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President Ramaphosa would do well to focus on electricity issues
2022-02-10 A North-West University (NWU) professor believes that – should power cuts continue as they have – more people will lose jobs, threatening the livelihoods of many in the country. This is especially true of small, medium and micro enterprises that are currently…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-receives-prestigious-grant-malaria-research
NWU academic receives prestigious grant for malaria research
2022-03-29 Phenyo Mokgothu Dr Fortunate Mokoena, North-West University (NWU) academic in the subject group Biochemistry, has been awarded the Grand Challenges Africa drug discovery grant. Dr Mokoena was awarded this grant for her study “Identification of Novel…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-bismark-lauds-springboks-newsmaker-year
Prof Bismark lauds Springboks as Newsmaker of the Year
2024-06-05 The World Cup winning Springboks were named the 2023 Newsmaker of the Year by the National Press Club on Wednesday 17 April. The event is sponsored by the North-West University (NWU) and was held at the Pretoria National Botanical Gardens. Prof Bismark…http://news.nwu.ac.za/education-how-we-tackle-youth-unemployment
Education is how we tackle youth unemployment
2023-09-18 In June, South Africans celebrate Youth Month, but the harsh reality is there is often very little to celebrate, especially concerning current and future employment opportunities. This is in stark contrast with the 2023 theme for Youth Month, which is ‘…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sadilar-raises-global-visibility-poland-italy
SADiLaR raises global visibility from Poland to Italy
2024-07-17 Prof Menno van Zaanen, professor in digital humanities at the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) at the North-West University (NWU), recently spent a productive two weeks at the University of Gdańsk in Poland to conduct teaching…http://news.nwu.ac.za/one-year-and-donald-trump-has-fundamentally-shifted-global-order
One year on, and Donald Trump has fundamentally shifted the global order
2026-01-20 Prof. André Duvenhage US President Donald Trump’s stated interest in the annexation of Greenland has escalated into a geopolitical flashpoint that threatens to strain the cohesion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In early…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pharmacen/translational-neuroscience-and-neurotherapeutics
Translational Neuroscience and Neurotherapeutics
2025-05-06 The members of the translational neuroscience and neurotherapeutics sub-programme have expertise in chemical synthesis of organic compounds, chemical-physical characteristics, structure-activity relationship and drug design, metabolism, inborn…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/setswana
Setswana
2021-11-08 Available on the Mahikeng and Potchefstroom Campuses Setswana is an indigenous African language belonging to the Sesotho language group of the Sintu language family. It is also the language spoken by the Batswana people. This is a group of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-lead-agricultural-intervention-empower-local-communities
NWU to lead agricultural intervention to empower local communities
2021-10-12 To promote mental health and wellbeing and prevent substance abuse among young people in Lokaleng village in Mahikeng, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences will be leading the agricultural intervention section of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-tebogo-next-generation-brave-winner
The NWU’s Tebogo is a Next Generation of Brave winner
2021-02-22 North-West University (NWU) student Tebogo Matshehle Monogo was announced as one of the two winners of the Next Generation of the Brave competition facilitated by Adcock Ingram OTC in partnership with News24. This programme aims to assist healthcare…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-walks-away-prestigious-mandela-rhodes-scholarship
NWU student walks away with prestigious Mandela Rhodes Scholarship
2021-10-20 North-West University (NWU) student Nadia Van der Merwe is beaming with pride. The 22-year-old third-year student, who is studying towards a BSocSc degree in psychology and anthropology, recently scooped the coveted Mandela Rhodes Scholarship. …http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-mahikeng-campus-science-centre-receives-another-mobile-lab
NWU’s Mahikeng Campus Science Centre receives another mobile lab
2021-04-14 The Science Centre on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus recently received its second state-of-the-art mobile science laboratory, courtesy of the Sasol Foundation. The mobile lab, which is fitted with science equipment, will be shared by…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-golightly-problem-based-learning-foster-self-directed-learning-geography-education
Prof Golightly on problem-based learning to foster self-directed learning in Geography education
2022-09-16 During his inaugural lecture, Prof Aubrey Golightly discussed the influence of problem-based learning (PBL) on students’ self-directed learning (SDL) skills, and looked at PBL as a means to foster SDL in Geography education. SDL is a process during which…http://news.nwu.ac.za/empowering-future-entrepreneurs-one-step-time
Empowering future entrepreneurs one STEP at a time
2024-07-22 The North-West University (NWU), through its bhive Enterprise Development Centre (bhive EDC), has taken a significant step in fostering an entrepreneurial ecosystem by introducing the Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion (STEP) programme. As…http://news.nwu.ac.za/mkp-has-reached-ceiling
The MKP has reached the ceiling
2026-01-14 Opinion piece by Dr Mabutho Shangase Dr Mabutho Shangase, a senior lecturer in Political Studies and International Relations at the North-West University (NWU) is of the opinion that the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has reached the zenith of its political…http://www.nwu.ac.za/event/open-education-week-2020-events
Open Education Week 2020 events
2020-02-24 The NWU Centre for Teaching and Learning and the UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and OER invite you to the following events during the international Open Education Week 2020 1. Presentations by Prof. Rory McGreal (UNESCO/ICDE Chair…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/mitochondria-research-laboratory/news-social-updates-gallery
News, Social Updates & Gallery
2020-11-13 It’s not all work and no play in our lab. We have a yearly fun outing that is traditionally arranged by the new master’s students. Here are some pictures of conferences, other meetings and our yearly social functions. Our…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-school-nursing-launches-school-based-cardiovascular-healthcare-programme
NWU School of Nursing launches school-based cardiovascular healthcare programme
2021-10-07 Cardiovascular disease is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. So says Nombulelo Zenani from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Nursing. She adds that the prevalence of these diseases is often due to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-study-investigates-anti-apartheid-themes-setswana-poetry
NWU study investigates anti-apartheid themes in Setswana poetry
2022-02-03 North-West University (NWU) academic Karabo Mangwekea recently conducted a study to explore the prevalence of anti-apartheid themes in transitional and modern Setswana poetry. The study focused on selected poems from the period before 1948 – when the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/covid-19-pandemic-expedited-adoption-4ir-principles