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2017-03-31 The Faculty of Natural Sciences offers diverse and interesting qualifications, characterised by relevant and integrated training. Here, students develop life skills that enable them to handle challenges in the workplace. Our academic staff are…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/natural-and-agricultural-sciences/mission-and-vision
Mission and Vision
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2016-08-30 Our facilities houses top of the range equipment Our staff is highly skilled and trained to handle this machinery with the greatest of easehttp://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-business-mathematics-and-informatics/background
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2026-01-19 The Centre for Business Mathematics and Informatics® (Centre for BMI) was founded in 1997 as a joint initiative between the erstwhile Potchefstroom University (now North-West University) and ABSA Bank Limited (now Barclays Africa Group Limited). The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africas-municipal-crisis-moving-urban-edge
South Africa’s municipal crisis is moving to the urban edge
2026-04-16 • By Prof. Joseph Sekhampu, chief director of the NWU Business School Approaching Johannesburg along its main entry routes, or entering Cape Town, Durban, or Tshwane from their peripheries, a pattern becomes difficult to ignore. Long before the formal city…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nanostar-technology-nwu-brings-hope-early-disease-detection
Nanostar technology at the NWU brings hope for early disease detection
2026-04-16 At the North-West University (NWU), research is more than publishing, it is about transforming lives. This is the vision driving a team at the Centre for Human Metabolomics (CHM), where scientists developed a nanostar-based reagent that could revolutionise…http://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-joins-dstv-premiership-clubs-medical-team
Alumnus joins DStv Premiership club’s medical team
2026-04-16 From campus sport to top-flight football, Lulutho Jizana has joined the medical team at Orbit College FC with a focus on player care and injury management. Lulutho, a former first aider at North-West University (NWU), joined Orbit, a club competing in the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/translating-academic-work-societal-value
Translating academic work into societal value
2026-04-16 South Africa does not suffer from a knowledge deficit. It suffers from a translation deficit. The country produces knowledge at scale as universities generate research, publishing extensively and graduating thousands of students each year. Yet, despite this…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researchers-call-stronger-community-involvement-wetland-management-policies
Researchers call for stronger community involvement in wetland management policies
2026-04-16 A recent study, co-authored by Dr Mandla Dlamini, researcher from the Unit of Environmental Management and Sciences (UESM) at the North-West University (NWU), emphasises that floodplain wetland management and disaster risk reduction efforts are unlikely to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/academic-takes-public-health-leadership-role-global-stage
Academic takes public health leadership role on global stage
2026-04-16 Taking along the spirit of Ubuntu, a North-West University (NWU) academic is stepping onto the international stage to connect South African public health research with global networks through her appointment to a key leadership role at a major international…http://news.nwu.ac.za/academic-support-programme-introduced-address-students-concern
Academic support programme introduced to address students’ concern
2026-04-16 The Students’ Campus Council (SCC) at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) has introduced academic support programme to address student concerns related to academic matters and services offered by faculties. The initiative was developed…http://news.nwu.ac.za/indigenous-languages-key-fight-against-crime
Indigenous languages key in fight against crime
2026-04-16 As crime continues to ravage communities across South Africa, a North-West University (NWU) researcher has highlighted how indigenous languages play an active role in strengthening crime prevention efforts through communication strategies in rural areas.…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/climate-change-air-quality-and-impacts/latest-news