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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://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://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://commerce.nwu.ac.za/bhive/SDP
Skills Development Programmes
2024-11-07 Skills development, , Short Learning Programme (SLP) for Business Start-ups | Micro-credentials | Enterprising Women Programme The North-West University (NWU) has been pioneering entrepreneurship education and support through its Short Learning Programme (SLP) for Business Start-…, ,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://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://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://news.nwu.ac.za/why-add-subjects-already-congested-school-curriculum-when-redesign-entire-curriculum-needed
Why add subjects to an already congested school curriculum, when a redesign of the entire curriculum is needed?
2022-05-03 The word “digital” has a strong presence in virtually every sector these days, along with outcries for re-skilling and up-skilling of the workforce with digital literacy and skills for them to remain relevant for the future world of work. The Covid-19…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-unpacks-inclusion-gender-and-violence-memory-sam-mbatha
NWU unpacks inclusion, gender and violence in memory of Sam Mbatha
2022-03-24 Phenyo Mokgothu The North-West University (NWU) hosted an online seminar on human rights, mental health, hate speech, and gender-based violence on 22 March 2022 in honour and in memory of the late Sam Mbatha. Sam, an NWU digital marketer and member of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researchers-discover-two-new-species-bushveld-arum-lilies
Researchers discover two new species of bushveld arum lilies
2024-03-01 If you think you have seen arum lilies in all their beautiful shapes, sizes and colours, you are in for a surprise: two new species were recently discovered in the Sekhukhuneland bushveld where these plants grow naturally and spectacularly. Researchers…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu_whatsapp_rules
Rules and Guidelines for using WhatsApp and similar platforms for official NWU business
2021-08-26 Rules for using WhatsApp groups for official NWU business (Approved by the University Management Committee on 21 July 2021) Introduction Due to various circumstances at the NWU, it is imperative for the NWU to establish a set of rules for the use of…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/healthethics/researchintegrity
Research Integrity
2019-06-03 The pressure to deliver research outputs can create feelings of despair and lead to non-compliance, vilation of good research practice and research misconduct and therefor it is of the utmost importance that we debate issues such as…http://www.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumni/alumni-awards-recipient-prof-johan-van-der-vyver
Alumni Awards Recipient: Prof Johan van der Vyver
2021-12-07 Prof Johan van der Vyver: an academic ahead of his time Four decades ago, he introduced the first human rights course taught at a South African university and provoked the ire of the government for criticising the country’s…http://www.nwu.ac.za/gender-and-language-awareness-weeks-speaker-biographies