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Not all superheroes wear capes
2020-04-02 In the turbulent times in which we currently find ourselves, huge emphasis is being placed on the major role that healthcare workers play in our societies. Nurses and midwives, among others, are the people who devote their lives to caring for mothers and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/first-publishers-acknowledged
First publishers acknowledged
2022-08-19 A total of 40 staff members of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus received recognition for their first publication of a research article. This event is held annually to welcome staff members into the ranks of research publishers.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/babel-project-winning-global-speech-technology-challenge
BABEL Project: Winning a global speech technology challenge
2022-08-19 North-West University (NWU) researchers within the field of speech technology were part of an international consortium that recently won a high-profile speech technology challenge - a first for South African researchers, in this field. Today’s speech…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumnus-book-takes-critical-look-church-leadership
NWU alumnus’ book takes a critical look at church leadership
2021-06-21 It has long been believed that faith rejects the rational, but North-West University (NWU) alumnus and former employee, Dr Tsietsi John Maloma, dispels this notion. In his recently launched book, Church Leadership: Mega Churches as Reflection, Dr Maloma…http://news.nwu.ac.za/disease-response-projects-aim-make-africa-self-sufficient
Disease response projects aim to make Africa self-sufficient
2021-08-12 In a time of Covid-19 fatigue, citizens are now confronted with an even deadlier and highly transmissible Delta variant. This new virus mutation impacts on already overburdened and under-resourced health systems. More alarming is that on day 460 of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/violence-must-be-contained-quickly
Violence must be contained quickly
2021-07-13 What is at stake for the South African economy if law and order is not restored soon, was starkly confirmed by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his address on 12 July. Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the Business School of the North-West University (…http://news.nwu.ac.za/fragile-state-south-africas-political-and-economic-landscape-what-do
The fragile state of South Africa’s political and economic landscape: What to do?
2025-04-22 Uncertainty springs eternal in the South African political landscape, or so it would seem. The Government of National Unity (GNU) has yet to find its feet, and cohesion has not been one of its hallmarks. According to Professor Kedibone Phago, Director of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/take-bow-graphic-design-you-have-made-us-proud-again
Take a bow, Graphic Design, you have made us proud – again
2024-02-14 Excellence seems to follow the Graphic Design subject group at the North-West University (NWU), which has a well-deserved reputation for walking off with the top honours in national and international competitions. They are continuing this winning streak…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-bismark-tyobeka-hails-sas-bold-progressive-new-energy-blueprint
Prof Bismark Tyobeka hails SA’s “bold”, “progressive” new energy blueprint
2025-10-20 • The Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2025 projects that South Africa will generate more electricity from non–fossil-fuel sources than from fossil fuels. • South Africa can reclaim its leadership position as Africa’s foremost nuclear power nation. • The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/how-nwu-engineering-healthier-south-africa
This is how the NWU is engineering a healthier South Africa
2025-11-20 • Engineers cannot fix healthcare alone, and clinicians cannot carry the burden without systems support. The NWU is bridging this gap. • Healthcare systems engineering can be seen as an umbrella term where the healthcare habitat is viewed as a complex…http://news.nwu.ac.za/beyond-bee-das-post-racial-vision-and-politics-forgetting
Beyond BEE: The DA’s post-racial vision and the politics of forgetting
2025-10-28 By Prof Joseph Sekhampu The Democratic Alliance’s Public Procurement Amendment Bill proposes replacing the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) framework with a nonracial, outcomes based procurement model that measures inclusion through poverty, performance…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/business/research-topics
Research topics
2026-02-10 [Accordion collapsed], Management Accounting (Prof. Anet Smit), Suggested research topics, Franchising Venture Capital Balanced Scorecard, Entrepreneurship (Prof SP van der Merwe), Be part of an exciting research project An opportunity exits to analyse family businesses through the proven Fampro Family Business Diagnostic Instrument. The results can be utilised to complete a mini-dissertation. Students who are interested can contact…, Financial Management (Prof Ines Nel), Within the central theme of value-based management, the following are considered the main legs for research: 1) corporate finance, 2) investment management and 3) public finance. 1) Within the corporate finance leg, the following are considered research areas…, Marketing Management (Prof CA Bisschoff), Research topics for MBA mini-dissertations in marketing management are: 1. BRAND LOYALTY The brand loyalty model by Mr Ahmed Moola (a PhD student) is a rich area for continued research in brand loyalty. The model appears below. There are basically two avenues…http://news.nwu.ac.za/why-south-africa-needs-fewer-stronger-municipalities
Why South Africa needs fewer, stronger municipalities
2026-03-20 The South African municipal landscape is not collapsing in a single moment of crisis. It is eroding in slow motion. Prof. Joseph Sekhampu, chief director of the NWU Business School By Prof. Joseph Sekhampu, chief director of the NWU Business…http://news.nwu.ac.za/commemorating-freedom-day-through-diversity-and-excellence
Commemorating Freedom Day through diversity and excellence
2026-04-29 The North-West University (NWU) South African Board for People Practices (SABPP) Student Chapter, in collaboration with the School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management, commemorated Freedom Day on 22 April 2026 under the theme “Celebrating…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africans-are-suburban-arms-race
South Africans are in a suburban arms race
2026-05-06 Violent crime in South Africa is rampant, with the country frequently ranked as one of the most dangerous in the world, as well as among the most unsafe in Africa. Citizens are afraid, and justifiably so, adapting to crime as though it is no longer temporary…http://law.nwu.ac.za/postgraduate-studies/phd-law-and-development
PhD in Law and Development
2024-10-09 Programme name PhD in Law and Development Programme code 6CS R01 R901P Campus Mahikeng and Potchefstroom Delivery mode Contact Program leader Prof H Lubbe (Acting Director)…http://law.nwu.ac.za/p-per/volume-13-2010-no-3
Volume 13, 2010, No 3
2020-07-07 Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal ISSN 1727-3781 2010 Volume 13 Number 3 3 December 2010 Index • Editorial • Orationes • Articles…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-business-school-first-africa-receive-international-bga-accreditation
NWU Business School first in Africa to receive international BGA accreditation
2021-12-09 The NWU Business School at the North-West University (NWU) is a driving force of business education in Africa. Not only has the international prestigious Association of MBAs (AMBA) renewed the MBA accreditation of the NWU Business School, but the school is…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/centre-text-technology/research-new