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Digital footprint crucial for indigenous language preservation
2024-02-23 “The work that is being done by SWiP is highly commendable. The key message of today’s meeting for me is the importance of preserving our languages. As a Zulu speaker, it is crucial that isiZulu does not die.” These are the words of Tholakele Nkwanyana, a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/honouring-our-languages-and-identity-celebration-international-mother-language-day
Honouring our languages and identity in celebration of International Mother Language Day
2026-03-10 International Mother Language Day is celebrated globally every year on 21 February to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. First proclaimed by UNESCO in November 1999, the day honours the students in Dhaka, Bangladesh, who bravely…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/centre-geopolitical-security-and-strategy-cgss/cgss-news
CGSS in the news
2025-10-03 LAUNCH OF THE CENTRE FOR GEOPOLITICAL SECURITY AND STRATEGY (CGSS) AND SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH THE INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES (ISS) On 12 August 2025, the Centre for Geopolitical Security and Strategy (CGSS), within…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/research-innovation/research-innovation-humanities
Research & Innovation: Humanities
2025-10-01 Research Units: OPTENTIA Research Unit Develop and organise knowledge for the optimal expression of individual, social and institutional potential in African context. Unit for Languages and Literature in the SA Context Focusing on the language…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/technology
Language Technology
2022-08-19 Only available on the Potchefstroom Campus Language technology is an interdisciplinary field that includes most subdisciplines of linguistics, as well as computational linguistics, natural language processing, computer science, mathematics, and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/samewerking-met-zimbabwe-kan-formele-vaardighede-vir-vroee-kinderopvoeding-aan-oumas-en-moeders
Samewerking met Zimbabwe kan formele vaardighede vir vroeë kinderopvoeding aan oumas en moeders bring
2023-03-02 Om kinders tot op sewe jaar oud te help om hulle volle potensiaal te verwesenlik, is vroeë kinderopvoeding noodsaaklik. Talle versorgers regoor Afrika is oumas en moeders sonder formele kwalifikasies. Die vul van hierdie gaping is een van verskeie gebiede…http://news.nwu.ac.za/tehilla-takes-healing-music-world
Tehilla takes healing music to the world
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…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-unveils-new-nursing-building
NWU unveils new nursing building
2017-04-03 Prof Dan Kgwadi, vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), led the celebrations on the Mahikeng Campus, on 30 March 2017 during the unveiling of its new nursing building. Unveiling the new nursing building plaque are Prof Sevid Mashego, Prof…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-leadership-summit-2017-adaptive-leadership-time-complexity-and-uncertainty
NWU Leadership Summit 2017: Adaptive leadership in a time of complexity and uncertainty
2017-04-06 Dealing with work complexity has become a major leadership development issue, especially when one considers the uncertain times in which leaders are expected to operate in. With this challenge in mind the third annual North-West University (NWU) Leadership…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-scientists-reimagine-future
Social scientists to reimagine the future
2018-07-18 “Social scientists hold the key to imagining and realising an alternative future, not only for South Africa but for the world. Through social sciences we are offered the opportunity to open up debate, to collaborate and ultimately shape our collective…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-heritage-month-intercampus-spelling-bee
NWU celebrates Heritage Month with intercampus spelling bee
2024-10-03 By Mafumane Tlhapi and Ntokozo Maseko In celebration of Heritage Month, the North-West University (NWU) hosted an intercampus spelling bee competition to promote language diversity across its three campuses. The event took place on 21 September at the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/vanderbijlpark-campus-debating-society-performs-north-west-open
Vanderbijlpark Campus Debating Society performs at North West Open
2024-08-16 The Debating Society on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus made a good impression at the North West Open 2024, hosted and organised by the Potchefstroom Campus’ Debating Union. The three-day tournament took place from 9 to 11 August…http://news.nwu.ac.za/abe-bailey-travel-bursary-%25E2%2580%2593-chance-lifetime-students-visit-uk
Abe Bailey Travel Bursary – chance of a lifetime for students to visit the UK
2017-03-24 Saint Augustine once said that the world is a book, and those who do not travel limit themselves to reading only a single page. With this in mind, students of the North-West University (NWU) are invited to apply for the Abe Bailey Travel Bursary. The…http://news.nwu.ac.za/take-bow-jeandre-rudolph
Take a bow, Jeandré Rudolph
2021-03-15 There are loose forwards blessed with the flair and razzmatazz reserved for their much more flamboyant brothers in the backline. They are the Kwagga Smiths and Bobby Skinstads who can step and swerve with the best of them. They have a deceptive turn of space…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-makes-clean-sweep-international-parasitology-congress
NWU makes a clean sweep at international parasitology congress
2022-10-27 Parasites may be viewed by many as pesky organisms,but understanding them and their impact on ecological systems is crucial in nature studies. The researchers and students at the North-West University (NWU) excel as experts in this field. The NWU made…http://news.nwu.ac.za/world-intellectual-property-day-celebrated-nwu
World Intellectual Property Day celebrated at NWU
2022-05-18 World Intellectual Property Day is annually celebrated on 26 April, under the auspices of the United Nations’ World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). This year’s theme was “IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future”. This year, the North-West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/isfap-bursary-fund-representatives-take-special-tour-nwu
ISFAP bursary fund representatives take special tour of NWU
2022-12-05 On 18 November Prof Bismark Tyobeka, principal and vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), hosted Morné du Toit, chief executive officer, and Jethro Hill, IT operations manager of the Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP), for a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/advanced-coding-techniques-unleashed-coding-summer-school-postgrads
Advanced coding techniques unleashed at the coding summer school for postgrads
2024-02-15 The biennial postgraduate coding summer school was jointly hosted by the National Institute for Theoretical Computational Science (NITheCS) and the Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/auther/resources
Resources
2025-05-21 Webinars A Personal Development Journey NHI vs a Capable State vs My Health. Let us talk Conferences ACT-1 conference Training Webinars What is predatory publishing and how to identify predatory journals and its…http://news.nwu.ac.za/smart-village-dialogue-advances-south-africas-first-indigenous-knowledge-led-initiative