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2023-06-30 The North-West University (NWU) is proud of its remarkable alumni who actively continue to make impactful and valuable contributions in all spheres of society – not only locally, but also abroad. If you are an NWU alumnus or a staff member who knows of an…http://news.nwu.ac.za/honours-programme-educational-psychology-still-empowering-potchefstroom-hospital
Honours programme in educational psychology is still empowering Potchefstroom Hospital
2023-11-17 The fruits of an eight-year-long, arduous community endeavour are now evident in the Potchefstroom Hospital project. This undertaking has been consistently fuelled by the unwavering passion, dedication and commitment of the staff who have been involved since…http://news.nwu.ac.za/building-hope-transforming-lives-pilgrim-welfare-centre-uniting-its-community
Building hope, transforming lives: Pilgrim Welfare Centre uniting its community
2023-11-16 In the heart of Small Farms, Evaton, near Vereeniging in the Vaal Triangle, lies the Pilgrim Welfare Centre. The mission of this drop-in centre is twofold: to combat poverty and to foster education. To achieve this, they have implemented a range of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/endless-opportunities-nwus-centre-space-research
Endless opportunities at the NWU’s Centre for Space Research
2024-09-09 The observable part of our universe is 93 billion light years in diameter and growing. It holds secrets accumulated over 13.8 billion years of interstellar expansion, cosmic explosions, and the fusion of matter that has shaped all that is known and all that…http://news.nwu.ac.za/forging-partnership-boost-community-development-and-employment
Forging a partnership to boost community development and employment
2024-09-16 In a powerful demonstration of collaboration, the North-West University (NWU), through its Bhive Enterprise Development Centre (bhive EDC), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Vaal United Business Forum (VUBF), a non-profit company.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/internationally-acclaimed-pharmaceutical-business-leader-receives-honorary-doctorate
Internationally acclaimed pharmaceutical business leader receives honorary doctorate
2024-11-20 The North-West University (NWU) bestowed an honorary doctorate on internationally renowned pharmaceutical business leader and NWU alumnus Jannie Oosthuizen on Friday, 2 August. Mr Oosthuizen is recognised for his exceptional contributions to and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/first-community-engagement-symposium-highlights-socially-conscious-citizenship
First Community Engagement Symposium highlights socially conscious citizenship
2024-10-09 The Faculty of Humanities at the NWU recently hosted its first-ever Community Engagement Symposium, a milestone for its staff and students. Held over two days in Potchefstroom, the event was filled with dynamic presentations and lively discussions. “This…http://law.nwu.ac.za/law/first-publishers-acknowledged
First publishers acknowledged
2017-06-12 A total of 40 staff members of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus received recognition for their first publication of a research article.This event is held annually to welcome staff members into the ranks of research publishers. Prof…http://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/cles-news
CLES News
2021-12-06 Using management technology to ensure the constitutional right to water Intelligent water management technologies could be the answer to some of South Africa’s water challenges. This is the view of Nicolene Steyn, one of the youngest PhD…http://sport.nwu.ac.za/tennis
Tennis
2025-09-14 [accordion collapsed] Mahikeng Campus Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The game originated in England and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/lulama-mabala-it-time-rethink-retirement
Lulama Mabala: It is time to rethink retirement
2025-09-16 South Africans tend to think of retirement in rands and cents. Yet, research by Lulama Mabala suggests that what people do with their time after leaving work is just as critical as how they fund it. Mabala is an expert in leisure, physical activity,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/celebrating-breastfeeding-week-why-we-need-do-more
Celebrating Breastfeeding Week: Why we need to do more
2025-08-05 Breastfeeding is every person’s first start in life, yet millions of South African mothers stop within weeks. A simple change in position or early expert support can make the difference between quitting and success. Myths, short maternity leave, and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/real-heroes-wear-calculators
Real heroes wear calculators
2026-03-03 In the 2016 Hollywood actioner The Accountant, Ben Affleck plays a forensic accountant who also happens to be a mercenary, devastatingly effective with every manner of weapon in hand. It sounds like an exaggerated cure for our country’s financial…http://news.nwu.ac.za/early-action-crucial-researchers-warn-rising-high-blood-pressure-children
Early action is crucial as researchers warn of rising high blood pressure in children
2026-02-12 A significant global health concern is that growing numbers of children and adolescents worldwide are developing high blood pressure. Newly published research highlights childhood hypertension, once considered rare in young people, as a rapidly growing health…http://news.nwu.ac.za/state-nation-age-private-substitution
State of the Nation in the Age of Private Substitution
2026-02-10 By Prof Joseph Sekhampu, chief director of the NWU Business School Imagine a state-of-the-nation address delivered without triumph or ceremony. The President rises, not to announce renewal, but to offer thanks. He thanks the households for installing solar…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/acds/pat-reid
Pat Reid Memorial Lecture
2025-09-18 PAT REID MEMORIAL LECTURE Dedicated to the memory of Patricia Mary Reid (1945-2012) In South Africa and Africa as a whole, limited opportunities exist to scrutinize and debate burning issues surrounding disaster risk reduction. For some time the ACDS…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pure-and-applied-analytics-paa/overview-workshops
Overview of workshops
2023-08-15 .bg { padding: 1em; color: white; background-color: black; clear: left; text-align: center; } .btn-group-vertical { width: 100%; } StatCon Workshops 2023 31 August - 2 September, 2023 Home [accordion…http://news.nwu.ac.za/voter-registration-without-participation-lessons-sas-2024-elections
Voter registration without participation: lessons from SA’s 2024 elections
2026-04-02 Opinion piece by Dr Mabutho Shangase and final-year master’s degree student Masungulo Khoza The May 2024 national and provincial elections in South Africa were more than a routine democratic exercise; they were a revealing test of the electoral resilience…http://www.nwu.ac.za/international-student-compliance-office/documents-be-order-prior-registration-international
Documents to be in order prior registration - International students
2025-11-19 Requirements/steps/services rendered by the International Student Compliance Office staff members, of documents to be submitted and collected for staff members, and international students to take note of the process followed for any future communication.…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/cybathlon/projects