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Chronic medication’s effects go up in smoke
2024-11-07 Medical experts agree smoking is a health hazard, but many smokers choose to justify this habit by highlighting the calming and socialising effects they believe it may have. Some smokers of plants such as dagga also point to the medical benefits some studies…https://news.nwu.ac.za/north-west-university-forefront-agricultural-innovation
North-West University at the forefront of agricultural innovation
2025-04-22 Crop production in South Africa is overshadowed by storm clouds, and not the type that farmers crave. A multitude of uncertainties combine to darken prospects for the country’s crop farmers, which include climate change, water shortages, soil degradation,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-award-honorary-doctorate-leading-voice-african-scholarship
NWU to award honorary doctorate to leading voice in African scholarship
2025-04-29 One of the world’s most-cited African scholars, Prof Toyin Falola, is deepening his connection with the North-West University (NWU) and its Mahikeng Campus in particular. Two years after delivering a public lecture there on indigenous languages and global…https://news.nwu.ac.za/deepening-global-ties-through-expanded-german-collaboration
Deepening global ties through expanded German collaboration
2025-04-30 Opportunities for international research experience are one of the many benefits of the newly expanded research and teaching partnership between the North-West University (NWU) and Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz (HSZG) University of Applied Sciences in Germany.…https://news.nwu.ac.za/dr-masego-matjilas-fight-keep-setswana-alive
Dr Masego Matjila’s fight to keep Setswana alive
2025-03-17 For decades Dr Masego Ezekiel “Easy” Matjila’s voice has carried the baton of the Setswana language in the hope of handing it over to the younger generation. This message came across loud and clear at a recent event at the North-West University (NWU). On 13…https://news.nwu.ac.za/reflection-state-social-work-south-africa
A reflection on the state of social work in South Africa
2025-03-18 As we consider the urgent issues confronting social work in South Africa, it is evident that the profession is at a crucial turning point. On 18 March we commemorate World Social Work Day, and this year’s theme – “Strengthening Intergenerational Solidarity…https://www.nwu.ac.za/date/virtual-seminar-dr-crispen-chinguno-customer-king-gig-work-small-south-african-city
Virtual Seminar by Dr Crispen Chinguno: Customer is King’: Gig Work in a Small South African City and the Varieties of Digital Control and Workers’ Responses
2024-04-03 You are cordially invited to attend a thought-provoking virtual seminar hosted by Dr. Crispen Chinguno, Senior Lecturer in Industrial and Economic Sociology at Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley. Dr. Chinguno's seminar titled "Customer is King": Gig Work in a…https://www.nwu.ac.za/date/call-papers-2nd-annual-colloquium-environmental-welfare-animal-well-being
Call for Papers: 2nd Annual Colloquium on Environmental Welfare, Animal Well-being, Rights of Nature, and Human Rights
2024-08-28 You are cordially invited to submit abstracts and attend the "2nd Annual Colloquium on Environmental Welfare, Animal Well-being, Rights of Nature, and Human Rights", In partnership with DFFE, SANParks, SANBI, and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife. Background and theme…https://www.nwu.ac.za/date/seminar-dr-john-mhandu-university-mpumalanga
Seminar by Dr John Mhandu (University of Mpumalanga)
2024-08-14 The NWU School of Social Sciences cordially invites to attend a seminar hosted by Dr John Mhandu from the University of Mpumalanga. Topic: Rethinking the Discourse of Homo Sacer (Sacred Man) in the Context of Vigilante Operation Dudula in South African…https://www.nwu.ac.za/date/public-lecture-prof-dr-yannick-griep-radboud-university-netherlands
Public Lecture by Prof. Dr Yannick Griep (Radboud University, Netherlands)
2024-08-22 You are cordially invited to a public lecture by Prof. Dr Yannick Griep (Radboud University, Netherlands) as an extra-ordinary professor at the School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management. Topic: Revolutionising psychological contracts:…Enactus Vaal through to the next round of Harmony LED Challenge
2017-06-29 Members of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark chapter of Enactus are walking proud and tall after advancing to the second round of the prestigious 2017 Harmony Local Economic Development Challenge. The team from Vanderbijlpark…EWP gala showdown to celebrate female entrepreneurs
2017-09-11 A lot can happen in five years, and the coordinators and the participants of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Enterprising Women Programme (EWP) can attest to this. This year marks the fifth anniversary of this flagship entrepreneurial short programme…Marie Preston
2022-08-19 Research in the field of Teaching and Learning: My research career started in 2012 when I conducted research in collaboration with Mrs Veruschka Perlser-Carstens and Mr Andre Swart (both from the School of Accounting Sciences), on student performance in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/seminar-explores-coloniality-academic-freedom-south-africas-higher-education-sector