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Expert hails new malaria drug approval for newborns as turning point for Africa
2025-07-17 Switzerland’s recent approval of Coartem Baby, the first antimalarial treatment specifically designed for newborns and very young children, is a major step forward in tackling one of Africa’s most pressing public health challenges, says Dr Fortunate Mokoena,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/trumps-pause-foreign-aid-upsets-global-health-programmes
Trump’s pause on foreign aid upsets global health programmes
2025-02-07 United States President Donald Trump’s pause in his country’s foreign aid is being felt on the campuses of the North-West University (NWU). The Health Care Centre and HIV/Aids Office on the NWU’s Mahikeng Campus have received notification from Shout-it-Now…http://news.nwu.ac.za/recipient-nwu-honorary-doctorate-shines-satmas
Recipient of NWU honorary doctorate shines at the SATMAs
2024-09-11 Dr (honoris causa) Masego Ezekiel “Easy” Matjila continues to shine. After receiving an honorary doctorate from the North-West University (NWU) in recognition of his commitment to preserving the Setswana, Sesotho, and Sepedi languages, he received another…http://news.nwu.ac.za/partnership-aims-boost-financial-literacy-among-students
Partnership aims to boost financial literacy among students
2025-09-18 The North-West University (NWU) is actively reinforcing its dedication to student success by recently partnering with Blackbullion, a digital platform designed to build financial literacy. This partnership desires to give students the knowledge and skills…http://library.nwu.ac.za/icil-2022-exhibitors
ICIL 2022 - Exhibitors
2025-07-31 piql piql piql Digital preservation, archival and long-term data storage services are underpinned by innovative technology designed to keep data alive and accessible. About Secure and future-proof digital preservation Nuclear testing FTEC FTEC FCTEC South…http://www.nwu.ac.za/event/accounting-virtual-career-fair
NWU Accounting Virtual Career Fair
2020-12-09 [accordion] Save the date There were over 2000 students who attended the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Virtual Career Fairs in 2020, for 2021 the Career Centre promises to pull out all the stops. The Career Centre will host four…http://www.nwu.ac.za/event/nwu-general-virtual-career-fair
NWU General Virtual Career Fair
2020-12-09 [accordion] Save the date There were over 2000 students who attended the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Virtual Career Fairs in 2020, for 2021 the Career Centre promises to pull out all the stops. The Career Centre will host four…http://www.nwu.ac.za/event/nwu-law-virtual-career-fair
NWU Law Virtual Career Fair
2020-12-09 [accordion] Save the date There were over 2000 students who attended the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Virtual Career Fairs in 2020, for 2021 the Career Centre promises to pull out all the stops. The Career Centre will host four…http://www.nwu.ac.za/event/nwu-science-and-engineering-virtual-career-fairs
NWU Science and Engineering Virtual Career Fairs
2020-12-09 [accordion] Save the date There were over 2000 students who attended the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Virtual Career Fairs in 2020, for 2021 the Career Centre promises to pull out all the stops. The Career Centre will host four…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/trees-and-school-tourism-lead-way-towards-future-african-tourism
TREES AND THE SCHOOL OF TOURISM LEAD THE WAY TOWARDS THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN TOURISM
2024-06-07 Who is to say that social distance will stop us from effectively engaging the community in discussions about solving the great issue of African tourism in times of COVID-19? Staff members from TREES and the School of Tourism have been keeping busy since the…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/population-and-health/projects
Projects
2025-02-25 Highlights of ongoing projects initiated by staff of the Population and Health RFA. There are several projects at different stages of development conducted by entity members, and the list will be updated with new developments. They fall under…http://news.nwu.ac.za/study-finds-freshwater-species-risk-threats-linked-human-activities
Study finds freshwater species at risk from threats linked to human activities
2022-09-06 From climate change and associated extreme weather events to pollutants, over-utilisation and invasive species, human activities are the main threats to freshwater species in South Africa’s largest floodplain ecosystem. This is according to the Water…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-celebrates-second-biosphere-reserve-north-west
NWU celebrates a second biosphere reserve for North West
2018-10-22 This is the Marico Biosphere – 44 000 hectares of supreme Africa landscape. An ecosystem that the North-West University (NWU) helped preserve. Hundreds of community members and officials from the NWU and provincial government celebrated the launch of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/%25E2%2580%259Ckeep-moving-forward-and-don%25E2%2580%2599t-give-%25E2%2580%259D-%25E2%2580%2593-prof-linda-du-plessis
“Keep moving forward and don’t give up” – Prof Linda du Plessis
2017-03-10 “Never view challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it is important for you to understand that facing and overcoming difficulty is actually one of your biggest advantages since it teaches you perseverance, resilience and adaptability.” This is the message…http://news.nwu.ac.za/waternet-executive-manager-makes-history
WaterNet executive manager makes history
2023-07-21 Prof Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema, executive manager for SADC WaterNet and extraordinary professor at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, has been elected the secretary-general of the International Association of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/vanderbijlpark-campuss-community-engagement-garden-project-bears-fruit
Vanderbijlpark Campus’s Community Engagement Garden project bears fruit
2024-05-15 By Loveness Hulwane The HaReJeng (Let Us Eat) Community Engagement Garden project, which was launched in 2023 at the North-West University's Vanderbijlpark Campus, has yielded its first harvest. The project aims to promote community engagement, service…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/unit-environmental-sciences-and-management/aquatic-ecosystem-health
Aquatic Ecosystem Health
2024-08-08 Sub-programme leader: Prof Jonathan Taylor (Jonathan.Taylor@nwu.ac.za) Latest news: [accordion] Vacancy: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Vacancy…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group/alumni
Alumni
2025-03-01 Dr Chinemerem Ohoro Email address: 49889648@mynwu.ac.za Field of expertise: Environmental/Analytical Chemistry, Ecotoxicology, Risk…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group/research-team-2017
Research team 2017
2018-05-18 Professors Director: Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management Prof. Nico Smit nico.smit@nwu.ac.za…http://news.nwu.ac.za/phd-study-concludes-social-entrepreneurship-state-mind