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Celebrating 20 years of excellence with the BEd class
2024-07-03 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus was alive with excitement and nostalgia as the BEd class of 2004 gathered to celebrate a remarkable milestone on Wednesday, 26 June. The theme for the day was "Celebrating 20 Years of Delivering…http://news.nwu.ac.za/4lvins-new-single-release-letter-pursue-your-love-interests
4LViN’s new single release is a letter to pursue your love interests
2025-10-08 North-West University (NWU) student and artist Alvin Baguma, popularly known as “4LViN”, released his latest single, ‘Tie u Down’ on Friday 26 September. The song is as a letter to his fans, encouraging them to pursue their love interests. 4LViN rose to…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/cpd-accreditation-applied-symposium
A CPD accreditation (applied) Symposium
2025-10-15 Join the Faculty of Health Sciences, North-West University, for a compelling and solutions-oriented dialogue at the intersection of law, medicine, and public health. As non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, cardiovascular, and respiratory…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-director-takes-helm-sadilar
New director takes the helm at SADiLAR
2020-08-03 The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources, SADiLaR, on the campus of the North-West University (NWU) in Potchefstroom, has a new centre director. Prof Langa Khumalo will take the reins from 1 August. SADiLar is a research infrastructure…http://news.nwu.ac.za/year-we-will-be-all-%25E2%2580%2593-prof-fika-janse-van-rensburg
This year we will be all in – Prof Fika Janse van Rensburg
2017-02-14 “If all of us were to say ‘We are all in’, it will be a good transition to the new dispensation.” That was the appeal made by the Rector of the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU), Prof Fika Janse van Rensburg, at the official opening…http://news.nwu.ac.za/waternet-team-open-watershed-experiences-nwu
WaterNet team open to watershed experiences at NWU
2021-10-28 From January 2022, the secretariat of the regional water research network known as WaterNet will be based at Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) as part of a five-year agreement. We caught up with the WaterNet executive management head,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-wto-chairs-programme-explores-africas-trade-potential
NWU-WTO Chairs Programme explores Africa’s trade potential
2021-03-24 Ever since the World Trade Organisation Chairs Programme (WCP) was launched at the North-West University (NWU) some years ago within the TRADE research focus area, Africa has remained a key focus area for the WCP’s research and outreach activities.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-gallery-presents-we-will-rise-again-exhibition
NWU Gallery presents: “We will Rise Again” exhibition
2021-03-17 South Africa has officially been on lockdown for an entire year. During this time a number of people have struggled financially, physically and psychologically. Nditsheni Managa, who is currently showcasing his “We will Rise Again” artwork at the North-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/purple-signifies-excellence-remembrance-and-above-all-hope
Purple signifies excellence, remembrance and above all, hope
2021-12-08 During the month of December, the three main gates of the campuses of the North-West University (NWU) in Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark will be illuminated in purple as a symbolic gesture of perseverance during the Covid-19 pandemic. The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/atkv-dictionary-award-feather-sadilars-cap
ATKV dictionary award a feather in SADiLaR’s cap
2023-10-25 The first-ever dictionary for N|uu, one of South Africa’s highly endangered minority languages with only one remaining fluent speaker, has been awarded the ATKV Wordwise Prize (Woordwystoekenning) for 2023 at the ATKV Woordveertjies (Afrikaans Language and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/labour-market-lagging-indicator-political-settlement
The labour market as a lagging indicator of political settlement
2026-02-18 By Prof. Joseph Sekhampu, chief director of the NWU Business School. Every society organises its economy around a set of implicit bargains about power, access, and reward. Those bargains determine who enters markets easily, who must navigate layers of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/ons-eer-jou-jeandre-rudolph
Ons eer jou, Jeandré Rudolph
2021-03-15 Daar is losvoorspelers met die flair en die opwinding wat hulle meer flambojante broeders in die agterlyn beskore is. Hulle is die Kwagga Smiths en die Bobby Skinstads wat saam met die beste agterspelers kan vastrap en swenk. Hulle het ’n bedrieglike systap…http://news.nwu.ac.za/trade-and-dsm-help-rwanda-boost-exports
TRADE and DSM help Rwanda to boost exports
2017-11-09 Rwanda is striving to reach its export market potential, with help from the team from the research focus area Trade and Development (TRADE) at the North-West University (NWU). Using an innovative approach called the Decision Support Model (DSM), Rwanda’s…http://news.nwu.ac.za/engineers%25E2%2580%2599-community-engagement-moves-second-gear
Engineers’ community engagement moves into second gear
2019-08-22 After many years of commitment to community engagement and development, staff and students of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering will now turbocharge these initiatives as the saying goes. According to Hannes du Toit, the faculty’s…http://news.nwu.ac.za/puppets-promote-learning-amongst-young-minds
Puppets promote learning amongst young minds
2019-10-18 It was a sight to behold. As the music started to play and the velvet curtains drew open, the kids at the El Shaddai Primary School in Vanderbijlpark drew in their breaths and their eyes shone with wonder. It was time for the colourful puppets to talk and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/having-grit-goes-long-way
Having grit goes a long way
2018-10-08 It is the year 2000. The share price of a multi-billion dollar Fortune 500 company peaks at $90. Their recruitment strategy reads: Hire the best, fire the rest. At the time it seemed to work, only it didn’t. That company was Enron. “Grit” is a positive, non…http://news.nwu.ac.za/saving-whistle-blower
Saving the whistle blower
2021-11-03 More than 100 participants recently attended the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Business School Think Tank webinar, “Save the rhino, and the whistle blower”. The diverse panel included Pieter-Louis Myburgh, an investigative journalist, Adv JJ du Toit,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/how-regulating-mobile-money-can-boost-financial-inclusion
How regulating mobile money can boost financial inclusion
2022-07-20 North-West University (NWU) LLD candidate Elfas Torrerai has done a statutory analysis of the use and regulation of mobile money to promote financial inclusion in developing countries. The title of his study is “A comparative statutory analysis of the use…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-inaugural-lecture-probing-notion-contextualising-practical-theology
NWU inaugural lecture: probing the notion of contextualising practical theology
2022-10-19 By Phenyo Mokgothu and Nolwazi Xulu North-West University (NWU) academic in the Faculty of Theology, Prof Alfred Brundson, presented his inaugural lecture on 13 October 2022 at the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus. The title of the lecture was “Are we there yet?…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-symposium-addresses-water-and-climate-challenges