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Celebrating purpose, passion and progress with Khululwa Shibani

2025-06-26
As South Africa commemorates Youth Month – a time to reflect on the courage, resilience and vision of young people – we turn the spotlight on Khululwa Nosipho Shibani. At just 29, she is not only shaping young minds as an educator at Christiana School for the…

http://news.nwu.ac.za/sadilar-celebrates-phd-aimed-improving-sesotho-learners-reading-skills

SADiLaR celebrates PhD aimed at improving Sesotho learners' reading skills

2024-06-26
A former high school teacher's quest to improve the poor reading ability of learners in low-resource languages has resulted in a groundbreaking PhD. Centered on the development of a means to measure text readability while developing digital language resources…

http://news.nwu.ac.za/james-smalls-great-impact

James Small’s great impact

2023-02-24
He wore his heart on his sleeve. Fearless. A short temper. Emotional. A naughty devil. Playboy. Formidable firebrand. He was notorious. Journalists loved his antics and this talented wing produced them with abandon. James Terence Small – 47 tests, 20 tries.…

http://news.nwu.ac.za/our-straining-economy-deteriorating-our-health

Our straining economy is deteriorating our health

2023-11-23
• The share of the population unable to afford a healthy diet has fallen across all income groups • Loadshedding has increased costs and pushed up prices throughout the food production value chain • Food prices are not only determined by supply and…

http://news.nwu.ac.za/optentia-research-unit-hosts-insightful-research-perspectives-festival

Optentia research unit hosts insightful research perspectives festival

2024-09-16
From 3 to 6 September 2024, the Optentia research unit at the North-West University (NWU) hosted the Diverse Qualitative Research Perspectives Festival at The Roots Conference Centre, Potchefstroom. The idea of having such a festival originated among…

http://news.nwu.ac.za/zoe-idemudia-living-beyonces-words-and-thriving-tech

Zoe Idemudia: Living Beyoncé’s words and thriving in Tech

2025-08-31
Zoe Aidomo Idemudia certainly does not shy away from that answer. From coding challenges to life lessons, she’s proving that girls really do run the world. With a sparkling energy that matches her brilliance, she has made waves in a world that, until recently…

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Basketball

2025-09-23
[accordion collapsed] Mahikeng Campus Basketball has evolved into one of the sports in the world that is most widely participated in and produces remarkable global icons. Despite its Canadian-American history, basketball is turning into a…

http://news.nwu.ac.za/special-moment-dean-daughter-graduates-programme-she-championed

Special moment for dean as daughter graduates in programme she championed

2026-04-01
Twelve years ago, Prof. Liezl van Dyk, executive dean of the Faculty of Engineering, came to the North-West University (NWU) on a mission: to play a central role in developing industrial engineering as an impactful discipline at the university. Her daughter,…

http://www.nwu.ac.za/tn/alumni/frits-kok

Frits Kok

2021-05-25
Moagi wa marogo a setso Ng Frits Kok – Moagi wa marogo a setso Ng Frits Kok o dirile kabelo e kgolo ya boleng ka a le moeteledipele yo o tshelang tota mme o butse dikhutlopono mme a kopantsha batho ka kabelo ya gagwe mo…

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e-Yearbook 2002

2021-06-14
e-Yearbooks 2002 Faculties of: Arts Undergraduate Post-graduate Natural Sciences Undergraduate and Postgraduate Theology Undergraduate and Postgraduate Educational Sciences School for Educational Training and…

http://news.nwu.ac.za/raising-repo-rate-was-inevitable

Raising of repo rate was inevitable

2022-01-31
The further 25 basis-point rise in interest rates by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) on 27 January was widely expected by the markets and economists. Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the Business…

http://news.nwu.ac.za/arguments-raising-repo-rate-are-not-persuasive

Arguments for raising repo rate are not persuasive

2021-11-19
The arguments offered by the majority of the members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) for raising the repo rate by 25 basis points at this stage are not persuasive. This is the view of Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the Business School of…

http://news.nwu.ac.za/liberal-energy-supply-approach-good-investment

Liberal energy supply approach is good for investment

2021-06-11
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on 10 June about new rules of engagement on the energy front in South Africa is good for investment sentiment. Prof Raymond Parsons, an economist from the Business School of the North-West University, says the…

http://www.nwu.ac.za/content/chancellor-nwu-governance-and-management

Chancellor

2024-11-20
The North-West University (NWU) Council reappointed Dr Anna Mokgokong, renowned business leader and entrepreneur, as its chancellor during its meeting on 13 November 2024. As chancellor, she serves as titular head of the NWU, and all qualifications…

http://library.nwu.ac.za/international-conference-information-literacy-icil-2022

International Conference on Information Literacy (ICIL) 2022

2026-03-19
Welcome, Prof Jeffrey Mphahlele Prof Jeffrey Mphahlele On behalf of the University Management, it is with immense pleasure and privilege to extend my collegial and warmest welcome to all delegates of the 2nd ICIL-Africa 2022, attending this meeting either in-person or…, Conference Theme, Information Literacy in the Fourth Industrial Revolution., Conference Aim, The ICIL-SA 2022 conference aims to bring together researchers, library and information services professionals, employers, media specialists, educators, policymakers and all other related parties from around the world to exchange knowledge and experience and…, Submission Types, Individual papers and posters Proposals for both papers and posters are welcome. Abstracts of no more than 300 words including references for papers or posters should be submitted on the conference website. Papers will be 20 minutes with 10 minutes for…, General Conference Topics, Information literacy (IL) in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sphere Information literacy: Blended learning multi-literacies Information literacy: Sustainable blended multi-literacies From information literacy to multi-literacies Wikipedia and information…, Conference Series, ICIL 2019 ICIL 2022 ICIL 2024 ICIL 2024 ICIL 2026 ICIL 2026, Sister Conference, European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL), Conference Photos, Available on our Facebook page in the Photos>Albums>ICIL2022 folder. , Important Dates, Conference date: 11 - 14 October 2022 ICIL 2022 First call for papers First call for papers: 11 March 2022 Submissions open: 25 March 2022 Second Call for Papers - ICIL 2022 Second call for papers: 11 April 2022 Submissions close: Extended to 25 July 2022…, Important Documents, ICIL Programme 2022 PDF of conference programme Book of abstracts Book of abstracts ICIL 2022 Guidelines for presenters and chairs Guidelines for presenters and session chairs ICIL 2022 Sponsors

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Prof Alistair Mokoena: belegging in goeie opvoeding is die sleutel

2024-04-04
Prof Alistair Mokoena, Google Suid-Afrika se direkteur vir ons land, het beloof om vanaf 2024 elke jaar R50 000 aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) te skenk. Volgens prof Mokoena sal die bedrag van die befondsing in die Dr Alistair Mokoena Education Fund belê…

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