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Current status of protest actions at the North-West University’s Mahikeng Campus
2021-03-17 Since Monday, 15 March 2021, students, and members of the public have been protesting outside the main entrance to the Mahikeng Campus in solidarity with the call for a national shutdown of all public universities. Staff are still unable to access the campus…http://news.nwu.ac.za/psychosocial-management-depression-among-adolescents
Psychosocial management of depression among adolescents
2021-05-07 Depression in adolescents is the most prevalent mental health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa and a major cause of disability. In South Africa, depression among adolescents is the leading cause of poor cognitive and social development, posing a huge mental…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-masters-students-passion-leads-book-about-wetlands
NWU master’s student’s passion leads to book about wetlands
2022-03-07 Kirsty Kyle, a master’s student at the North-West University (NWU), has recently published an educational children’s book and, after receiving sponsorship for the printing, donated the books to under-privileged schools. The book, Discovering Wetlands with…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ruan-takes-reins
Ruan takes the reins
2022-02-07 It was a unanimous decision – neither the players nor the team management hesitated. There is only one man who can be tasked with leading the North-West University (NWU) Eagles attack in their 2022 Varsity Cup campaign, and that man is Ruan “Sampie” Swiegers…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-hosts-sascoc-indaba
NWU hosts SASCOC indaba
2022-02-25 The North-West University (NWU) hosted the SASCOC High Performance Indaba at the Sports Village between 9 and 11 February 2022. SASCOC used this strategic planning session to review the performance of the Olympic and other elite teams over the past five years…http://news.nwu.ac.za/new-era-sadilar-advancing-south-africas-digital-language-revolution
A new era for SADiLaR: Advancing South Africa's digital language revolution
2024-12-02 "Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation." These…http://news.nwu.ac.za/telit-sas-digital-futures-symposium-explores-how-artificial-intelligence-reshaping-education
TELIT-SA’s digital futures symposium explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping education
2025-04-01 The landscape of education is transforming at an unprecedented pace, driven by the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI). This year’s iTLT Digital Futures Symposium, themed “Accelerating education through AI: Collaborative innovation for the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/women-lead-way-field-occupational-hygiene-academia
Women lead the way in the field of occupational hygiene in academia
2025-06-02 In a country where the number of female academics specialising in occupational hygiene is exceptionally small, the North-West University (NWU) stands out as a national and continental leader. Of the only eight known female academics in South Africa with a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/climate-change-alters-distribution-disease-carrying-snails-south-africa
Climate change alters distribution of disease-carrying snails in South Africa
2024-08-19 Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is the second most socio-economically devastating parasitic disease after malaria, affecting millions of South Africans. Caused by parasitic worms which rely on specific snails as intermediate hosts, recent research…http://news.nwu.ac.za/engaged-scholarship-impact-indaba-convergence-minds-and-ideas
Engaged Scholarship Impact Indaba - a convergence of minds and ideas
2024-07-26 The Faculty of Health Sciences at North-West University (NWU) recently hosted an Engaged Scholarship Impact Indaba at the Vanderbijlpark Campus. The dynamic one-day hybrid-event brought together community champions - including academics, community leaders…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-pioneering-role-community-engagement-through-innovative-research
NWU pioneering the role of community engagement through innovative research
2024-10-09 The North-West University (NWU) continues to affirm its commitment to advancing community engagement through innovative research methodologies. This commitment was recently exemplified at the African Centre for Training in Community-Based Participatory…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group/tsitsikamma-living-lab
Tsitsikamma Living Lab
2025-03-01 Full documentary Overview The Tsitsikamma Living Lab is the opportunity where we bring the theory and the practice together. It is an collaborative module with the North-West University, University of Johannesburg and…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/woodwinds
Woodwinds
2025-03-23 Mr André Oosthuizen (flute) Mr Kagiso Ramela (saxophone) Prof Liesl van der Merwe (bassoon) Mr Morné van Heerden (clarinet) The woodwind department at NWU School of Music is an…http://news.nwu.ac.za/excellence-awards-recognise-staff-who-excelled-their-areas-expertise
Excellence Awards recognise staff who excelled in their areas of expertise
2025-10-21 The North-West University (NWU) rewarded its exceptional staff during the annual NWU Excellence Awards ceremony, which took place in Potchefstroom on 21 November. More than 130 staff members received recognition for their outstanding contributions in…http://www.nwu.ac.za/work-integrated-and-service-learning-management-system-wisl
The Work Integrated and Service-learning Management System (WISL)
2020-10-07 The NWU had in 2016 already been seeking for a system to be developed to address the implementation of an integrated solution for management of and reporting on activities within the work integrated and service-learning environment (WIL and SL).…http://www.nwu.ac.za/date/annual-academic-freedom-lecture-2022
Annual Academic Freedom Lecture 2022
2022-10-30 RSVP for Zoom The NWU cordially invites you to the Annual NWU Lecture on Academic Freedom 2022, presented by Professor David J. McQuoid-Mason. Teaching Human Rights in a Hostile Environment: The Role of the University – Some Lessons from the…http://www.nwu.ac.za/brics-news
News | BRICS
2021-08-02 History was made with BRICSCESS History was made when the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Council of Exercise and Sport Science (BRICSCESS) was founded on 17 October 2015 during a meeting at the Manav Rachna International…http://www.nwu.ac.za/brics/news-academic-forum
Academic Forum | News | BRICS
2015-10-27 In economics, BRICS is a grouping acronym that refers to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa which are all deemed to be at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development. It is typically rendered as "the BRICS…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trade/terms
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2024-06-07 Terms (Business Profs Consultancy Services) Definitions In these terms and conditions, the following definitions are applicable: “Client / your / you” means the individual, partnership, organisation or company in receipt of the Services; “Confidential…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/water-research-group-extraordinary