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Amberley, an angel in disguise
2019-06-14 A guardian angel is defined as an angel believed to protect a particular person, for instance from danger or error, and that is exactly what two-year-old Labrador Amberley is to her owner, Lindi Opperman. Lindi, a final-year LLB student at the North West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-uesm-researchers-blazing-trail-excellence
NWU UESM: Researchers blazing a trail of excellence
2018-06-05 In line with the vision of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management (UESM) in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, experts are conducting research that is not only fundamental and applied, but also…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-equity-open-knowledge
NWU celebrates equity in open knowledge
2024-09-05 In recognition of Open Access Week, the Library and Information Systems Directorate at the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted several discussion sessions on the theme: “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”. Open Access Week was celebrated…http://news.nwu.ac.za/dothraki-and-other-sub-cultural-languages-%25E2%2580%2593-focus-unique-phd-study
Dothraki and other sub-cultural languages – the focus of a unique PhD study
2017-06-23 “Me zisosh disse”. It is just a flesh wound. This would certainly be good news if you were wounded and one of the native speakers of the language used in this sentence. It is Dothraki and it is the fantasy language that was created for the television series…http://news.nwu.ac.za/latest-rankings-reaffirm-nwus-quality-subjects
Latest rankings reaffirm NWU’s quality subjects
2021-09-16 Are you a health professional or psychologist, or would you like to study these subjects? It has been confirmed. The North-West University (NWU) is just the right place to be for a quality education in these fields. Like previous rankings this year,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-and-poet-shines-setswana
NWU student and poet shines in Setswana
2021-07-13 Lesego Motlhankane, a third-year BEd student on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus, recently published an anthology of Setswana poetry titled Pitsana ya Poko. The book of poetry, a collaboration between Lesego and renowned author…http://news.nwu.ac.za/empowering-youth-one-step-time
Empowering the youth, one step at a time
2022-06-22 According to Stats SA’s 2022 report, young people in South Africa continue to struggle to enter the labour market with an unemployment rate higher than the national average. According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the first quarter of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nico-kroucamp-and-team-seize-first-place-formula-one-south-african-sailing-class-national
Nico Kroucamp and team seize first place at The Formula One South African Sailing Class National Championship
2024-10-31 Nico Kroucamp, a senior IT technician at North-West University (NWU) and an accomplished sailor, has had an unforgettable season, making his mark in competitive sailing with one remarkable success after another. Earlier this year, from August 9 to 11, Nico…http://news.nwu.ac.za/climatology-conference-highlights-severity-climate-change
Climatology conference highlights severity of climate change
2025-04-22 It has happened. The world is 1,5 degrees Celsius warmer than it was in preindustrial times. A threshold has been breached, and the times they are a-changin’. When Prof Francois Engelbrecht, president of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences (…http://news.nwu.ac.za/academy-science-south-africa-honours-professor-radio-chemistry-top-scholar
Academy of Science of South Africa honours professor of Radio Chemistry as a top scholar
2024-11-26 Nuclear technology is a powerful instrument, and research has shown that it can have a significant impact on disease prevention and treatment. An extraordinary professor at the North-West University (NWU) and specialist in nuclear technology – in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-strengthens-global-ties-and-gathers-insight-ahead-new-medical-school-launch
NWU strengthens global ties and gathers insight ahead of new medical school launch
2025-06-12 On 10 June 2025, Prof Bismark Tyobeka, principal and vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), arrived in Curitiba, Brazil, alongside a delegation of senior academic staff to formalise a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the NWU and the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/buan-visit-explores-collaboration-opportunities
BUAN visit explores collaboration opportunities
2024-05-17 The proximity between the Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) and the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) in particular makes working together easy ─ it opens opportunities to take hands in mutually beneficial…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-students-stood-solidarity-against-gbvf-honouring-purple-silence
NWU students stood in solidarity against GBVF honouring Purple Silence
2025-11-26 On Friday, 21 November, South African women silenced the nation in a powerful stand against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). Across the country, purple settled over campuses and streets alike—a quiet but unyielding promise that every story of fear,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-work-students-take-ubudlelane-community
Social work students take ubudlelane into the community
2026-01-27 For social work students at North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus ubuntu is no longer a concept only discussed in lectures. It is becoming a structured community programme with students preparing to lead projects that strengthen support networks in…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/sesotho
Sesotho
2020-06-18 Available on the Vanderbijlpark Campus Sesotho, or Southern Sotho, is a Bantu language that originated in the Bantu-Nguni era, with dialects originating from Sotho, Pedi and Tswana, but these are all considered to be separate languages…http://education.nwu.ac.za/self-directed-learning/keynotes
Keynotes
2018-10-01 Professor Karl Wirth Karl Wirth is an associate professor of geology and has been teaching at Macalester College for more than 25 years. His education work focuses on metacognition, self-assessment, motivation, and undergraduate research…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/oorbrug-die-digitale-gaping-een-township-op-%25E2%2580%2599n-keer
Oorbrug die digitale gaping een township op ’n keer
2018-02-01 As die jongste HUB nóg van Projek Isizwe[HC1] , die innoverende niewinsgewende organisasie (NWO) agter Afrika se suksesvolste gratis Wi-Fi-netwerk, rig Dudu Mkhwanazi (26) haar visier daarop om die digitale gaping in Suid-Afrika te oorbrug. Meer nog, sy…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/nwu-se-voornemende-geoktrooieerde-rekenmeesters-skitter
NWU se voornemende geoktrooieerde rekenmeesters skitter
2021-07-16 Ten spyte van die talle uitdagings wat studente tydens die Covid-19-pandemie moes te bowe kom, het die voornemende geoktrooieerde rekenmeesters by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) besonder goed in hulle ITB (Aanvanklike Toets van Bevoegdheid) gevaar. Die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/mahikengkampus-vier-wereld-intellektuele-eiendom-dag-maak-wiskunde-pret-en-beveg-honger
Mahikengkampus vier Wêreld Intellektuele Eiendom Dag: maak wiskunde pret en beveg honger
2024-05-09 Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het op 25 en 26 April Wêreld Intellektuele Eiendom Dag 2024 met lewendige geleenthede regoor ons Mahikeng- en Potchefstroomkampusse gevier. Hierdie jaar se tema het daarop gefokus om intellektuele eiendom te gebruik om die…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/af/philosophy/bphil-filosofie-politiek-en-ekonomie