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Mother Language Day celebration – this is how the NWU builds for the future
2017-03-03 By Prof Dan Kgwadi, vice-chancellor of the NWU. We've recently celebrated International Mother Language Day (IMLD). The theme for this year’s IMLD is Towards sustainable futures through multilingual education, which places the role of educational…http://www.nwu.ac.za/event/initiate-countmein-virtual-self-defence-class
INitiate - #CountMeIn - Virtual self-defence class
2021-08-05 Register here (RSVP before 9 August 2021) You are invited to join us virtually for the third event of the #CountmeIN campaign. Gender Based Violence is a reality in the daily lives of so many people. Learning how to defend yourself in a situation…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/node/24290
SCS Needs Analysis and Consultation Request
2024-03-22 Where to find us: North-West University Potchefstroom Campus Building G3 For more information please contact: Mrs Jeanne Coetzee (Secretary) jeanne.coetzee@nwu.ac.za 018 299 2551http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/world-water-week
World Water Week
2023-04-11 The theme of World Water Week is creativity in the face of unprecedented problems. Our current approach to managing water is being called into question by the theme Seeds of Change: Innovative Solutions for a Water-Wise World. Which concepts, inventions, and…http://law.nwu.ac.za/af/fakulteit-regte-omgewingsverandering/nathan-j-cooper
Nathan J Cooper
2024-08-30 My current position as Associate Professor entails teaching and convening a variety of papers at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. These include Legal Method, Contracts, and International Trade Law. I supervise research students in areas relating to water law, health rights, freedom of expression and human security, and lead…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trade/carli-bezuidenhout-trade
Carli Bezuidenhout (TRADE)
2025-05-12 Carli Bezuidenhout is a senior lecturer in the School of Economic Sciences at the North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) where she lectures undergraduate courses in the BCom Economics and BCom International Trade degree programmes. Prior to joining the NWU, she worked in the economic consulting field. The focus of Dr Bezuidenhout’s…http://news.nwu.ac.za/thadeus-celebrates-phd-and-improving-health
Thadeus celebrates a PhD and improving health
2017-08-23 The academic procession on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark recently came together for a special ceremony to confer a PhD upon a proud Thadeus Marungudzi. Due to his battle with cancer, Thadeus was not able to attend the autumn…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-engineering-bridging-gender-gap
Faculty of Engineering is bridging the gender gap
2018-05-17 Innovation is blind to gender and special skills does not allow for prejudice. Nowhere was this more evident than at the third iteration of the Faculty of Engineering at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Femmegineering workshop. Participants from North…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-right-place-be-academic-excellence
The NWU is the right place to be for academic excellence
2018-11-20 If you want to excel as an expert in the fields of electromechanical and minerals engineering in the mining, chemical, oil and gas industries, or in a career in the fields of geography or mathematics, hospitality, education and tourism, the North-West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/and-now-contrast-miners%25E2%2580%2599-living-conditions
Before and now: the contrast in miners’ living conditions
2018-11-22 Crammed into tiny rooms in same-sex hostels, away from their partners or families and without proper access to water, electricity or sanitation, South African miners used to live in appalling conditions. Today, the situation of miners at Impala Platinum in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/exciting-research-be-shared-femmegineering-celebration
Exciting research to be shared at the Femmegineering celebration
2019-07-18 The days of men dominating the engineering scene is still an evident and alarming fact. Despite an improvement in recent years, there remains a serious shortage of women pursuing careers in engineering. The North-West University (NWU) aims to change this…http://news.nwu.ac.za/puppet-show-twist
Puppet show with a twist
2019-12-10 As the result of a research study at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the North-West University (NWU), the Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART) recently presented a puppet show at the Potchefstroom Hospital to communicate information about the HIV…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus-shines-bright-teaching-awards
NWU alumnus shines bright at teaching awards
2022-10-12 Khululwa Nosipho Shibane, North-West University (NWU) alumnus and an educator at Christinah School for the Blind and Partially Sighted, came second in the category Excellence in Special Needs Teaching in the North West provincial segment of the National…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-optentia-appoints-international-health-expert-extraordinary-professor
NWU's Optentia appoints international health expert as extraordinary professor
2022-05-24 Prof Doris Bohman, a registered nurse, nurse tutor and associate professor at the Department of Health, Blekinge Institute of Technology, in Sweden, was recently appointed as an extraordinary professor at the North-West University's (NWU’s) Optentia research…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-enlightens-students-unveiling-future-through-auditors-journey
NWU enlightens students by unveiling the future through the auditor's journey
2023-05-31 Third-year chartered accounting and postgraduate diploma students from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) School of Accounting Sciences recently had a once-in-a-lifetime practical experience in auditing. The school, led by senior lecturer Odette Geyer,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-career-centre-hosts-campus-work-readiness-session
NWU Career Centre hosts campus work-readiness session
2024-03-06 The Career Centre at the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted a campus work-readiness session on the Potchefstroom Campus. Work-readiness sessions have become an integral part of the NWU’s goal to provide companies with the platform to highlight…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-tourism-graduates-make-waves-us-hospitality-industry
NWU tourism graduates make waves in the US hospitality industry
2024-11-21 An honours degree in Tourism Management from North-West University (NWU) is a gateway to success, both locally and internationally. Mirra Mathabela and Shelton Mahosi, two recent graduates, are prime examples of how NWU's tourism qualification opens global…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ants-and-men-africas-new-trafficking-problem
Of ants and men: Africa’s new trafficking problem
2025-05-12 They might be small and largely inconspicuous, but ants are becoming big business for a growing market of enthusiasts. In April, Kenyan authorities intercepted two Belgian teenagers, a Vietnamese national, and a local accomplice as they attempted to smuggle 5…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-education-launches-busy-bee-kindness-corner