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MOTIVATING THE YOUTH
2024-06-07 Dr Kezell Klink was requested by the Principal at Danville Secondary School to assist by talking to the grade 12’s about how she managed to overcome challenges of coming from that area and reaching the level of achieving her PhD. She has been visiting the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/our-vision-mining-innovation-gains-ground-latin-america
Our vision for mining innovation gains ground in Latin America
2025-07-25 On 10 June 2025, Prof Mzubanzi Bismark Tyobeka, principal and vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), led a senior academic delegation on a strategic two-week mission to Brazil and Peru. The objective: to deepen global partnerships in higher…http://news.nwu.ac.za/2019-research-day-puts-emerging-researchers-limelight
2019 Research Day puts emerging researchers in the limelight
2019-05-28 The importance of research and its application in the community is being thrust into the limelight, especially in the midst of global debates about the role of universities flaring up again. Prof Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya, the North-West University’s (NWU’s…http://news.nwu.ac.za/human-rights-day-day-celebrate-or-commemorate
Human Rights Day: a day to celebrate or commemorate?
2020-03-19 On 21 March is South Africa observes Human Rights Observance Day. This day is historically linked with 21 March 1960, and the events of Sharpeville. On that day 69 people died and 180 were wounded when police fired on a peaceful crowd that had gathered in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-varsity-football-%25E2%2580%2598underdogs%25E2%2580%2599-bag-another-crucial-victory
NWU Varsity Football ‘underdogs’ bag another crucial victory
2017-08-04 The North-West University (NWU) Varsity football team, the 2017 tournament’s underdogs, clinched yet another crucial victory against Wits University in their encounter at the Mahikeng Stadium on Thursday, 3 August 2017. This clearly sets them on their…http://news.nwu.ac.za/african-communities-must-benefit-artificial-intelligence
African communities must benefit from artificial intelligence
2024-10-22 For artificial intelligence (AI) to become a tool for economic empowerment without worsening existing inequalities, various ethical considerations around AI must be addressed. This is according to Evans Mohlatlole, a lecturer in the subject group Social…http://news.nwu.ac.za/athletics-superstars-set-global-stage-alight
Athletics superstars set global stage alight
2024-11-20 Young man, you have got some wheels on you! Bradley Nkoana from the North-West University (NWU) once again burnt up the tarmac on the international stage when he won bronze in the 100 m event at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru on Thursday…http://news.nwu.ac.za/connecting-ignite-growth-revolution-africa
Connecting to ignite a growth revolution in Africa
2020-04-24 Why try to reinvent the wheel when others are facing similar challenges and together you could succeed in “connecting to ignite a growth revolution”? This was the thinking of the team of researchers from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Optentia research…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/ecat2026
International symposium on electrocatalysis
2026-03-02 ECAT2026 Dates: 2 - 5 November 2026 Venue: Protea Hotel Stellenbosch and Conference Centre We are pleased to invite you to ECAT2026, the next edition of the International Symposium on Electrocatalysis, taking place in Stellenbosch,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/wihan-lubbe-proteas-fold
Wihan Lubbe in Proteas fold
2021-05-10 Memorable exploits on the cricket pitch can take many forms. A sublimely timed cover drive to bring up a century in the most trying of circumstances, a catch that defies the laws of physics, or an over bowled with such venom and resolve that the opposition is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/die-pad-na-n-blink-toekoms
Die pad na ’n blink toekoms
2023-04-18 ’n Afvaardiging van die Verenigde State (VSA) se konsulaat in Johannesburg het die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) op Donderdag 4 April besoek as deel van hulle projek om studente vir die gesogte en wêreldbekende Fulbright Program te werf en hulle meer daarvan te…http://theology.nwu.ac.za/m-d-programmes/research-proposal-title-registration
Research Proposal & Title registration
2025-08-08 Research Proposal & Title registration A research proposal must be prepared in conjunction with the study leader/promoter in accordance with the requirements of the NWU. Visit NWU Libraries for the following useful…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-career-centre-helps-students-realise-their-dreams
NWU Career Centre helps students to realise their dreams
2022-07-11 Oldrin Masowa The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Career Centre is committed to help students to reach their full potential through academic development, preparation for the world of work, and finding the keys to their success. The centre was…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-will-be-singing-gospel-usa
NWU student will be singing gospel in the USA
2019-07-30 Final-year education student Tshepo Tshepido Mothobi from the North-West University (NWU) is one of three local South African gospel artists who won a trip to perform in the United States of America (USA). The Klerksdorp born Tshepo entered the Sing Gospel…http://sport.nwu.ac.za/hpi/potchefstroom-information
Potchefstroom information
2018-07-24 Potchefstroom or Potch (as most people call it) is a University town of about 128,253 people, about 120km or 75miles to the south-west of Johannesburg. It is the oldest town in the old Transvaal Province and has a rich history dating back to 1838.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/how-six-days-potchefstroom-saved-australia
How six days in Potchefstroom saved Australia
2020-09-15 By Bertie Jacobs Our dreaded enemy, our mortal foes. The Australian cricket team elicits a special kind of response from South Africans (and every other test-playing nation), most notably in the form of vitriol and expressions not fit for the printed or…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africa-post-2020-covid-19-and-economy-part-2
South Africa post-2020: Covid-19 and the economy (part 2)
2021-01-14 It was not the aftermath of the storm. Indeed, the rain was still pelting down, but South Africa’s economic ship needed to be steered towards lost prosperity. In this, the second part of a series of articles, Professor Raymond Parsons from the Business School…http://news.nwu.ac.za/us-tariff-hikes-are-bad-news-south-african-economy
US tariff hikes are bad news for the South African economy
2025-04-03 The scale of the further wide-ranging United States (US) unilateral tariff hikes announced by President Donald Trump will not only drive a huge wedge into the world’s multilateral trading system but is also bad news for the South African economy.…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/numiq/starfish
STARFISH
2024-08-02 Capacity Building Project for Healthcare Providers Working with Neonates, Infant and Under-five Children AIM Improving neonatal, infant and under 5 child-care in South Africa by means of collaborative initiatives. …http://news.nwu.ac.za/commission-gender-equality-report-gbv-and-sexual-harassment