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Business School’s Pitso discussion analyses SONA 2025
2025-02-10 “We won’t be bullied.” These words by President Cyril Ramaphosa during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in response to US president Donald Trump’s verbal attacks on South Africa grabbed headlines, but SONA 2025 had much more to unpack than that. On…http://news.nwu.ac.za/student-selected-ifbb-world-mens-bodybuilding-championships
Student selected for IFBB World Men’s Bodybuilding Championships
2024-09-03 North-West University (NWU) student and bodybuilder Rusmore Verah has been selected to represent South Africa at the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation (IFBB) World Men’s Bodybuilding Championships that will take place from 23 to 27 September…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ladies-football-team-crowned-2023-stream-b-ussa-champions
Ladies football team crowned 2023 stream B USSA champions
2023-12-14 By: Phenyo Mokgothu and Lerato Tshweu The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus ladies football team has been crowned stream B University Sports South Africa (USSA) champions after they defeated Nelson Mandela University by 1-0 in the final of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-donates-thought-provoking-artwork-nwu-library
Alumnus donates thought-provoking artwork to NWU Library
2024-09-05 Retired professor Jan Buscop donated 4 paintings to NWU and these artworks will be hosted in the library. More about retired professor Jan Buscop Prof Buscop was born in the Netherlands and emigrated in 1978 to South Africa. He completed his PhD at…http://news.nwu.ac.za/visit-ashesi-university-delegation-opens-door-collaboration
Visit by Ashesi University delegation opens door to collaboration
2024-02-27 In a bid to explore opportunities for international collaboration, a delegation from Ashesi University in Accra, Ghana, recently visited the North-West University's (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus. The delegation, which included Rose Dodd, executive director…http://education.nwu.ac.za/research-unit-self-directed-learning/2020-conference-announcements
2020 Conference Announcements
2021-04-19 Notice of Postponement of the 4th Annual Self-Directed Learning Conference 2020 to 2021. It is with great regret that we announce that the SDL has taken a difficult decision to postpone this year’s 4th Annual Self-Directed Learning Conference,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/recognising-top-achievers-academic-mentorship-programme
Recognising top achievers in academic mentorship programme
2025-09-09 The Optentia research unit, in collaboration with the People and Culture department at the North-West University (NWU), recently honoured a group of exceptional academic mentors and mentees who completed the university’s flagship development programmes: Being…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-set-varsity-football-challenge-strong-core-squad-and-renewed-focus
NWU set for Varsity Football challenge with a strong core squad and renewed focus
2025-08-05 With the 2025 Varsity Football tournament set to kick off on 7 August, the men’s team from North-West University (NWU) say they are mentally and physically prepared for another competitive campaign. Head coach of the NWU Soccer Institute, Nkululeko Malgas…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-collaboration-brings-stadt-primary-schools-history-print
NWU collaboration brings Stadt Primary School’s history to print
2026-03-06 Stadt Primary School in Montshiwa Stadt Village, Mahikeng has been privileged to capture the school’s history in a booklet written by Mojuta Motlhamme, a lecturer in the subject group History for Education from the North-West University (NWU). “The…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/molecular-virology-laboratory/current-research-focus
Current Research Focus
2020-06-15 APPLICATIONS OF REVERSE GENETICS SYSTEMS TO UNRAVEL SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE REPLICATION CYCLE OF ROTAVIRU The focus is on combining reverse genetics and structural insights to generate rationally designed rotaviruses to study viral entry into…http://library.nwu.ac.za/ils-book-collections
Circulation and Lending Services
2026-04-23 Menu ILS Hub Circulation & Lending Services: Access & User Categories Book Collections Borrow, Renew & Return Courier Service Document Delivery eReserves Fines Holds Interlibrary Loans My Account Self-Check Machine Contact Us, Book Collections at NWU Libraries, [accordion collapsed], Short Loan Section, The Short Loan Section contains materials that can be borrowed for short periods, such as for a day, overnight, or over the weekend. Items borrowed overnight or for the weekend must be returned within one hour after the library opens. Failure to do so will…, Open Collection, The Open Collection holds the majority of the library's materials , including subject-specific books, both old and new. These can be borrowed by any registered NWU user, with borrowing durations varying depending on user type. Libraries at Mahikeng,…, Reference Collection, The Reference Collection consists of materials for quick consultation, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, and indexes. These items cannot be borrowed and must be used within the library. eReference Works are also available online., Journal Collection, The Journal Collection includes periodicals, magazines, and serials that are published regularly. In addition to physical copies, access to a range of online journals is available through the library’s subscribed databases . [/accordion]http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/communication/about-vanderbijlpark
About Vanderbijlpark
2020-03-03 Vanderbijlpark Who are we? On the Vanderbijlpark Campus we strive to produce a dynamic and innovative student that is able to adapt to changes in the dynamic Southern African communication industry. Emphasis is placed on creative and critical…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/philosophy/essay-competition
Essay Competition
2025-05-08 Congratulations to the winners of the School of Philosophy's annual Essay Competition! The winners in the two categories are: Undergraduate First Price - Francinah Mokgotho Essay title: "The role of the individual in an African…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/natural-and-agricultural-sciences/closing-dates-honours-applications
Closing dates for honours applications
2026-05-05 .title-heading { display: none; } Closing dates for honours applications: BSc Hons: Biochemistry - 19 September 2025 Chemistry - 31 October 2025 Physics - 31 October 2025 Computer Science and Information System - 31 August 2026…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/mental-health-unequal-world-integrated-approach-management-lifestyle-interventions
Mental Health in an unequal world: integrated approach in management of lifestyle interventions
2021-10-11 Mental health and substance abuse has become a worrisome phenomenon in South Africa as well in North West Province, as young people are dying morally, socially, psychologically and physically. It is important to look back that when individuals and communities…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/lets-talk-medical-school
Let’s talk Medical School!
2024-07-29 On 22 December 2023, the Minister of Health, the Honourable Dr Joe Phaahla, granted written permission to the North-West University to proceed with the establishment of the NWU Medical School. Since then, we have been diligently progressing with the…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering-research-ethics-committee/application-forms
Application forms
2025-11-07 New ethics applications Please use the following templates and sent completed ethics applications to ENG-REC@NWU.ac.za. The ENG-REC ethics application form will guide researchers on which supporting documents to submit together with an ethics application.…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/curwyn-mapaling
Curwyn Mapaling
2025-09-25 Curwyn Mapaling is an associate professor in psychology, clinical psychologist, and researcher in Optentia’s Strengths-based Studies and Interventions sub-programme. With a PhD in Education, his work bridges mental health, wellbeing, and teaching—particularly within engineering education and higher education more broadly. As co-editor of…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/psigososiale-gesondheid-maatskaplike-werk/rosalind-mokwele
Rosalind Mokwele
2026-05-18 Dr Roslind Mokwele is a senior lecturer at the Social Work Department, North-West University. She holds a BA Social Work degree from the University of Stellenbosch, a Master’s degree in social work Supervision and Management from the University of Pretoria and a Doctorate in Social Work from the North-West University. Her research interest…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/phasrec-human-movement-sciences/alretha-du-plessis