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NWU Gender Awareness Week encourages getting comfortable with the uncomfortable
2022-08-12 Gender Awareness Week (GAW) has become an integral part of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) strategy of promoting diversity and inclusivity among students, staff, and other stakeholders. GAW takes place from 8 to 12 August 2022, with activities, sessions…https://news.nwu.ac.za/i-put-it-you-second-year-vanderbijlpark-students-victorious-nwu-juta-mock-trials
I put it to you – second-year Vanderbijlpark students victorious in NWU Juta Mock Trials
2022-08-16 A team of second-year students from the Faculty of Law on the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU) are this year’s winners in the popular annual NWU Juta Mock Trial competition that took place in Potchefstroom on 15 August. Omphemetse…https://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africas-national-interests-changing-brics-landscape-seven-tests
South Africa’s national interests in the changing BRICS landscape ― seven tests
2023-08-29 “The watershed 15th BRICS Summit that took place in Johannesburg had, to its credit, several runs on the scoreboard by the time it concluded last week.” Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the North-West University (NWU) Business School, says while the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/first-its-kind-colloquium-focuses-health-sciences-and-sustainable-community-partnerships
First-of-its-kind colloquium focuses on health sciences and sustainable community partnerships
2023-10-10 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Health Sciences hosted its first Community Engagement Colloquium on the Vanderbijlpark Campus on 2 and 3 October. The purpose of this colloquium - titled "Health sciences and partnerships for sustainable…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pure-and-applied-analytics-paa/statcon-abstracts
Statcon Abstracts
2023-06-07 [accordion] Workshop Extreme Value Statistics John H.J. Einmahl Tilburg University We begin with a detailed introduction to univariate and multivariate extreme value statistics. Since we assume basic knowledge of univariate extreme value theory, we put…https://news.nwu.ac.za/orchids-everywhere-library-celebrates-spring-award-winning-botanical-art
Orchids everywhere as library celebrates spring with award-winning botanical art
2024-09-19 Spring starts in September, and in honour of the new season, a special exhibition of amazing art is adorning the walls of the Ferdinand Postma Library on the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU). Artworks of flowers are everywhere. Not of…History of Nuclear Engineering
2023-12-28 Initial nuclear exuberance: Too cheap to meter (!) Click here to learn about the initial limitless expectations people had for nuclear power. The nuclear industry brought to its knees by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster During the…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/thomas-erlank
Mr Thomas Erlank
2025-03-24 Lecturer & Programme Manager: BA Music & Society + Honours BA Music Singing Performance: Classical & Opera Methodology of Vocal Teaching Conservatory (K1), office 113 tel. +27 18 299-1709 thomas.erlank@nwu.ac.za…https://law.nwu.ac.za/node/29639
South Africa Law Deans' Association (SALDA) Statement on Continuing Gender-Based Violence
2021-08-25 We, the Law Deans of the South African Law Deans' Association (SALDA), are deeply distressed by the continued perpetration of gender-based violence, including femicide, in South Africa. The recent and brutal killing of Ms Nosicelo Mtebeni, a law…https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/germari%25C3%25A9-viljoen
Germarié Viljoen
2021-05-03 Germarié Viljoen (LLB, LLM (cum laude), LLD) is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, North-West University. During the period 2009-2012, she was appointed as temporary lecturer at the Faculty of Law, where after she consulted as legal specialist at…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-supports-annual-cansa-relay-life
NWU supports annual CANSA Relay for Life
2018-09-17 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark and the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) celebrated a momentous milestone when they took hands to host the sixth annual Vanderbijlpark region CANSA Relay for Life event from 15 to 16…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-writes-about-experiences-african-migrants-european-countries
NWU academic writes about experiences of African migrants in European countries
2020-05-07 North-West University (NWU) academic and a research professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the campus in Mahikeng, Prof Erhabor Idemudia, has co-authored a book with Prof Klaus Boehnke from Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany. The book titled…https://news.nwu.ac.za/world-books-koi-koi-children
A world of books for Koi-Koi children
2019-03-27 “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” This inspirational quote by Magaret Fuller summarises the importance of reading and for children to have easy access to books. A collaboration between Siviwe Bangani, the library on the North-West University’s (NWU’s…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-speaks-global-economic-challenges
NWU academic speaks to global economic challenges
2019-02-27 The global economy affects South Africa and ultimately also the financial sustainability of individual households. That is why the contribution of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Prof Ravinder Rena at the Conference on Sustainable Economic…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-alumni-reach-out-their-communities
NWU and alumni reach out to their communities
2022-08-01 In the spirit of International Nelson Mandela Day, the North-West University (NWU) Alumni and Stakeholder Relations office joined forces with the office of Prof Sonia Swanepoel, the deputy vice-chancellor for community engagement and Mahikeng Campus…https://news.nwu.ac.za/beanpole-elmere-reaching-world-cup-heights
Beanpole Elmeré reaching World Cup heights
2023-06-26 She is one of the tallest netball players in the country, but there seem to be no end to the heights Elmeré van den Berg can achieve on the netball court. The 1,91m beanpole who hails from Bloemfontein, matriculated from Jim Fouché High School before joining…https://news.nwu.ac.za/ladies-football-team-qualifies-varsity-football-tournament
Ladies football team qualifies for Varsity Football tournament
2025-02-04 By Phenyo Mokgothu and Lerato Tshweu The North-West University (NWU) Mahikeng ladies football team is starting 2025 in top form and will be competing in the Varsity Football Tournament for the first time. Their qualification follows a strong performance at…https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/biotransformation-and-oxidative-stress-status-laboratory/community-engagement