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Super Elroy wins Two Oceans
2019-05-02 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) long-distance champion, Elroy Gelant, walked away with the laurels in the Two Oceans half marathon in Cape Town. Elroy’s time of 01:03:20 shows that the 32-year old assistant at the NWU’s People and Culture department…http://news.nwu.ac.za/universities-urged-aid-un-goals
Universities urged to aid UN goals
2019-06-07 “Universities are becoming too vocational. There is too big a focus on jobs for today and not on jobs for tomorrow.” This according to Dr Geoff Scott, emeritus professor for higher education and sustainability at Western Sydney University in Australia…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-vaal-senior-basketball-tournament-display-sporting-talent
NWU Vaal Senior Basketball Tournament a display of sporting talent
2017-04-05 Reach for the sky or don’t even try. This well-known basketball saying rang true during the recent high-profile NWU Vaal Senior Basketball Tournament which took place at the Harry Gwala Sport Centre in Sasolburg. This year marks the third rendition of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-unhcr-host-international-symposium-statelessness-faculty-law-north-west-university%25E2%2580%2599s-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s
NWU and UNHCR host international symposium on statelessness The Faculty of Law on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, in conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is hosting an international symposium o
2017-11-01 The Faculty of Law on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, in conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is hosting an international symposium on The International Human Right to a Nationality, the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-forefront-community-research
NWU at the forefront of community research
2017-11-08 Community research is undergoing a major shift in South Africa, and the North-West University (NWU) is at the forefront of the changes. Where previously the emphasis was on working on philanthropic projects in communities, community research now uses…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-honours-medical-pioneer
NWU honours medical pioneer
2021-11-11 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng conferred an honorary doctorate to seasoned cardiologist, author and academic, Prof Kubedi Patrick Mokhobo, during its recent spring graduation ceremony. Prof Mokhobo is credited for being the first…http://news.nwu.ac.za/phd-study-paving-way-higher-education-inmates
PhD study paving the way to higher education for inmates
2018-05-29 We tend to forget that the purpose of incarceration is not only for justice to be served, but also to rehabilitate offenders and ensure that they can rejoin society as contributing members of their communities. Hazel Buyisiwa Petula Matiwane understands…http://news.nwu.ac.za/international-expert-shares-insight-research-proposal-writing
International expert shares insight into research proposal writing
2018-06-05 Experience has shown that large numbers of people who start a master’s or a PhD degree seldom finish their degrees within the budgeted time frames of the respective programmes. In some instances postgraduate students fail to complete their studies in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-lecturer-and-team-shine-argentina
NWU lecturer and team shine in Argentina
2018-08-14 Ms Chiedza Tsvakirai, a lecturer in the subject group Agricultural Economics and Extension of the North-West University (NWU), recently represented South Africa in a Young Professionals and Students Case Study Competition in Argentina. The competition…http://news.nwu.ac.za/campus-salutes-school-principals-important-partners-collaboration
Campus salutes school principals as important partners in collaboration
2019-10-03 The division for Student Recruiting at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently held a “thank you” event for school principals of the Vanderbijlpark region. The purpose of the event was to thank the school principals of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/fiery-chucky-nwu-rugby-institute%25E2%2580%2599s-player-year
Fiery Chucky is NWU Rugby Institute’s player of the year
2019-10-16 What a year for Louis van der Westhuizen and what a night at the recent year-end function of the North-West University (NWU) Rugby Institute. The firebrand no 2’s fiery mop of red hair was a common sight in this year’s Varsity Cup and even on the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/jo-an%25C3%25A9-and-chederick-claim-top-sport-awards
Jo-Ané and Chederick claim top sport awards
2019-10-18 It feels like she has been on the international sporting scene much longer than her 22 years of age, and yet the accolades keep rolling in for Jo-Ané van Dyk. On Wednesday 16 October this superlative javelin thrower was named the North-West University’s…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-analyst-unpacks-one-party-dominance-sadc-countries
NWU’s analyst unpacks one-party dominance in SADC countries
2019-09-26 Since the ascent to power of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1994, and the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in 1966, the concept of one-party dominance has dominated the South African and Botswana political landscape. This is according to the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-awarded-excellence-sedibeng-district-0
NWU awarded for excellence in Sedibeng District
2020-02-03 The North-West University’s (NWU) campus in Vanderbijlpark has done it again! The campus has, for the ninth consecutive year, been awarded the Professional Management Review’s (PMR) Diamond Arrow Award for excellence in higher education within the Sedibeng…http://news.nwu.ac.za/proudly-south-african-media-association-takes-scotland-0
Proudly South African media association takes off in Scotland
2019-11-11 The University of Edinburgh in Scotland recently hosted the inaugural meeting of the International Association for Minority Language Media Research (IAMLMR), initiated by Prof Abiodun Salawu, Director of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Indigenous…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-iks-centre-hosts-panel-discussion-indigenous-knowledge-holders
NWU IKS Centre hosts panel discussion with indigenous knowledge holders
2020-03-20 The North-West University’s (NWU’) Indigenous Knowledge Centre (IKS) Centre hosted a panel discussion with indigenous knowledge holders on 6 March 2020. The aim of this discussion was to share knowledge with students and to ensure they understand the IKS…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-professor-documents-resilient-history-royal-bakwena-ba-mogopa-tribe
NWU professor documents resilient history of royal Bakwena ba Mogopa tribe
2017-03-14 Prof Freddy Samuel Khunou, an associate professor on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), recently published a book - Mountains of Spirit - on the history and culture of the Bakwena ba Mogopa tribe. The book, published by Rainbird (a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/meal-day-campaign-gains-momentum
Meal-a-Day campaign gains momentum
2017-08-01 Have you ever imagined how it must be to attend lectures on an empty stomach? Well, students who can’t provide a proper and nutritious meal for themselves every day, are being thrown a life-line thanks to an initiative by several role players. In the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-professor-discusses-struggle-humanise-information-systems
NWU professor discusses the struggle to humanise information systems
2017-08-01 Prof Nehemia Mavetera, a professor in information systems and director of the School of Economic and Decision Sciences at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, recently delivered his inaugural lecture. The theme of his lecture was “…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-stakeholder-relations-reaches-out-staff-alumni-members