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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/chhp-%25E2%2580%2593-we-are-cloning-expertise
CHHP – we are cloning expertise!
2020-09-07 In the short life of the Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP) at the North-West University (NWU) it has already become known as one of the most exceptional centres that tertiary-education institutions have to offer. One of the factors that…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-faculty-law-building-opens-door-more-opportunities
New Faculty of Law building opens the door to more opportunities
2018-11-22 The opening of the new Faculty of Law building on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng confirms the university’s commitment to produce future leaders and game changers. Chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng officially opened the new Faculty of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/community-benefit-rag-initiative
Community to benefit from RAG initiative
2017-10-09 If you thought varsity was just about studies and socialising, think again! The student community of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark is on a mission to collect 10 000 tins of canned food before 14 October 2017 to donate to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-young-alumni-here%25E2%2580%2599s-next-generation
NWU Young Alumni: here’s to the next generation!
2017-10-09 Since the formal inception of the NWU Young Alumni Homecoming initiative on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, the event has grown in leaps and bounds. This year’s rendition saw more than 300 young alumni come together to party…http://news.nwu.ac.za/another-win-nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-penelope-motshwene
Another win for NWU’s Penelope Motshwene
2020-02-06 Penelope Motshwene, who heads the Disability Rights Unit at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom, has proven time and again that dreams do come true. She was recently announced as one of the Playtex ambassadors for 2020. The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/srcs-helps-victims-knysna-fires
SRCS helps victims of Knysna fires
2017-06-28 The devastating Knysna fires left some of the most beautiful parts in the Eastern Cape in ruins, and in the midst of this unprecedented damage many people are without houses, without food, without anything. This is a heartbreaking situation that sent…http://news.nwu.ac.za/penelope-motshwene-%25E2%2580%2593-fairest-them-all
Penelope Motshwene – the fairest of them all
2018-01-15 With more than 4 000 women across the country having entered the Clicks Beauty Cover Model Search Competition for 2017, North-West University (NWU) employee Penelope Motshwene was recently crowned the winner – “the fairest of them all”. The Clicks Beauty…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-boasts-new-deputy-dean-research-and-innovation
Faculty boasts new deputy dean for research and innovation
2018-03-12 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences recently welcomed Prof Babs Surujlal as the newly appointed deputy dean for research and innovation. Prof Surujlal’s journey of lifelong learning took off in 1981 upon…http://news.nwu.ac.za/music-students-depart-exchange-programme-sweden
Music students depart on exchange programme to Sweden
2022-09-28 Four music students from the North-West University (NWU) recently departed for a five-month study trip to Stockholm in Sweden. This is part of the Linnaeus-Palme Exchange Programme funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA),…http://news.nwu.ac.za/national-heritage-council-recognises-alumnus
National Heritage Council Recognises alumnus
2023-09-26 Dr Monicca Bhuda, an alumnus of the North-West University (NWU) and a lecturer at the University of Mpumalanga, has been bestowed with the 2023 Voice of Heritage award at the National Heritage Council of South Africa’s (NHC’s). 10th annual Golden Shield…http://news.nwu.ac.za/inaugural-lecture-explores-promising-tools-tackle-drug-resistant-diseases
Inaugural lecture explores promising tools to tackle drug-resistant diseases
2025-07-28 In drug development, a “magic bullet” is a compound designed to kill disease-causing organisms without harming healthy cells. Such compounds are needed now more than ever because diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and sleeping sickness, which kill more…http://news.nwu.ac.za/first-sesotho-language-colloquium-further-discourse-importance-indigenous-languages
First Sesotho Language Colloquium to further discourse on the importance of indigenous languages
2024-06-20 The School of Languages and the Language Directorate at the North-West University (NWU) will host a Sesotho Colloquium from 27 to 28 June to celebrate and promote the Sesotho language. This colloquium is significant as it marks the first time a conference…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-students-get-first-hand-experience-nampo-harvest-day
NWU students get first-hand experience at Nampo Harvest Day
2023-05-24 By Menziwa Msibi Third- and fourth-year students from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering attended the annual NAMPO Harvest Day that took place from 16 to 19 May 2023 at NAMPO Park in Bothaville. The students were accompanied by…http://news.nwu.ac.za/accountability-and-training-are-keys-better-financial-management-municipalities
Accountability and training are the keys to better financial management in municipalities
2023-03-31 Local municipalities in North West have not achieved clean audit reports due to the mismanagement of financial resources. This is according to a research study conducted by Dr Auchalie Mothupi in his PhD studies at the North-West University (NWU). The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/young-nurses-make-difference-witrand-hospital
Young nurses make a difference at Witrand Hospital
2025-08-29 Patients at Witrand Hospital recently received clothing and bathroom supplies from a group of fourth-year nursing students from the North-West University (NWU). The students, who are completing their clinical hours in mental health care, said the…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://news.nwu.ac.za/joining-forces-transform-agricultural-sector-and-encourage-black-entrepreneurship
Joining forces to transform agricultural sector and encourage black entrepreneurship
2025-10-24 By Mzwandile Ndlovu Fewer than 10% of registered veterinarians in South Africa are black – and that is just one example of how black people are underrepresented in the agricultural and veterinary sectors. As a contribution towards transformation, the…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/african-amphibian-conservation-research-group/aacrg-prof-ches-m