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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.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/sounding-out-stars
Sounding out the stars
2021-10-28 Space is not as silent as it may seem, and asteroseismologists know this. Asteroseismology is a booming field full of opportunity for students and young researchers and has an impact on many other fields of astronomical research. But what is asteroseismology…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-competition-inspires-youth-find-innovative-solutions
NWU competition inspires youth to find innovative solutions
2022-03-04 The North-West University’s annual Modiragatsi innovation competition that gives high-school learners between the ages of 15 and 18 the opportunity to become the next generation of problem solvers is back and it is even bigger and better this year. The…https://news.nwu.ac.za/no-limitations-quadriplegic-brandon
No limitations for quadriplegic Brandon
2022-04-06 Bertie Jacobs There are 23 metres between the bridge and the water of the Vaal River just outside Bothaville. The fall lasted just more than two seconds. Those two seconds on 8 August 2020 changed Brandon Moolman’s life irrevocably. Before he – and his…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-business-school-hosts-pitso-ramaphosas-state-nation-address
NWU Business School hosts PITSO on Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address
2023-02-15 The North-West University (NWU) Business School hosted its third PITSO discussion for 2023 during which experts deliberated on the President’s State of the Nation Address on 9 February 2023. With 184 attendees, topics discussed included the current energy…https://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/laws
By-laws
2022-12-08 By-laws What is it? By-laws are the products of the legislative (law-making) authority of a municipality and may be described as local command-and-control regulatory instruments. A municipality may pass 'local legislation' (by-laws) for the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-laying-down-environmental-law
NWU is laying down the environmental law
2023-08-14 When Prof Louis Kotzé, research professor at the Faculty of Law of the North-West University (NWU) utters the words “planetary crisis”, it takes a moment to comprehend the magnitude of what he is talking about. In an unimaginable vastness – the extent of…https://news.nwu.ac.za/stopping-sneeze-researchers-do-free-skin-prick-tests-two-campuses
Stopping the sneeze: researchers do free skin prick tests at two campuses
2024-09-04 It is springtime, and with all the pleasantness associated with the warmer weather and sunnier days comes a major challenge for many: allergies from the masses of pollen that flowers, trees and grass release and that are spread by the wind over long distances…https://news.nwu.ac.za/celebrating-arbor-week-tree-planting-ceremonies
Celebrating Arbor Week with tree planting ceremonies
2024-09-16 By Loveness Hulwane In celebration of Arbor Week, held annually from 1 to 7 September, the North-West University (NWU) community planted 20 trees on each of the NWU campuses. These tree planting ceremonies were also part of the university's 20-year…Sport Facilities
2017-11-14 Potchefstroom campus facilities Fanie du Toit Sport grounds The University has one of the most beautiful and well-equipped sports grounds imaginable. The Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds cover approximately 20 hectares on the banks of the Mooi…https://news.nwu.ac.za/researchers-discover-natural-feed-supplement-boosts-lamb-growth-and-meat-quality
Researchers discover natural feed supplement that boosts lamb growth and meat quality
2025-04-22 By Gofaone Motsamai In the dry, sandy soils of southern Africa, a rugged survivor stands tall: Vachellia erioloba, more commonly known as the camel thorn. Once classified under the genus Acacia as Acacia erioloba, this hardy tree is also called the giraffe…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-sciences/fnas-glance
FNAS at a Glance
2025-03-17 The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at North-West University (NWU) offers a wide range of qualifications designed to provide students with a comprehensive and integrated learning experience. Our programmes equip students with both…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group-postdocs
Postdoctoral fellows
2025-03-01 Dr Anja Erasmus Email address: 23599235@mynwu.ac.za Field of expertise: Gnathiidae, Integrated Taxonomy, Scientific Illustration, Environmental parasitology…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/humanities/digital-humanities-precarious-times
Digital Humanities in Precarious Times
2022-11-16 The Faculty of Humanities at North-West University, South Africa, is pleased to announce its first conference on digital humanities (DH) in precarious times. DH is both an academic field and a community of practice which has been evolving over the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-teams-set-assistance-nw-health-motion
NWU teams set assistance to NW Health in motion
2020-04-30 Epidemiological and technical assistance against COVID-19 is the latest contribution in the collaboration between the North-West University and the North West Department of Health (NWDoH). This entails the NWU drafting scenarios and assisting with an…https://news.nwu.ac.za/sydwells-ideas-mushroom-commercial-success
Sydwell’s ideas mushroom into commercial success
2021-11-10 Universities across the country are producing ground-breaking research with great economic potential, but often the question is how this can be translated into commercial enterprises. To address this issue, the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted a…https://news.nwu.ac.za/visually-impaired-cornelle-and-her-guide-dog-vogue-graduate
Visually impaired Cornelle and her guide dog Vogue graduate
2022-04-13 Bertie Jacobs “‘Vogue’, as in the magazine,” is how Cornelle Leach describes the name of her pitch-black Labrador bitch. Vogue, who excitedly barked at her very first tortoise in the Botanical Gardens the other day. Five-year-old Vogue who recently grabbed a…https://news.nwu.ac.za/engineering-ingenuity-nwus-super-six
Engineering ingenuity from NWU’s super six
2023-03-09 They are the best of the best … of the best, sir. The preceding sentence might find its origins in the 1997 science-fiction comedy Men in Black, but there is no denying that the sextet of Joshua van Zyl, Etienne Kruger, Niël Gertenbach, Jean du Toit, Rynhardt…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-goes-green
NWU goes green
2023-04-28 The environment encompasses all living and non-living things, and we see how negative impacts harm the environment. Human beings need to understand the environment and the impact of human behaviour that causes climate change, resulting in soil erosion, poor…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-employee-and-team-earn-5th-place-national-sailing-competition