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Land degradation expert to share his expertise with national working group
2024-09-05 The goal of achieving land degradation neutrality is still achievable, especially with the recent appointment of Prof Klaus Kellner from the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management (UESM) at the North-West University (NWU) to serve on the Land…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-planetary-commons-law-and-governance-urgently-needed-safeguard-functions-critical-earth-systems
New planetary commons law and governance urgently needed to safeguard functions of critical Earth systems
2024-02-27 It is time to realise and accept that we, as a species, share a responsibility to work together to safeguard all the environmental systems that regulate the functioning and state of the planet. This is according to Louis Kotzé, research professor at the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/vice-chancellor-science-day-triumph-again
Vice-Chancellor Science Day a triumph again
2024-08-30 “We are united despite our challenges.” This, the third last line of the anthem of the MM Sebitloane Special School, rang more true than ever on Tuesday, 30 July when the Vice-Chancellor Science Day of the North-West University (NWU) was held in the heart of…http://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/public-participation
Public Participation
2022-12-08 Public Participation What is it? In a democratic government system such as that of South Africa, public participation plays an indispensable role. Public participation is a process and not a single event or activity. It…http://www.nwu.ac.za/leadershipsummit/bess_nkabinde
NWU | Leadership Summit 2017 | Speaker | Justice Bess Nkabinde
2021-08-03 Justice Bess Nkabinde Bess Nkabinde-Mmono was born in Silwerkrans/Tlokweng (North West Province) in 1959. She is married and has four children. Nkabinde-Mmono matriculated at Mariasdal High School (Tweespruit - OFS) in 1979. She…http://news.nwu.ac.za/centre-space-research-hosts-successful-workshop-strengthen-radio-astronomy-capacity-across-africa
Centre for Space Research hosts successful workshop to strengthen radio astronomy capacity across Africa
2025-11-27 The Centre for Space Research (CSR) at the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted a highly successful Radio Astronomy Advancement Programme (RAAP) workshop – an annual initiative funded by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) and the…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/nwu-concert-life-love-and-ridiculous-1821-2021
NWU Concert - Life, Love and the Ridiculous: 1821 - 2021
2021-09-21 Life, Love and the Ridiculous: 1821 – 2021 Catrien Wentink (piano); Morné van Heerden (clarinet); André Oosthuizen (flute) Flute, clarinet and piano come together with a unique romantic chamber music programme on the 28th of September…http://news.nwu.ac.za/k9-units-could-give-struggling-police-service-more-bite
K9 units could give struggling police service more bite
2026-03-17 Police dogs are among the most effective yet underutilised crime-fighting tools available to South African law enforcement. Specialised K9 units have repeatedly proved their effectiveness in situations that require speed, detection capability and tactical…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/humanities/ethics-training
Ethics Training
2026-02-09 Research ethics training of researchers (Principal investigators, supervisors/promoters, co-supervisors/co-promotors, Master’s and PhD students and other research team members) has become a requirement of the Department of Health and the National Health…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/research/centre-excellence-carbon-based-fuels-0
Centre of Excellence in Carbon based Fuels
2024-01-19 Vision The vision of the Centre of Excellence in Carbon-based Fuels is to be the leaders in developing carbon-based fuels for improvements in energy efficiency, operational reliability and availability, as well as in minimising the carbon footprint by…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/registration-and-orientation-2023
Registration and Orientation 2023
2024-01-16 Message from our Executive Dean: "At the NWU Faculty of Engineering, we change the world for the better. We do this, first, by educating and developing exceptional engineers who can and want to change the world and, secondly, by finding answers to…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/social-sciences/bachelor-arts-programmes
Bachelor of Arts Programmes
2023-11-22 A Bachelor of Arts (BA) is a broad interdisciplinary undergraduate degree programme encompassing general education, electives and a major area of study. BA programmes generally give students more flexibility in choosing modules (subjects) and are less…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nothing-small-about-mini-cricket
Nothing small about mini-cricket!
2017-09-12 Don’t let the name of the game fool you. Mini-cricket is serious business – just ask any of the youngsters who will be taking part in the upcoming KFC Mini-Cricket Festival on Saturday, 16 September 2017, at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-alumni-calling-all-johannesburg-based-alumni
NWU Alumni: Calling all Johannesburg-based alumni
2018-05-21 If you graduated from the North-West University (NWU) and live in and around Johannesburg, Gauteng, make sure to diarise 23 May 2018. The university, through its Stakeholder Relations Directorate, will be hosting a social gathering for alumni at the Capital…http://news.nwu.ac.za/smile-%25E2%2580%2593-you%25E2%2580%2599re-camera-cachet-park-cid-right-track
Smile – you’re on camera: Cachet Park CID is right on track
2019-03-08 The Cachet Park City Improvement District Non-Profit Company (CID NPC) is putting their money where their mouth is. The CID recently awarded the tender for the security services in the demarcated area of the larger Bult Area to Mooirivier Beskerming…http://news.nwu.ac.za/patria-fnb-res-rugby-champion
Patria is FNB Res Rugby champion
2019-04-24 At last! After four consecutive attempts the North-West University’s (NWU’s) men's residence, Patria, was able to beat Maties’ Vishuis at the Danie Craven stadium in Stellenbosch by 16–8. Although this was not the first time that Patria has captured the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/franick-and-win%25C3%25A9-%25E2%2580%2593-two-peas-graduating-pod
Franick and Winé – two peas in a graduating pod
2019-05-03 Twins always attracts special attention, and it is no different when it comes to Franick and Winé Steyn. Fifteen years after starting Grade 1 together, the sisters recently celebrated their graduation achievements by proudly taking to the stage during the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-part-groundbreaking-astronomical-initiative
NWU is part of groundbreaking astronomical initiative
2019-05-29 The ASTRI-Horn Cherenkov Telescope has detected the Crab Nebula with TeV energies, and the North-West University (NWU) played a part in achieving this. The Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova in the constellation of Taurus and TeV stands for Terra…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-law-student-publishes-debut-novel
NWU law student publishes debut novel
2017-03-24 Another student from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus has self-published a book. Gaopalelwe Lesley Mathiba, a third-year law student, published his debut novel titled “The Essence Behind Motherhood: 'Behold your mother' ~John 19:27”.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/acclaimed-pianist-performs-locally