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Management
2025-04-16 Academics Professor Nico J. Smit NRF rating: B-rated nico.smit@nwu.ac.za Research focus: Marine and freshwater fish parasites, environmental parasitology…http://law.nwu.ac.za/vulnerable-societies/traditional-authorities
Traditional Authorities
2024-07-04 Back to Home [tabs] General 1993 Constitution 1996 Constitution 2018 Salaries Traditional Leaders Rautenbach & Bekker - Intro to Legal Pluralism 1 Legislation 1920 Native Affairs Act 1927 Black Administration Act 38 of 1927…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/centre-text-technology/research-and-expertise
Research and expertise
2021-09-28 RESEARCH AND EXPERTISE On June 1 2004 the Centre for Text Technology (CTexT) was established as a non-profit, self-supporting unit of the Research Unit: Languages and Literature in the South African Context in the Faculty of Arts at the North-West…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-juta-mock-trials-decade-bridging-gap-between-practice-and-theory
NWU-Juta Mock Trials – a decade of bridging the gap between practice and theory
2021-08-03 The popular annual NWU-Juta Mock Trial competition celebrated its tenth birthday and finals in a virtual courtroom on 2 August. This was the first time that the entire competition, from the first elimination rounds to the finals, took place online…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/virtuelewerklikheidlaboratorium-oorbrug-die-gaping-tussen-sielkunde-en-tegnologie
Virtuelewerklikheidlaboratorium oorbrug die gaping tussen sielkunde en tegnologie
2024-08-27 Die soeke na uitnemendheid sonder grense deur die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het so pas op 23 Augustus ’n innoverende tegnologiese hupstoot gekry met die bekendstelling van sy virtuelewerklikheid-simulasielaboratorium by die Fakulteit Gesondheidswetenskappe…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/amptelike-akademiese-opening-fokus-op-die-bemagtiging-van-uitnemendheid-2024-en-daarna
Amptelike akademiese opening fokus op die bemagtiging van uitnemendheid in 2024 en daarna
2024-02-28 Die oorkoepelende boodskap van die hoof en visekanselier van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), prof Bismark Tyobeka, was een van optimisme, dankbaarheid en vasberadenheid tydens die amptelike opening van die 2024- akademiese jaar op Vrydag 23 Februarie. Die…http://news.nwu.ac.za/our-hope-lies-power-our-people
Our hope lies in the power of our people
2020-04-15 There is a saying in Tibetan: “Tragedy should be utilised as a source of strength. No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.” This quote by the Dalai Lama XIV has perhaps never been…http://news.nwu.ac.za/why-maths-behind-matric-pass-rates-do-not-add
Why the maths behind matric pass rates do not add up
2026-01-27 South Africa’s celebrated matric pass rates do not reflect the reality of a “leaking pipeline” that serves neither the country’s ailing economy nor the future prospects of matriculants. At the centre of this dilemma is what might be called a pass-rate…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/centre-text-technology/project-sadilar
Project SADiLaR
2023-06-09 Client Project Focus: SADiLaR About SADiLaR The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is a national centre supported by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) as part of the new South African…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/philosophy/postgraduate-qualifications-philosophy
Postgraduate qualifications in Philosophy
2026-03-02 [accordion collapsed] Short Learning Programme (Certificate in Philosophy) Find out more about the Short Learning Programme (Certificate) in Philosophy BA Hons in Philosophy and MPhil in Philosophy For the BA Hons and MPhil there are four…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/ensembles-orchestras
Ensembles & Orchestras
2025-03-28 One of the aims of the NWU School of Music is to cultivate and train good musicians, primarily through performance. Music students have regular opportunities to perform, either in performance classes, student concerts, or public concerts at the…http://law.nwu.ac.za/postgraduate-studies/structured-mphil-degree-environmental-law-and-governance
Structured MPhil degree in Environmental Law and Governance
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Breastfeeding is best
2020-06-25 It has been proven conclusively that exclusively breastfeeding a baby for the first six months has numerous long-term health benefits for a child. However, a large number of South African women are not doing this. Chantell Witten, who recently completed…http://news.nwu.ac.za/raking-awards-and-changing-perceptions-about-academia
Raking in awards and changing perceptions about academia
2017-08-17 One normally reads about the ‘it girl’ in the celebrity world, but in academia, Dr Musawenkosi Donia Saurombe is the woman to watch. The Botswana national with Zimbabwean roots stands head and shoulders above her peers. The media world cannot get enough…http://news.nwu.ac.za/don%25E2%2580%2599t-let-unforgettable-fame-pass-you
Don’t let unforgettable Fame pass you by
2017-08-21 There are just a few days left before the opening night of the energetic and talent-filled musical Fame in the Sanlam Auditorium on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Potchefstroom. The four shows will take place on 30 and 31 August and on 1 and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-hosts-first-international-conference-history-southern-africa
NWU hosts first international conference on history in Southern Africa
2017-10-05 The North-West University (NWU) recently played host to the International Society for History Didactics (ISHD) and the South African Society of History Teaching (SASHT) at the first ever international conference related to history and education in Southern…http://news.nwu.ac.za/bye-bye-birdie-fanie-lands-pga-eagle
Bye-bye birdie as Fanie lands a PGA eagle
2018-10-31 Fanie Roos, a lecturer in sport management, recently became the first North-West University (NWU) representative to address the prestigious Professional Golfers Association of South Africa (PGA-SA). And come January 2019, he will be jetting off to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/solar-car%25E2%2580%2599s-blood-sweat-and-tears-were-worth-trouble
The solar car’s blood, sweat and tears were worth the trouble!
2019-03-11 Multifaceted knowledge is the big prize with which Esté Heese, a former student at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering, walked away after she was part of this university’s well-known solar car team. This also boosts her career at…http://news.nwu.ac.za/against-all-odds-disability-not-inability
Against all odds: Disability is not inability
2019-02-20 Letlhogonolo Mafela was born without arms, but refused to let his physical disability stand in the way of realising his dreams. Self-acceptance has helped him defy the odds and obtain a BCom degree in economics, which will be conferred on him during the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/biogas-brilliance-scores-nwu-enactus-team-second-place