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Don’t let festive season woes become your financial norm
2022-12-07 ’tis the season to be jolly, but many a South African will feel more trepidation than delight as the celebrations of the festive season loom. These South Africans are shackled by the chains of reckless spending and unsound financial advice. Including by…http://news.nwu.ac.za/taylor-swift-south-africas-rescue
Taylor Swift to South Africa’s rescue?
2024-04-11 • Taylor Swift is a cultural phenomenon, spelling a massive cash influx in consumer spending for her concert destinations. • Cities and provinces in South Africa can benefit hugely by exploiting the spending potential from concerts by international…http://news.nwu.ac.za/how-second-hand-clothing-paved-way-senior-lecturers-career
How second-hand clothing paved the way for senior lecturer’s career
2025-06-04 By Gofaone Motsamai The road from Kagiso, where she sold second-hand clothing under the scorching Gauteng sun, to the lecture halls of North-West University (NWU) was long, bumpy and deeply personal for Dr Salphinah Vuloyimuni Ubisi. Now a senior…http://news.nwu.ac.za/samsung-helps-nwu-turning-potential-power
Samsung helps NWU turning potential into power
2019-03-20 Empowering the youth of today by investing in their future will bring about a meaningful change that turns potential into power. This is exactly what Samsung did when the global technological giant recently handed over bursaries to the value of R 1 416 …http://news.nwu.ac.za/no-student-lost-their-lives-during-illegal-protest-nwu-vanderbijlpark-campus-27-february
No student lost their lives during the illegal protest at the NWU Vanderbijlpark Campus on 27 February
2024-03-01 The North-West University (NWU) notes false and malicious information spread on digital media regarding incidents that emanated from an illegal protest action at the Vanderbijlpark Campus on 27 February 2024. No student has died as maliciously reported by…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/sgi/serious-developments-projects
Serious Developments | Projects
2018-01-12 SERIOUS DEVELOPMENTS (PROJECTS) We are busy, busy bees SGI-SA are constantly striving to design, deveop and test the latest and greatest projects on the NWU, Vaal Campus. We would like to keep you all updated on…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/registration-and-orientation/meet-your-academic-student-association-student-chapter
Meet your Academic Student Association & Student Chapter
2021-03-04 What are ASAs/SCs and which one do I belong to? Academic Student Associations (ASAs) or Student Chapters (SCs) are a group of senior students from the faculty that represent you and the rest of the faculty students. At the NWU, we choose new…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-hosts-aarto-youth-engagement-and-know-your-traffic-fine-status-campaign
NWU hosts AARTO Youth Engagement and Know your Traffic Fine Status campaign
2022-08-05 The Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) in partnership with the North-West University (NWU) hosted an Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Youth Engagement campaign from 26 July to 2 August 2022. On 26 July the RTIA visited the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/subject-group-history-hosts-insightful-pre-conference-presentations
Subject group History hosts insightful pre-conference presentations
2024-06-20 The subject group History at the North-West University's (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus recently hosted a series of insightful postgraduate history presentations, serving as a rehearsal for the upcoming South African Hydrological Society (SAHS) Conference set…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/economic-and-management-sciences/first-years-registration-welcome-message-school-management
FIRST YEAR'S REGISTRATION WELCOME MESSAGE - SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
2024-03-04 Prof Ntebo Moroke Welcome message for the 2024 cohort of first-year students Welcome all first-year students of 2024 to the School of Management Sciences. I am Professor Natasha de Klerk, the Acting School Director. You are now joining the prestigious…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-african-web-based-platform-speech-transcription
A South African web-based platform for speech transcription
2017-03-29 With 11 official languages in South Africa, finding an effective yet affordable way to transcribe speech to text was never going to be easy, but that is set to change with some innovative thinking from researchers who are creating an open source web-based…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/hysa/ice2023-conference-fees
ICE2023 - Conference Fees
2023-09-29 Home Scientific Committee Conference Fees Sponsors & Partners Become a sponsor Important Dates Abstract Submission Registration Speakers Programme Practical Information Satellite Events Organising Committee…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sa%25E2%2580%2599s-lockdown-exit-strategy-level-2-good-news-country
SA’s lockdown exit strategy to level 2 is good news for the country
2020-08-18 The widely expected and welcome decision announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa to move South Africa’s lockdown down to Level 2 is good news for the country, says NWU Business School economist Prof Raymond Parsons. According to him, the prolonged lockdown…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-awards-chancellors-medal-danie-hefer
NWU awards Chancellor’s Medal to Danie Hefer
2022-07-27 “Oom Danie!” echoes the voice of the young woman from across the street. For a second, eclectic Stellenbosch, where he is walking around, comes to a halt as Danie Hefer turns around. Only a few moments before he was scanning his surroundings for a restaurant…http://news.nwu.ac.za/allure-stardom-how-celebrity-casting-shaping-musical-theatre
The allure of stardom: How celebrity casting is shaping musical theatre
2025-07-15 Musical theatre, a vibrant blend of song, dance and drama, has long been a playground for the audacious and the talented. Star and celebrity have always been a staple for glittering marquees of Broadway to the neon-lit stages of the West End, however this has…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-botanical-gardens-gallery-presents-when-dust-settles-solo-exhibition-joe-turpin
NWU Botanical Gardens Gallery Presents When the Dust Settles a solo exhibition by Joe Turpin
2023-06-30 The NWU Botanical Gardens Gallery at the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus proudly presents the upcoming solo exhibition “When the Dust Settles”, running from 17th July with an opening reception and walkabout on the 22 July 2023 at 13h00. In…http://news.nwu.ac.za/credit-access-challenges-south-african-smallholder-farmers
Credit access challenges for South African smallholder farmers
2025-09-18 Agriculture, a sector highly vulnerable to climate change, relies heavily on credit to invest in modern technology for efficiency and production. Despite this, many smallholder farmers in South Africa remain excluded from commercial bank loans, even though…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/musa/navorsingsprogramme-en-projekte
Navorsingsprogramme en -projekte
2020-05-22 MUSA streef tans daarna om te help met die ontwikkeling van oplossings vir die onderskeie gesondheidstelseluitdagings van Suid-Afrika en omliggende lande deur navorsing te onderneem in drie subprogramme, naamlik Farmakowaaksaamheid en Farmako-epidemiologie…http://news.nwu.ac.za/machine-learning-watchdog-software
Machine learning the watchdog for software?
2025-08-12 In a world where software runs hospitals, banks and transportation, who or what ensures it doesn’t fail? This was the central question posed by Prof Bassey Isong from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences during his inaugural lecture on 7 August…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/nwu-writing-centre/services