2019-01-23
The management of the North-West University (NWU) is satisfied with the process of registering first-year students across its three campuses in Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark. The first-year target for the 2019 academic year is 9 400, and up…
2019-04-09
The North West province is hungry for ideas and needs a coordinated response from all stakeholders to bring about much-needed change in the lives of the province’s residents.
This is according to Premier Job Mokgoro, one of the speakers at the recent…
2019-04-16
Over the past few weeks South Africa has witnessed a spate of crimes where children are committing heinous offences against each other and some even against adults. Community members from all over the country have called for these children to feel the full…
2019-05-07
The “Take Back the Bult” Project of the Cachet Park CID NPC – a joint venture between the North-West University (NWU) and JB Marks Municipality in Potchefstroom – is in full swing and a very clear message is being sent out to persons with criminal…
2019-05-24
The North-West University (NWU) has done it again! During the World Exhibition for Incentive Travel (IMEX), the NWU’s dedication to research excellence and social justice was reaffirmed when Emilé Coetzee – an honours student within the Faculty of Economic…
2018-05-16
North-West University (NWU) alumnus, Lebogang Jackson Ntsoti, is taking the world by storm with his music.
The singer-song writer and master of ceremonies was born in Khuma in Klerksdorp in the North West Province, but spent most of his childhood in…
2018-06-14
Some of the top names in South African football attended the annual alumni gathering of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Soccer Institute in Mahikeng.
Held at the institute in June 2018, the get-together saw former institute players, including five…
2018-06-28
More than 1 100 Grade 12 learners from three districts in the North West Province are attending the 12-day matric Winter School at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng.
This annual winter school programme, facilitated by qualified and…
2018-07-10
The second annual Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) Lekgotla recently took place in Cape Town. The three-day event saw two entrepreneurship experts from the North-West University (NWU), Natanya Meyer and Johann Landsberg, in attendance…
2018-08-01
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng hosted a public lecture on 30 July 2018 as part of the National Science Week Lecture series.
The lecture titled ‘Using Nanotechnology to address growing challenges of Energy, Water and Food Security…
2018-08-14
The North-West University (NWU) boasts yet another vice-chancellor (VC) of a South African university among its alumni. Dr Chris Nhlapo recently took office as VC of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in Cape Town.
Dr Nhlapo now joins the…
2018-08-20
North-West University (NWU) academic Prof Emmanuel Mukwevho spoke candidly about his research overview that focuses of finding therapeutic agents for obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome during his inaugural lecture held at the campus in Mahikeng on 15…
2018-10-01
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) solar car, Phoenix, recently returned to home base after a gruelling race over 4 000 km during this year’s Sasol Solar Challenge.
For this eight-day event, teams from across the world design and build solar-powered…
2018-10-04
It is a proven fact that investing in female entrepreneurs results in job creation, new sources of revenue and innovative contributions to community.
Such innovations – as developed during the 2018 rendition of the Enterprising Women Programme (EWP) –…
2018-10-19
Poverty, unemployment, poor service delivery, lack of economic growth. There are a lot to be done before we will see the African continent truly thriving. The need for interdisciplinary research has never been greater.
The Optentia research focus area on…
2018-10-25
The youngest PhD graduate in Africa, 24-year-old Dr Musa Suarombe, has been named the Institute of People Management’s (IPM’s) Youth Leader of the Year for 2018/2019.
Dr Suarombe, a postdoctoral fellow at the North-West University’s (NWU) campus in…
2020-11-18News from the Project, Dr ShiNa Li visits North-West University Dr. ShiNa Li from the University of Surrey in UK visited the School of Economics during the week of 29 May to 2 June. She is a co-worker on a project on Tourism and Poverty reduction, which is funded by the British…, 1. G o back to the Title Page, 2. The Team, 3. The Project, 4. Research-led teaching material,
2021-11-11Dr Keith Bothongo, the first black South African to be registered as a property valuer and a recent recipient of an honorary doctorate degree from the North-West University (NWU), pledged to sponsor 10 NWU students per year for 2020 and 2021.
Dr Bothongo…
2019-10-24
The North-West University (NWU) is home to more than 65 000 students, representing a demographical footprint across more than 70 countries with diverse cultures.
In light of this, the Student Campus Council (SCC) and the Culture Office on the campus in…
