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How TikTok and YouTube are helping keep Setswana culture alive
2026-06-02 A Setswana proverb shared on TikTok, a traditional wedding blanket draped over a bride’s shoulders in a music video and folktales narrated through podcasts may seem like ordinary digital content. However, new research from the North-West University (NWU)…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-basketball-star-selected-ussa-national-team-participate-2026-cucsa-games
NWU basketball star selected for USSA national team to participate at the 2026 CUCSA games
2026-06-03 Third-Year North-West University (NWU) Public Governance student and talented basketball player Koketso Mafate has been selected to represent the University Sports South Africa (USSA) Basketball team at the 2026 Confederation of Universities and…http://www.nwu.ac.za/gender-awareness-week
Gender Awareness Week
2024-04-02 Gender Awareness Week (GAW) has become an integral part of the university’s strategy of promoting diversity and inclusivity among students, staff and other stakeholders at NWU. The activities, sessions and presentations that take place fosters…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-anthropologist-highlights-5-practical-steps-towards-inclusive-ecology-studies
NWU anthropologist highlights 5 practical steps towards inclusive ecology studies
2021-05-28 We live in a vast world of knowledge and yet many scientific fields predominantly emphasise the contributions of Western knowledge. The importance of decolonising ecology to broaden the reach and impact of the field in an ethical way is the topic of a paper…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-superhero-packs-punch-hypertension-awareness
NWU superhero packs a punch for hypertension awareness
2021-09-02 Is it Superman? Batman? Spiderman? No, it’s Captain Heart! He is a North-West University (NWU) Superhero on an important mission – to raise awareness about the dangers of hypertension and to inspire young children to pursue healthy eating habits. This new…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/node/22240
About us
2023-01-31 Background The Water Research Group form part of the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management (UESM) and the School of Biological Sciences at the North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom Campus. The areas of specialisation that the…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/acds/qualifications
Qualifications
2024-02-28 Postgraduate Diploma in Disaster Risk Management POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT Qualification code: 2GC D01 Curriculum code: N501P Solving complex real-world problems and building societal…http://news.nwu.ac.za/young-nwu-lecturers-making-mathematics-fashionable
Young NWU lecturers making mathematics fashionable
2021-03-08 North-West University (NWU) lecturers Tshepiso Mahura (28) and Thokozani Jele (27) have much in common. Working at the Vanderbijlpark Campus, these best friends are both young academics from disadvantaged backgrounds, both pursuing their PhDs, and…http://www.nwu.ac.za/tn/content/nwu-taolo-le-botsamaisi-23
Dikomiti
2026-01-19 Dikomiti tsotlhe tsa Lekgotla di dira kwa tlase ga boikarabelo kgotsa botlhokwa jwa ditshelete jwa YBB. Badulasetulo ba tsone ke batho ba ba nang le kitso e e tlhokegang, bokgoni ke maitemogelo, le go dira go ya ka melao e e beilweng e e utlwalang sentle…http://news.nwu.ac.za/plastic-problem-nwu-researchers-highlight-major-data-gaps
The plastic problem: NWU researchers highlight major data gaps
2020-07-28 Our oceans are choking on plastic debris. In fact, marine plastic debris is one of the most pressing environmental concerns facing the world today, with devastating effects for both humans and the environment. But just how big a culprit is South Africa?…http://news.nwu.ac.za/node/26986
Interest rates left unchanged as expected
2020-11-23 Prof Raymond Parsons, economist at the North-West University (NWU) Business School, says the latest decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to again leave interest rates unchanged was widely expected, given the economic model on which the South…http://news.nwu.ac.za/create-news-0
NWU Faculty of Health Sciences recognises excellence in research and innovation
2020-11-24 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Health Sciences hosted its first-ever Research and Innovation Awards ceremony on 18 November 2020 to recognise the efforts and achievements of its faculty members. The faculty calculated the performance of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/job-insecurity-job-satisfaction-%25E2%2580%2593-nwu-optentia-and-nrf-collaboration
From job insecurity to job satisfaction – an NWU Optentia and NRF collaboration
2017-11-15 A collaboration between the Optentia research focus area and the National Research Foundation (NRF) will see four international experts come together to discuss the implications of job insecurity for organisations, institutions of higher learning and future…http://news.nwu.ac.za/optentia-welcomes-two-new-extraordinary-professors-0
Optentia welcomes two new extraordinary professors
2017-11-27 The research focus area Optentia on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, welcomed two new extraordinary professors in the sub-programme Ageing and Generational Dynamics during a recent prestige lecture event. The addition of Prof…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sport-participation-school-%25E2%2580%2593-have-we-lost-plot
Sport participation at school – have we lost the plot?
2019-11-26 In this opinion piece, Prof JP Rossouw, a research fellow and former director of the Education and Human Rights in Diversity research unit at the North-West University (NWU), examines society’s approach to sport participation in school. In international…http://news.nwu.ac.za/celebrating-legacy-struggle-icon
Celebrating the legacy of a struggle Icon
2020-03-11 The North-West University (NWU), in conjunction with The Department of Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation (DACSR) and the Ruth Mompati Foundation, hosted a memorial lecture to celebrate and honour the legacy of the late struggle stalwart Dr Ruth Segomotsi…http://news.nwu.ac.za/no-compromise-quality-and-safety-prof-dan-kgwadi
No compromise on quality and safety - Prof Dan Kgwadi
2022-08-19 The Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal) recently welcomed in excess of 1 500 new first year students into the fold during the 2017 Welcome Day. The Welcome Day saw students being accompanied by their parents, guardians and loved…http://news.nwu.ac.za/study-large-scale-potential-store-renewable-hydrogen
Study into large-scale potential to store renewable hydrogen
2021-09-22 Power fluctuations sometimes associated with renewable energy resources could become a thing of the past through research under way at the North-West University (NWU) on new and better ways to store hydrogen. The HySA Centre of Competence (Coc) at the NWU…http://news.nwu.ac.za/using-management-technology-ensure-constitutional-right-water
Using management technology to ensure the constitutional right to water
2021-06-23 Intelligent water management technologies could be the answer to some of South Africa’s water challenges. This is the view of Nicolene Steyn, one of the youngest PhD students at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Law, who believes smart…http://news.nwu.ac.za/innovative-research-addresses-abuse-elderly