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Enhancing premarital counselling to increase marriage stability
2025-06-27 The institution of marriage in South Africa is quietly collapsing. Many marriages that were once full of promise and joy are crumbling all too quickly, causing heartache, isolation and unstable connections within families. This reality has deeply concerned…http://news.nwu.ac.za/professor-charlene-du-toit-brits-shifting-paradigm
Professor Charlene du Toit-Brits is shifting the paradigm
2024-03-06 An inaugural lecture is regarded as a significant milestone in the life and career of an academic. It is a chance for new professorial colleagues to directly showcase their innovative research. Professor Charlene du Toit-Brits delivered her inaugural…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sadilar-celebrates-phd-aimed-improving-sesotho-learners-reading-skills
SADiLaR celebrates PhD aimed at improving Sesotho learners' reading skills
2024-06-26 A former high school teacher's quest to improve the poor reading ability of learners in low-resource languages has resulted in a groundbreaking PhD. Centered on the development of a means to measure text readability while developing digital language resources…http://news.nwu.ac.za/linking-culture-and-biodiversity-key-conservation
Linking culture and biodiversity is key to conservation
2023-11-23 He found them in the mountains and streams of Limpopo. Frogs and lizards, big and small, all of them equally exciting to his inquisitive mind. To the despair of grandmother he would run around with them in his pockets – yes, even snakes – as his rural…http://news.nwu.ac.za/capability-development-key-sustainable-employment-north-west-university
Capability development is key to sustainable employment – North-West University
2023-11-09 Imagine an hourglass and think of one of the countless impoverished communities in South Africa. Ask yourself: How do we enrich the lives of the people in these communities and equip them with the skills to secure sustainable employment opportunities? If you…http://news.nwu.ac.za/optentia-research-unit-hosts-insightful-research-perspectives-festival
Optentia research unit hosts insightful research perspectives festival
2024-09-16 From 3 to 6 September 2024, the Optentia research unit at the North-West University (NWU) hosted the Diverse Qualitative Research Perspectives Festival at The Roots Conference Centre, Potchefstroom. The idea of having such a festival originated among…http://news.nwu.ac.za/rachael-making-open-water-waves
Rachael is making open water waves
2023-07-07 If your knees start trembling at the thought of walking 10 km, imagine how your arms would protest if you had to swim it. For Rachael Humphries, it is another day at the aquatic office. In fact, this Bachelor of Health Sciences student at the North-West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/benito-trollips-phd-very-long-love-letter-afrikaans
Benito Trollip’s PhD is ‘a very long love letter to Afrikaans’
2023-03-30 "Doing my PhD was an almost indescribable journey with many ups and downs that all contributed to making it an overall enriching experience. There is no denying all the (many) times giving up was the only thought in my mind, just as there’s no denying the…http://sport.nwu.ac.za/sport/potchefstroom-sport-codes
Potchefstroom Sport Codes
2024-01-29 NWU Eagles - Potchefstroom Campus High Performance Rugby Cricket Athletics Soccer Hockey Tennis Netball Competitive Swimming Cross country Cycling and Mountain Biking Squash…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-school-mines-and-mining-engineering-set-future-success
NWU School of Mines and Mining Engineering set for future success
2025-08-27 The North West province of South Africa sits on a bedrock of riches. From platinum to chrome, vanadium to gold, the region is among the most mineral-endowed in the world. Yet its communities remain scarred by poverty and unemployment, relics of a resource…http://news.nwu.ac.za/zoe-idemudia-living-beyonces-words-and-thriving-tech
Zoe Idemudia: Living Beyoncé’s words and thriving in Tech
2025-08-31 Zoe Aidomo Idemudia certainly does not shy away from that answer. From coding challenges to life lessons, she’s proving that girls really do run the world. With a sparkling energy that matches her brilliance, she has made waves in a world that, until recently…http://news.nwu.ac.za/how-sa-can-beat-overtourism-trap
How SA can beat the overtourism trap
2025-10-10 Man the gates, the tourists are coming! Popular European destinations such as Barcelona, Paris and Venice are being laid to siege by an unrelenting influx of tourists, prompting residents to take to the streets in protest, sometimes disruptively so. It is a…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/think-tank-20217-protection-whistleblowers-webinar
Think Tank 2021:7 - The Protection of Whistleblowers Webinar
2021-10-11 [accordion] More about the webinar The NWU Business School and the Institute for Commercial Forensic Practitioners (ICFP) invites you to participate in a Think Tank webinar on how forensic practitioners can enhance the protection of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/mandisa-mazibuko-planting-future-one-field-time
Mandisa Mazibuko is planting the future, one field at a time
2025-12-12 Mandisa Mazibuko is more than a North-West University (NWU) alumnus – she is a changemaker, a role model and a trailblazer in African agriculture. Her legacy is not just in what she has achieved, but in how she is inspiring others to step into the field,…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/telit-sa/news
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2023-06-02 News, LATEST TELIT-TALK, Greetings! Technology can transform teaching by ushering in a new model for student-centred engagement. Technology integration facilitates active learning and provides innovative solutions to exponential changes in the higher education teaching and learning…, What is happening at higher education institutions worldwide?, Today's students are digital natives and seek change from traditional teaching methods. In response to a new generation of students, lecturers have already become more student-centred and revisited their mindset for teaching and learning. In addition, an…, Editor:, Prof Liandi van den Berg (acting director) Liandi.vandenBerg@nwu.ac.za, CONGRATULATIONS, TELIT-SA congratulates the following members on their achievements! Congratulations to Gordon Matthewhttp://news.nwu.ac.za/phase-two-sa-circular-minerals-and-metals-initiative-puts-nwu-forefront-mining-innovation
Phase two of the SA Circular Minerals and Metals Initiative puts NWU at the forefront of mining innovation
2026-02-18 The North-West University (NWU) is taking a big step forward! The university has been awarded Phase Two of the South African Circular Minerals and Metals Initiative, co-hosted by the CSIR through Circular Innovation South Africa, and the official launch…http://news.nwu.ac.za/research-reveals-troubling-state-vaal-river
Research reveals troubling state of the Vaal River
2026-03-17 The Vaal River – one of the most important water sources in South Africa – is currently “surviving but not thriving”, according to North-West University (NWU) researcher Prof. Wynand Malherbe, who is studying the ecological health of the river in the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-researcher-earns-global-recognition-advancing-science-africa
NWU researcher earns global recognition for advancing science in Africa
2026-04-15 For Dr Modupe Stella Ayilara, science has always been about more than research. It is about people, communities and finding solutions that matter. That purpose came into sharp focus on 11 December 2025 in Johannesburg, when she was named one of just 30…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-earns-platinum-certification-global-grant-management-standards
NWU earns Platinum certification for global grant management standards
2026-04-28 The North-West University (NWU) has achieved Platinum Tier certification in Good Financial Grant Practice (GFGP), placing the institution among a small group of South African universities recognised for meeting the highest international standards in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/special-moment-dean-daughter-graduates-programme-she-championed