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Student-led project makes isiXhosa vocabulary easily accessible
2024-07-26 Learning a new language can be fun but also challenging as you try to navigate your way through a wondrous world of novel sounds and words. Life has just become a little easier for isiXhosa learners with isiXhosa.click, a new online dictionary for isiXhosa…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africas-foot-and-mouth-crisis-failure-cooperation
South Africa’s foot-and-mouth crisis is a failure of cooperation
2026-05-04 South Africa’s struggle to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is exposing a deeper problem than the outbreak itself. The country’s response remains firmly state-led, yet the state’s capacity to execute that response is increasingly in doubt…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/telit-sa/executive-committee
Executive Committee
2024-05-16 Executive Committee, EXCO MEMBERS, Prof Liandi van den Berg Prof Martin Chanza Mr Koos De Villiers Dr Gordon Matthew Dr Deborah Mokgojwa Prof Clarise Mostert Dr Kelebogile Paadi Dr Veruschka Pelser-Carstens, EXTRA-ORDINARY PROFESSORS, Prof Terrence Kommal × Prof Terrence Kommal Prof Terrence Kommal Member: Extraordinary professor of practice About: Dr Terrence Kommal is a medical doctor with a range of interests. He strikes a keen balance between the medical world and the business world…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/test-juicebox
test juicebox
2020-08-19 Oorsig Die programme en aktiwiteite van die Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe aan die Noordwes-Universiteit is gerig op die strewe na kennis en innovasie in die gesondheidswetenskappe ter bevordering en verbetering van die gesondheid van die…http://www.nwu.ac.za/content/banking-donors-nwu
Banking, Donors, NWU
2011-08-12 Internet Banking If you wish to add NWU to your list of Internet banking beneficiaries and make transfer payments whenever you choose, you can do so, even by depositing your gift directly into our cheque account at any branch of: ABSA Bank…http://news.nwu.ac.za/donors-event-highlights-plight-postgraduate-students-and-missing-middle
Donors’ event highlights the plight of postgraduate students and the “missing middle”
2023-10-24 The North-West University (NWU) hosted a donors' event in Sandton, Johannesburg on 5 October 2023 to reach out to its various donors, bringing them up to date with what is happening at the university and to discuss the dilemma of the “missing middle”. A…http://news.nwu.ac.za/industry-summit-shapes-next-generation-communicators
Industry summit shapes the next generation of communicators
2024-10-08 The School of Communication at the North-West University (NWU) hosted an in-person and hybrid Communication Industry Summit on Wednesday, 2 October for students enrolled on all three campuses. During the summit, industry and academia came together to…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/physics
Physics
2025-10-15 Physics attempts to summarise phenomena in nature according to scientific laws. Such laws are formulated to provide us with knowledge of the physical world. Physics, together with the subjects Chemistry and various divisions of Mathematics, form the basis…http://news.nwu.ac.za/world-food-day-2019-waste-not-waste-until-it-wasted
World Food Day 2019: Waste is not waste until it is wasted!
2019-10-22 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Education in Vanderbijlpark recently joined the global community in celebrating World Food Day. On 16 October, the faculty hosted a special lecture on food security and the eradication of worldwide hunger.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-first-year-students-attend-colourful-language-awareness-workshops
NWU first-year students attend colourful Language Awareness workshops
2020-02-25 Language, just like art, can be colourful, inspiring and dynamic. First-year students of the North-West University (NWU) became “language artists” when they used colour to illustrate how they experience the many facets of all the languages in their lives…http://news.nwu.ac.za/yster-rassie-erasmus-receives-honorary-doctorate
“Yster” Rassie Erasmus receives honorary doctorate
2024-06-05 On Thursday 2 May, the North-West University (NWU) bestowed an honorary doctorate on Springbok coach and SA Rugby’s former director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus. Rassie received his honorary doctorate on the NWU’s Potchefstroom Campus, and was joined by…http://education.nwu.ac.za/research-unit-self-directed-learning/award-easa-postgraduate-medal-masters-degree
Award: EASA Postgraduate Medal (Master’s Degree)
2021-03-04 This year, the Master’s award is shared by Ms Erika Potgieter and Mr T.K. Sebotsa. Ms Potgieter completed her MEd degree at NWU, and delivered an excellent dissertation. The title of her study is Pedagogies of play to develop…http://news.nwu.ac.za/solemn-commitment-ethics-competence-and-care
A solemn commitment to ethics, competence, and care
2025-11-12 The atmosphere was charged with purpose and pride at the solemn declaration of second-year social work students on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus. Held at the Tsebonokeng Hall in October, the solemn declaration holds…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/honours-communication
Honours Communication
2022-07-26 [accordion collapsed] Application process for Honours programmes We offer three Honours programmes: Advanced Corporate Communication, Development Communication and Journalism and Media Studies. All students have to apply online. The closing…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group/latest-news
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Student passed away after injury during rugby match
2025-05-12 The North-West University (NWU) would like to express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Vilano Saunders who passed away during the early hours of Monday, 5 May. He was injured during a rugby match on 3 May on the Vanderbijlpark Campus. It…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/PGOpenday
Economic and Management Sciences: Online Postgraduate Open Day
2021-08-24 Postgrad open day, , Do you want to broaden your career opportunities? Or enhance your employability, intellectual interest, or negotiate that long-awaited salary increase? Maybe your aim is to broaden your skill set, further your knowledge, or even change careers, at the Faculty…http://news.nwu.ac.za/screening-birth-can-spare-babies-and-parents-much-pain
Screening at birth can spare babies and parents much pain
2018-02-23 Newborn screening (NBS) is internationally recognised as essential in preventive healthcare practices. It involves the testing of newborn babies for treatable genetic conditions or inborn errors of metabolism that may not be apparent at birth. All newborn…http://news.nwu.ac.za/war-ukraine-costly-inflection-point
The war in Ukraine: a costly inflection point
2022-04-06 Bertie Jacobs The war in the Ukraine continues to rage on. Thousands are dead, millions have been displaced and the world awaits an uncertain outcome. The conflict has had many consequences on many different fronts, and the continent it is based on has not…http://news.nwu.ac.za/fourth-year-social-work-conference-highlights-student-achievements