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South Africa’s municipal crisis is moving to the urban edge
2026-04-16 • By Prof. Joseph Sekhampu, chief director of the NWU Business School Approaching Johannesburg along its main entry routes, or entering Cape Town, Durban, or Tshwane from their peripheries, a pattern becomes difficult to ignore. Long before the formal city…http://news.nwu.ac.za/special-moment-dean-daughter-graduates-programme-she-championed
Special moment for dean as daughter graduates in programme she championed
2026-04-01 Twelve years ago, Prof. Liezl van Dyk, executive dean of the Faculty of Engineering, came to the North-West University (NWU) on a mission: to play a central role in developing industrial engineering as an impactful discipline at the university. Her daughter,…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/plusrsa-2023-conference-information
PLUS_RSA 2023 Conference Information
2023-06-14 Land, Landscape, Local Knowledge, and the pursuit of sustainable ontologies [accordion collapsed] Conference information Venue: North-West University, Mahikeng Campus (South Africa) Date: 11-14 September 2023…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/rineke-viljoen
Ms Rineke Viljoen
2026-04-03 Lecturer Aural Training Music Notation & Music Theory Conservatory (K1), office 116 tel. +27 18 299-1702 rineke.viljoen@nwu.ac.za Blog posts 2026-04-03 ~ Exchanging cold weather for a warm…http://theology.nwu.ac.za/m-d-programmes/ethics
Moral Development of the Society (Christian Ethics)
2025-09-08 Focus: The application of core concepts of Reformed Theology on moral renewal in the process of nation building and the development of the society. Subprogramme leader: Riaan Rheeder (riaan.rheeder@nwu.ac.za) Members of subprogramme:…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/space-research/gamma-ray-astronomy
Gamma-ray Astronomy / High-energy Astrophysics
2024-01-16 The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) near Windhoek, Namibia, is the world's leading gamma-ray observatory. It detects gamma-rays that carry more than a billion times the energy of visible light, and thereby probes the most violent places of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/well-being-performance-and-challenges-modern-life
Well-being, performance and the challenges of modern life
2020-06-22 Is there really a problem? The benefits of exercise, a healthy diet and a balanced lifestyle are undisputed in modern life, and the positive impact these have on well-being and performance is no secret. Yet obesity and weight problems have reached…http://news.nwu.ac.za/critical-reflection-global-university-rankings-power-perception-and-prestige
A critical reflection on global university rankings: Power, perception and prestige
2025-10-30 By Prof Linda du Plessis We live in a world obsessed with comparison. From “top performers” to “best universities,” rankings give the illusion of order in complexity. Yet, when it comes to higher education, these lists often conceal more than they reveal.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-unfamiliar-world-work
The new (unfamiliar) world of work
2020-06-18 The world of work after the Covid-19 pandemic will differ from the one we are used to. This is the opinion of Prof Bennie Linde, a professor in labour relations at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School for Industrial Psychology and Human Resource…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-director-takes-helm-sadilar
New director takes the helm at SADiLAR
2020-08-03 The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources, SADiLaR, on the campus of the North-West University (NWU) in Potchefstroom, has a new centre director. Prof Langa Khumalo will take the reins from 1 August. SADiLar is a research infrastructure…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-play-afcon-cup
NWU student to play in Afcon Cup
2021-01-29 Tjipenandjambi ‘Tjipee’ Karuuombe, a second-year North-West University (NWU) mechanical engineering student, will participate in the upcoming U20 African Cup Of Nations (Afcon Cup). The brilliant defensive midfielder received a call-up from the Namibia…http://news.nwu.ac.za/living-his-dream-all-way-over-germany
Living his dream all the way over in Germany
2021-02-04 All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. This is true for Mattheus van Niekerk, an alumnus of the NWU Faculty of Engineering. Mattheus studied for his BEng Mechanical Engineering degree at the NWU from 2009 to 2012 on the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/didintle-netball-superstar
Didintle is a netball superstar
2020-12-02 North-West University (NWU) alumna Didintle Keebine literally eats, sleeps and breathes netball and her dedication to the sport has paid off. After participating in the recent Telkom Netball League, she was announced as one of the superstars of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-humanities-rally-research-troops
Faculty of Humanities rally research troops
2017-08-24 The new structure at the North-West University (NWU) is seeing colleagues from all three campuses meeting to get their action plans in order to get back to business: teaching, learning and research. Prof Susan Coetzee van-Rooy, acting deputy dean for the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-honours-its-best-best
NWU honours its best of the best
2017-10-09 The North-West University (NWU) honoured the cream of the crop of its alumni at an awards ceremony on 6 October in Sandton. This year’s awards ceremony included the prestigious NWU Lifetime Achievement Award, and also recognised an NWU alumna who has…http://news.nwu.ac.za/top-10-student-entrepreneurs-battle-it-out-during-grand-finale
Top 10 student entrepreneurs to battle it out during grand finale
2017-09-20 On 6 October 2017 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark will be applauding yet another student go-getter: The NWU Vanderbijlpark Top Entrepreneur. Over the course of the second semester a total of 30 students – representative of all…http://news.nwu.ac.za/alumna-dances-beat-her-own-song
Alumna dances to the beat of her own song
2018-04-06 Verona Goslett dances to the beat of her very own song. Literally. This talented young alumna of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently released her debut Afrikaans single, Maskers (Masks), and is taking the South African…http://news.nwu.ac.za/let-every-minute-count-says-prof-daryl
Let every minute count, says Prof Daryl
2018-11-14 He is a man who likes his filtered coffee, is not one for too many formalities and believes in making the most of his time. This is Prof Daryl Balia, the newly appointed deputy vice-chancellor for the campus in Potchefstroom. We asked him to tell us more…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-applauds-best-best-lecturers
NWU applauds best-of-the best lecturers
2019-03-15 The North-West University (NWU) celebrated its star lecturers during its Institutional Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony (ITEA). This annual event took place on 14 March at the Snowflake venue in Potchefstroom. Prof Juaneé Cilliers of the Faculty of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/expose-yourself-much-possible