mandela once said that he dreams of the realisation of a unified Africa, whereby its leaders combine their efforts to solve the problems of the continent. At the North-West University’s (NWU’s) recent PhD graduation on its campus in Vanderbijlpark…https://news.nwu.ac.za/research-must-have-impact-communities
Research must have an impact in communities
2018-11-23 It is important for the North-West University (NWU) to focus on critical community challenges in research – this makes research more relevant and useful to the community. The emphasis has shifted increasingly from research of academic interest to research…https://news.nwu.ac.za/registration-and-orientation-programme-north-west-university
Registration and Orientation programme at the North-West University
2019-01-17 Like in the past, the North-West University (NWU) will again in 2019 be bursting at the seam with first-year students. Just over 52 000 applications were received for the 2019 academic year, of which just more than 16 600 prospective students were…https://news.nwu.ac.za/female-entrepreneurship-quitting-not-option
Female entrepreneurship: quitting is not an option /
2018-10-17 At first glance, Olivia Vaughan has it made. She is a successful entrepreneur, an academic scholar and an executive management member of the Golden Triangle Chamber of Commerce. The latter has been awarded the Best Business Chamber in South Africa for three…https://news.nwu.ac.za/app-assist-emfuleni-ratepayers-address-service-delivery
App to assist Emfuleni ratepayers to address service delivery
2019-02-18 The Emfuleni Ratepayers’ Association (ERPA), constituted in 2010, classifies the Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM) as a distressed and dysfunctional municipality. This classification gained national concurrence when the dismal state of the Vaal River eco-…https://news.nwu.ac.za/employers-shopping-centres-have-greater-responsibility-towards-car-guards
Employers, shopping centres have a greater responsibility towards car guards
2019-02-25 A master’s-degree student in occupational hygiene at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom recently conducted a unique study in which disturbing results were obtained regarding car guards’ exposure to the ultraviolet (UV) rays from…https://news.nwu.ac.za/middle-english-fires-imagination-top-rated-researcher
Middle English fires the imagination of top-rated researcher
2021-08-17 With a B2 rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF), Prof David Scott-Macnab is the highest rated researcher currently employed in the Faculty of Humanities at the North-West University (NWU). To receive a B2 rating, an academic needs to have…https://news.nwu.ac.za/leopards-lair-2019-melanie-wins-big-fighting-period-poverty-0
Leopards Lair 2019: Melanie wins big by fighting period poverty
2019-11-11 Melanie Pieterse is a young entrepreneur on a mission. As the winner of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Leopards Lair competition, this final-year student in industrial engineering not only impress as a start-up fempreneur, she is also actively…https://news.nwu.ac.za/fempreneurs-shine-during-ewp-gala-event
Fempreneurs shine during EWP gala event
2019-11-13 It was a night of celebration and accomplishment when the North-West University (NWU) paid homage to the 2019 graduating class of the Enterprising Women Programme (EWP). This flagship entrepreneurial accelerator programme was introduced seven years ago…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-brings-hope-community-cattle-farmers
NWU student brings hope to community cattle farmers
2020-01-30 A North-West University (NWU) PhD student has spent the last six years studying how the occurrence of reproductive conditions in cows can be prevented, thereby improving the fortunes of communal cattle farmers. Keitiretse Molefe will graduate at the campus…https://news.nwu.ac.za/2020-sona-promises-hope
2020 SONA: From promises to hope
2020-02-14 Prof Danie Meyer, director of the TRADE research focus area at the North-West University (NWU), and Roan Neethling, a doctoral student, discuss the main themes from president Cyril Ramaphosa’s fourth state of the nation address (SONA) that was delivered on…https://news.nwu.ac.za/dean-makes-history
Dean makes history
2019-06-14 It was an enormous honour for the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) to inaugurate its executive dean as the first female professor of this faculty. Prof Liezl van Dyk, an industrial engineer, recently delivered her inaugural…https://news.nwu.ac.za/his-passion-rewarded-professorship
His passion is rewarded with a professorship
2019-06-26 It is no secret that the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University (NWU) is one of the faculties that is held in the highest repute in the country. This faculty lately inaugurated another expert from their stable as professor to expand their…https://news.nwu.ac.za/ikateleng-helping-students-get-distinctions
Ikateleng helping students get distinctions
2021-09-16 Sabata Abram Mafobokoane, who was part of the Ikateleng initiative in 2020, made headlines after attaining eight distinctions for his National Senior Certificate. Ikateleng has been in existence for approximately 33 years and provides supplementary teaching…https://news.nwu.ac.za/reflections-2021-local-government-elections
Reflections on the 2021 local government elections
2021-11-15 The 2021 local government elections are a story of a democracy in crisis, says Naledi Modise, lecturer at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Government Studies. The elections that took place on 1 November were characterised by low voter turnout…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-graduate-makes-waves-globally
NWU graduate makes waves globally
2021-10-20 Shaun Frazao, a North-West University (NWU) graduate and chief strategy officer of Wavemaker South Africa is heading to London as strategy partner at Wavemaker Worldwide. Wavemaker is one of the five largest media agency networks in the world, with clients…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus-unsung-hero
NWU alumnus is an Unsung Hero
2022-07-07 North-West University (NWU) alumnus Keatlegile Mabena has recently been selected as one of the Sunday World Unsung Heroes for 2022. He received an award under the category Youth in Education and Academia. The Unsung Heroes Awards were launched in 2021, as a…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-vanderbijlpark-campus-unveils-pride-wall