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NWU’s Prof Kellner appointed on ministerial advisory board
2020-09-23 Prof Klaus Kellner from the North-West University (NWU) was recently appointed by the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Ms Barbara Creecy, to serve on the Conservation Advisory Board. With close to 40 years of experience in academia and in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-director-student-life-becomes-part-golden-key-society
NWU director for student life becomes part of Golden Key Society
2017-08-31 Prof Lumkile Lalendle, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) executive director for student life, was inducted into the Golden Key Honour Society during its induction ceremony on 25 August 2017on the campus in Mahikeng. Prof Lalendle was inducted alongside…http://news.nwu.ac.za/final-countdown-annual-alumni-gala-dinner
Final countdown to annual Alumni Gala Dinner
2017-09-11 The official countdown to the 2017 rendition of the North-West University (NWU) Alumni Gala Dinner on the campus in Vanderbijlpark has started! This annual gala event - which takes place on Friday, 15 September, represents a highlight on the campus’s…http://news.nwu.ac.za/bhive-edc-turning-great-ideas-profitable-businesses
bhive EDC: turning great ideas into profitable businesses
2018-04-09 Do you have an idea that you want to turn into a profitable business? If so, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) bhive Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) should be your first port of call. The bhive EDC – which is situated in the Faculty of Economic and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/onalenna%25E2%2580%2599s-radiant-radio-personality-shines-through
Onalenna’s radiant radio personality shines through
2018-11-06 NWU FM radio presenter Onalenna Leburu has been nominated in the category for Radio Personality of the Year 2018 in the annual Mzansi Kwaito & House Music Awards. He has been nominated alongside other radio personalities. They include Nkiyase &…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-connects-rural-students-brighter-future
NWU connects rural students with a brighter future
2018-11-07 For rural young people, no internet connection means no future. Unless the North-West University (NWU) brings the infrastructure to them. Most South African universities and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) rely on online application…http://news.nwu.ac.za/transforming-professionals-leaders
Transforming professionals into leaders
2019-02-20 Sweet sixteen and still growing. It has been 16 years since the inception of the African Nutrition Leadership programme (ANLP), and this year it promises to be even bigger and better. The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Centre of Excellence for Nutrition…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu%25E2%2580%2599s-engineering-innovation-brings-relief-cyclone-stricken-mozambique
NWU’s engineering innovation brings relief to cyclone-stricken Mozambique
2019-04-09 The catastrophic Cyclone Idai was one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the southern hemisphere as a whole. The long-lived storm caused catastrophic damage when it hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi earlier in March, leaving…http://news.nwu.ac.za/musa-one-africa%25E2%2580%2599s-youngest-female-phd-graduates
Musa is one of Africa’s youngest female PhD graduates
2017-04-26 The North-West University (NWU) has produced one of Africa’s youngest female PhD graduates. Musawenkosi “Musa” Saurombe received her PhD in Industrial Psychology at the university`s campus in Mahikeng on 25 April 2017. At 23, she is one of the youngest…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-career-centre-crowned-best-south-africa
NWU and Career Centre crowned the best in South Africa
2017-05-23 Student satisfaction is guaranteed at the North-West University (NWU): the institution and its Career Centre have received top honours in the UNIVERSUM Global Surveys Awards. The university received first place in the coveted Student Satisfaction Award…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-honours-transport-and-logistics-graduates-0
NWU honours Transport and Logistics graduates
2017-10-26 Transport Economics and Logistics Management on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng honoured the BCom Transport Economics and Logistics Management graduates at a gala dinner on 24 October 2017 at the Mmabatho Palms Hotel and Resort. As…http://news.nwu.ac.za/protea-star-appointed-nwu-coach
Protea star appointed NWU coach
2017-11-06 Former Protea star and North-West University (NWU) stalwart, Elsunet du Plessis, has been appointed as the new NWU netball coach starting on 1 January 2018. Elsunet takes over the Potchefstroom-based team’s reins from Dorette Badenhorst. “After an…http://news.nwu.ac.za/siya-metane-%25E2%2580%2593-heart-music-and-head-business
Siya Metane – a heart for music and a head for business
2018-08-07 If the name Siya Metane – aka Slikour – sounds familiar, you will be excused for remembering him only as a member of Skwatta Kamp, the seven member hip-hop group that set airways alight in the late nineties. Today, Siya, is an entrepreneur of note with a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-home-largest-zebra-fish-bioassay-facility-africa
NWU home to largest Zebra fish bioassay facility in Africa
2018-06-13 The Water research group in the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management (UESM) at the North-West University (NWU) installed the National Aquatic Bioassay Facility (NABF) in September 2017. Not only is the 515m2 facility the largest Zebra fish…http://news.nwu.ac.za/trade-hosts-special-lecture-relations-between-usa-and-sa
TRADE hosts special lecture on relations between USA and SA
2019-09-02 The TRADE research entity hosted a special lecture by the Trade and Investment officer of the United States Embassy on 29 August at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom. Mr Juan Cammarano, trade and investment officer at the US…http://news.nwu.ac.za/phd-graduate%25E2%2580%2599s-research-aims-increase-health-tswana-goat
PhD graduate’s research aims to increase the health of the Tswana goat
2019-08-29 Animal health and production is usually a challenge in South African rural communities and particularly among Tswana goat farmers in the North West Province. For this reason, North-West University (NWU) technician and recent PhD graduate Mpho Tsheole set…http://news.nwu.ac.za/crowns-confidence-and-charisma-miss-mr-nwu-vaal-2019
Crowns, confidence and charisma - Miss & Mr NWU Vaal 2019
2019-09-10 If you thought that beauty pageants were just about high fashion and desirability, you have another thing coming. At the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark the annual Miss and Mr NWU Vaal pageant represents a celebration of confidence…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-hosts-late-music-legend-hhp%25E2%2580%2599s-inaugural-memorial-lecture
NWU hosts late music legend HHP’s inaugural memorial lecture
2019-09-17 “People are equal. Musicians, like cooks and singers and dancers and lovers, are not. That’s just how it is. Most lyricists offer little in the way of new concepts, or new ways of appreciating the world. But some people bring new meaning into the world.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-hosts-gala-dinner-honour-lgbtqi-community
NWU hosts gala dinner in honour of LGBTQI+ community
2019-09-19 “You Have to be Gay to Know God lends a welcome complexity and authenticity to the narratives of black, queer men in Africa.” This is according to book reviewer Megan Robertson. Taking its cue from published reviews such as this one, the North-West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-pro-presents-paper-brics-young-scientist-forum