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Student Registration: Welcome to the start of your NWU journey!
2026-01-20 Registration for first-year students start on 19 January. All registrations are online. Before you start: You must have received and accepted your final offer from NWU to proceed with registration. NWU accepts one application per academic year.…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/unit-data-science-and-computing/our-impact
Our impact
2022-09-06 The members of the UDSC participate in the following international societies: International Society for the Systems Sciences Prof Roelien Goede ISSS President International…http://news.nwu.ac.za/give-back-mandela-day
Give back on Mandela Day
2020-07-17 It’s that time of the year when people from across the globe celebrate the late Nelson Mandela’s birthday by spending 67 minutes in giving back to their communities. In November 2009, the United Nations officially declared Nelson Mandela’s birthday as an…http://news.nwu.ac.za/major-developments-planned-nwu-year
Major developments planned for the NWU this year
2019-02-25 The North-West University (NWU) Council has approved two new teaching-learning centres: the Centre for Health Professions Education and the Centre for Engineering Education. Prof Robert Balfour, deputy vice-chancellor for teaching and learning, made the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/brexit-agreement-major-step-towards-avoiding-widespread-disruption
Brexit agreement is a major step towards avoiding widespread disruption
2019-10-18 “The fact that the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) have reached an agreement on Brexit after complex negotiations will be generally welcomed in view of the wider implications of 'hard' Brexit for key components of the world trading system…http://news.nwu.ac.za/current-situation-da-and-power-coalitions-%25E2%2580%2593-expert-opinion
The current situation of the DA and the power of coalitions – an expert opinion
2019-11-07 The Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s main opposition party, has undergone some major changes and developments over the past few weeks. The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Prof André Duvenhage, a political analyst, recently had an in-depth…http://news.nwu.ac.za/story-hope-0
A story of hope
2021-09-16 For the past four years the Hillensberg Trust has been making the dreams of several North-West University (NWU) students come true. The trust was established in the late 1970s and the bursary grant was launched in 2017. Since its inception, students at the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/meet-our-researchers
Meet our researchers
2023-09-28 The faculties at the North-West University (NWU) are doing exciting work on the research front. Prof Moses Retselisitsoe Phooko is the director of Professional Development and Community Engagement in the Faculty of Law. His research is on the Southern…http://news.nwu.ac.za/gnu-cabinet-must-outline-economic-agenda-ensure-greater-policy-certainty
GNU Cabinet must outline economic agenda to ensure greater policy certainty
2024-07-08 The much-anticipated announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa of the new Government of National Unity (GNU) Cabinet is, on the whole, good for business and investor confidence. Prof Raymond Parsons, economist from the NWU Business School, says the markets…http://sport.nwu.ac.za/sport/taekwondo
Taekwondo
2021-09-14 The roots of the special martial art form Tae Kwon originated in 2 300 BC in Korea. Gen Choi Hong Hi developed the modern martial arts into taekwondo, as it has been known across the world since 1955. Apart from having self-defence attributes,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/celebrating-five-finalists-prestigious-hers-sa-higher-education-women-leaders-awards
Celebrating five finalists in prestigious HERS-SA Higher Education Women Leaders Awards
2024-08-02 The North-West University (NWU) is proud to announce that five of its esteemed women trailblazers have been named finalists in the Higher Education Resource Services South Africa (HERS-SA) Higher Education Women Leaders Awards (HEWLA). The NWU finalists…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/music-education
Music Education
2025-07-29 Prof Ewie Erasmus Prof Janelize Morelli --> Prof Liesl van der Merwe Prof Mignon van Vreden The aim of Music Education at the School of Music is to explore the value of music in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-drug-discoveries-are-triple-offensive-against-malaria-and-tb
New drug discoveries are a triple offensive against malaria and TB
2019-05-28 Researchers from three South African universities are unleashing the power of oxygen in a triple-drug treatment strategy against disease-causing parasites and bacteria. Oxygen is the key to life – and that applies as much to parasites and bacteria that…http://news.nwu.ac.za/space-billionaires-and-our-new-age-going-heavens
Space, billionaires and our new age of going to the heavens
2022-01-27 There was a time when superpowers fought proxy wars and the world teetered on the brink of oblivion. There was a time when men rode behemoths called Redstone, Atlas, Titan and Saturn to the heavens underneath hundreds of thousands of pounds of thrust, and the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/cultivating-hope-despite-despair-covid-19
Cultivating hope despite the despair of Covid-19
2021-07-02 The continuing effect of Covid-19 on mental health is felt all over the world, but especially in South Africa now that this pandemic has hit our country with a third wave. We have lost loved ones, financial stability, some of our freedom, social…http://news.nwu.ac.za/profiling-nwus-new-deputy-vice-chancellor-dr-joe-molete
Profiling the NWU’s new deputy vice-chancellor: Dr Joe Molete
2026-02-23 The North-West University (NWU) is pleased to introduce Dr Joe Molete as the new deputy vice-chancellor (DVC) designate for Student Life, Transformation, People and Culture (SLTPC), with responsibility for the NWU Mahikeng Campus. As a seasoned academic…http://news.nwu.ac.za/theres-more-wind-and-solar-power-electricity
There’s more to wind and solar power than electricity
2021-06-23 In the past decade, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind have made some inroads in supplying “green” energy to the country’s power grid. To be self-sustainable with the use of renewable electricity, methods of energy storage are required, as solar…http://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-students-spell-their-way-victory
North-West University students spell their way to victory
2022-10-12 On the 19th and 20th of September 2022, students from different faculties in the North-West University participated in the 1st Annual inter-faculty spelling bee competition. The purpose of this event was to promote the different languages that are…http://news.nwu.ac.za/jean-tiedt-king-defence
Jean Tiedt: King of defence
2023-06-02 Rugby has changed. It has evolved. Take a look at some of the games in the 70s, 80s and early to mid-90s. They were a bit of a mess, weren’t they? There was little structure (not like nowadays, anyway) and it was more of a scrap than a clinical exhibition.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-hosts-annual-lecture-academic-freedom