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Student advances to semi-finals of Miss World South Africa 2024
2024-05-29 North-West University (NWU) student Rahama Metroll Milanzi has been selected as a semi-finalist for Miss World South Africa 2024. If she wins the title, she will represent South Africa in the global Miss World 2024 pageant, competing against more than 100…http://news.nwu.ac.za/female-bodybuilders-are-breaking-barriers
Female bodybuilders are breaking barriers
2024-08-28 Two North-West University (NWU) students from the Mahikeng Campus are challenging stereotypes and making a name for themselves in the male-dominated sport of bodybuilding. Kudzi Mudzingwa and Nomthandazo Portia Galate are not only stepping onto the stage…http://news.nwu.ac.za/bodybuilding-team-claims-fifth-ussa-championship-title
Bodybuilding team claims fifth USSA championship title
2023-07-05 The bodybuilding team from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus once again emerged victorious in the national University Sports South Africa (USSA) championship for 2023. This is the fifth time the team scooped the top spot, despite…http://news.nwu.ac.za/six-love-tennis-star-johann
Six–love for tennis star Johann
2023-07-06 It has been 148 years since Frenchman Pierre Babolat took natural gut–derived from cow intestine – to make tennis racket strings. Now, the top-ranked male tennis player at the North-West University (NWU) is using his Babolet Pure Drive racket to run opponents…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-bismark-tyobeka-it-our-responsibility-sasuf-2023
Prof Bismark Tyobeka: “It is our responsibility” (SASUF 2023)
2023-03-31 On the surface there is little commonality between the two. One is a predominantly homogenous first-world country with a population of 10,5 million people where you are more likely to see the northern lights than a lanky giraffe. It occupies an area of 447,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/change-behaviour-work-save-water
Change behaviour at work to save water
2024-02-23 In the face of climate change and increasing water scarcity, the research of North-West University (NWU) academic Prof Lobina Palamuleni has highlighted the urgent need to save water at the workplace and to change how people – especially men – use water.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/budget-falls-short-providing-concrete-solutions-pressing-challenges
Budget falls short in providing concrete solutions to pressing challenges
2024-02-22 The South African Budget Speech of 21 February – delivered with a tone of optimism and commitment – reveals a government grappling with economic challenges while striving for progress. Prof Joseph Sekhampu, chief director of the North-West University (NWU…http://news.nwu.ac.za/research-support-office-participates-gates-foundation-funded-project
Research Support Office participates in Gates Foundation-funded project
2024-03-08 The Research Support Office at the North-West University (NWU) is one of only ten research support offices in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) that received a grant and were selected to participate in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/how-brown-seaweed-and-spent-oyster-mushroom-substrates-could-be-used-chicken-feed
How brown seaweed and spent oyster mushroom substrates could be used as chicken feed
2024-07-31 One of the greatest challenges facing Africa is food security. Dr Godfrey Mhlongo, a recent PhD graduate in animal science from the North-West University (NWU), believes indigenous chickens, brown seaweed and oyster mushroom spawn could help feed the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/school-nursing-celebrates-womens-day
School of Nursing celebrates Women’s Day
2025-08-27 On 8 August 2025, the Sports Village at the Potchefstroom Campus was the setting as the School of Nursing hosted a Women’s Day celebration together with the NuMIQ research entity. The theme, “Be yourself”, encouraged women who balance careers, families and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-webinar-explores-social-policy-tool-african-nation-building
NWU webinar explores social policy as a tool for African nation building
2025-09-03 From Ghana to South Africa, similarities in health, education and social policy programmes have raised questions about how public concerns over foreign nationals shape solidarity across the continent. This was the focus of a webinar hosted by the School of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/veteran-broadcaster-tim-modise-deliver-public-lecture
Veteran broadcaster Tim Modise to deliver public lecture
2025-09-11 One of South Africa’s most experienced news broadcasters, Tim Modise, returns to the place where his career started, Mahikeng, to deliver a public lecture on how the media have shaped cultural identify in democratic South Africa. The lecture on 6 October…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-artificial-intelligence-gospel
The new artificial intelligence gospel
2025-10-10 Generative artificial intelligence has learnt to mimic the divine. It now produces not only music, prose and images once thought uniquely human, but also digital deities: chatbots that speak in the first person as God. Christianity boasts AI Jesus, Virtual…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ai-and-assessment-training-initiative-empowers-lecturers
AI and Assessment training initiative empowers lecturers
2025-10-14 In a joint effort to strengthen digital capability, the office of the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Teaching and Learning, AI Hub, Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), and the People and Culture division launched an innovative incentive programme to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-welma-lubbe-appointed-global-committee-newborn-brain-care
Prof Welma Lubbe appointed to global committee for newborn brain care
2025-08-04 Prof Welma Lubbe from the Quality in Nursing and Midwifery (NuMIQ) research focus area at the North-West University (NWU) has been appointed as the nursing representative on the global committee for the Newborn Brain Society. Prof Lubbe, who is the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/stars-and-circuits-spark-curiosity-ahead-vice-chancellors-science-day
Stars and circuits spark curiosity ahead of Vice-Chancellor’s Science Day
2025-08-13 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) third annual Vice-Chancellor’s Science Day on 6 August in Kuruman once again brought science out of the laboratory and into the community. Kicking off the proceedings, NWU astrophysicist Prof Thebe Rodney Medupe led…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-fm-dominate-north-west-media-awards
NWU FM dominate at the North West Media Awards
2025-12-11 Student radio talent stood tall at the 2025 North West Media Awards, where NWU FM, the radio station of the North-West University (NWU), won major categories and reaffirmed its status as one of the province’s leading community radio stations. From best…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwus-mining-school-ambitions-gain-momentum-strategic-ties-top-australian-university
NWU’s mining school ambitions gain momentum with strategic ties to top Australian university
2025-12-09 The future of mining in the North West Province depends on the availability of high-calibre mining professionals with specialised skills, and the North-West University (NWU) is an integral part of achieving this. Now, a potential partnership with one of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/wannie-carstens
Wannie Carstens
2026-03-05 Prof Wannie Carstens has been Director of the School of Languages at the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus since 2001. He is currently also the chairperson of the Afrikaanse Taalraad, chairperson of the Suid Afrikaanse Akademie van Kuns en Kultuur…http://news.nwu.ac.za/khayalethu-residence-cleans-mahikeng-primary-school-131-year-mark