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NWU and National Press Club celebrate journalists’ extraordinary work
2023-04-25 The North-West University (NWU) partnered with the National Press Club (NPC) to celebrate journalists' extraordinary work and dedication at the 2022 Newsmaker & Journalist of the Year awards. The prestigious award ceremony was held on Thursday, 20…http://news.nwu.ac.za/hcl-tech-donation-empowers-students-succeed
HCL Tech donation empowers students to succeed
2025-08-18 In a powerful show of commitment to student support and inclusion, the North-West University (NWU) and global technology leader HCL Technologies (HCLTech) hosted a formal handover ceremony on 6 August 2025 at the Vanderbijlpark Campus. The event marked a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africas-graduates-and-entrepreneurial-crossroads
South Africa’s graduates and the entrepreneurial crossroads
2025-10-10 In South Africa, a degree no longer guarantees a job. Youth unemployment hovers at crisis levels, and many graduates struggle to find stable work. Entrepreneurship, often touted as a remedy, is still seen by many as a last resort rather than a viable career…http://news.nwu.ac.za/k9-units-could-give-struggling-police-service-more-bite
K9 units could give struggling police service more bite
2026-03-17 Police dogs are among the most effective yet underutilised crime-fighting tools available to South African law enforcement. Specialised K9 units have repeatedly proved their effectiveness in situations that require speed, detection capability and tactical…http://news.nwu.ac.za/international-centre-will-fight-neuromuscular-diseases
International centre will fight neuromuscular diseases
2018-09-17 The North-West University (NWU) will play a prominent role in establishing a new International Centre for Genomic Research in Neuromuscular Disease, and South Africa’s participation in this virtual centre. The centre will bring scientists, academics and…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/innovateher
InnovateHER
2025-08-27 innovateHER 2024 - Empowering Young Women to build solutions to problems in their community Welcome to innovateHER 2024, an inspiring initiative hosted by the North-West University Business School. Our programme is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-participates-microcredentials-development-southern-africa
NWU participates in microcredentials development in Southern Africa
2025-03-28 Change is fast and constant in the new world of work, and degrees no longer safeguard job security or ensure skills relevance. Continued learning, upskilling and reskilling after graduation are essential. Microcredentials could be the answer.…http://law.nwu.ac.za/law-justice-and-sustainability/environmental-change
Environmental Change
2025-12-05 Members of the Project on Environmental Change in the Research Unit: Law, Justice and Sustainability focus their research on the interface between environmentalsustainability, environmental justice, environmental governance and the law…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-male-voices-soar-varsity-acapella-2018
NWU male voices soar at Varsity Acapella 2018
2018-10-17 “The trophy came home!” This was the reaction when the sêr group of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Laureus men’s residence scored first place in this year’s national Varsity Acapella competition. During this past weekend in Stellenbosch, Minjonet…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/phasrec/published-articles
Published Articles
2021-05-12 [accordion collapsed] Articles published in 2020 Bonnema, J., Coetzee, D., Lennox, A. 2020. Effect of a three-month HOPSports Brain Breaks® intervention programme on the attitudes of Grade 6 learners towards physical activities…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/sethi-explosions
SETHI Explosions
2020-05-25 BACKGROUND OF SETHI EXPLOSIONS SETHI Explosions showcase research, development and commercial opportunities at the North-West University (NWU) to industry and stakeholders. It has been successful in creating a networking platform between…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/af/clinical-pharmacy/lissinda-du-plessis
Lissinda du Plessis
2026-04-22 I am a Professor in the School of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy at the Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University. I have been actively involved in teaching in Pharmaceutics and Biochemistry and lecture for the fourth and second year BPharm students. My current research focus on Additive manufacturing (AM) for the direct fabrication of three-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/students-triumph-national-physics-conference
Students triumph at national physics conference
2025-07-29 The high calibre of postgraduate research at the North-West University (NWU) has been nationally recognised. Seven NWU students were awarded top honours at the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP) annual conference, the country’s leading platform for…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/tourism-management/esmarie-myburgh
Esmarie Myburgh
2025-08-04 Esmarie Myburgh obtained her BCom Communication Management degree in 2012. In the same year, she commenced with her BCom Tourism Management honours degree and was appointed as a Tourism honours assistant. She obtained her honours degree in 2013 (cum laude); in the same year, she began with her MCom Tourism Management degree and was appointed as a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/world-intellectual-property-day-celebrations-launched
World Intellectual Property Day celebrations launched
2024-04-17 The North-West University (NWU) recently hosted the media launch for the World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD) celebrations in partnership with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), the Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition (…http://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-agriculture-budget-grows-overall-research-funding-declines
North West agriculture budget grows overall but research funding declines
2025-07-29 While an impressive R1,27 billion has been budgeted for agriculture and rural development in the North West Province for the 2025/26 financial year, the decrease in funding for research and technology services is disappointing. This is the view of Dr Kaya…http://news.nwu.ac.za/foreigners-sa-jails-deportation-complicated
Foreigners in SA jails: Deportation is… complicated
2025-10-10 Correctional Services Minister, Dr Pieter Groenewald, recently stated his intention to deport foreign criminals in South African jails back to their countries of origin. The Minister said that about 26 000 foreigners are either serving sentences in South…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/nwu-animal-production-research-ethics-committee-animprodrec/animprodrec
AnimProdREC
2025-10-28 Welcome to the Animal Production Research Ethics Committee (AnimProdRec) The NWU-AnimProd REC is an NHREC-registered ethics committee reporting both to the SCRE (as a standing committee of the Senate) of the NWU and the NHREC…http://news.nwu.ac.za/real-men-cry-too-alumni-workshop-breaks-silence-mens-mental-health