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Janha Scholtz – an alumna with a love for Mother Earth
2017-05-30 Remember the name Janha Scholtz, because this brown-eyed beauty has a bright future ahead of her – be it as a professional model, a social change agent or a communications professional. Janha, who received her BA communications degree during the recent…http://news.nwu.ac.za/optentia-welcomes-two-new-extraordinary-professors-0
Optentia welcomes two new extraordinary professors
2017-11-27 The research focus area Optentia on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, welcomed two new extraordinary professors in the sub-programme Ageing and Generational Dynamics during a recent prestige lecture event. The addition of Prof…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researcher-sees-opportunities-not-obstacles
Researcher sees opportunities, not obstacles
2019-08-29 There is a general way of thinking among most hopeful undergraduate students that should the traditional way of paying for tertiary education not be available to them, they are left without the possibility of perusing an exciting career. An inspiring young…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-engineering-gives-her-dreams-wings-%25E2%2580%2593-literally
NWU Engineering gives her dreams wings – literally!
2019-10-17 She is inspired by the people around her – by friends, family and, in her professional career, by her lecturers. Today Dr Angelique Janse van Rensburg is someone who in turn inspires others by her absolutely unquenchable passion for what she does – being…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sport-participation-school-%25E2%2580%2593-have-we-lost-plot
Sport participation at school – have we lost the plot?
2019-11-26 In this opinion piece, Prof JP Rossouw, a research fellow and former director of the Education and Human Rights in Diversity research unit at the North-West University (NWU), examines society’s approach to sport participation in school. In international…http://news.nwu.ac.za/modern-way-caring-infants-and-children-%25E2%2580%2593-international-perspective
The modern way of caring for infants and children – an international perspective
2019-11-15 In the professional medical and healthcare industry it goes without saying that local experts are often caught up in their own way of doing things. It is also a fact that the workload of these professionals is so heavy, or their diaries are so jam-packed…http://news.nwu.ac.za/bodybuilders-fly-nwu-flag-high-national-championships
Bodybuilders fly the NWU flag high at national championships
2021-10-13 Seven bodybuilding athletes from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus participated in the Bodybuilding South African National Championships that took place on 2 and 3 October 2021. They showed their mettle, and three of them finished in the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/sydwells-ideas-mushroom-commercial-success
Sydwell’s ideas mushroom into commercial success
2021-11-10 Universities across the country are producing ground-breaking research with great economic potential, but often the question is how this can be translated into commercial enterprises. To address this issue, the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/let-your-old-clothes-live
Let your old clothes live!
2021-06-15 The Faculty of Law at the North-West University is collecting unwanted clothing, shoes and ties to distribute to communities and students in need. Dr Neo Morei, executive dean at the Faculty of Law, decided to implement the project. “When I was growing…http://news.nwu.ac.za/innovative-research-addresses-abuse-elderly
Innovative research addresses abuse of the elderly
2021-06-10 Abuse of the elderly is a topic that is often overlooked in our society. For one PhD Social Work student, this did not go unnoticed. Gcotyiswa Mtiya-Thimla completed her PhD in Social Work at the North-West University (NWU) (2020), where she focused her…http://news.nwu.ac.za/international-recognition-one-our-own
International recognition for one of our own
2021-08-12 The International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) is constituted of many societies and academies within the physiological sciences worldwide. That is why the Faculty of Health Sciences is extremely proud that one of our own was given the opportunity to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/fulbright-scholar-joins-nwu-investigate-secrets-serpentine-ecology
Fulbright scholar joins NWU to investigate secrets of serpentine ecology
2022-07-20 A Fulbright scholar from the United States is joining the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management for 10 months to do research in a field where many stones are still unturned. There are gaps in knowledge that…http://news.nwu.ac.za/faculty-education-hosts-literature-week
Faculty of Education hosts literature week
2022-10-06 Oldrin Masowa Storytelling is regarded as a form of information sharing and at the Faculty of Education they believe that great stories happen to those that can share them. The Faculty hosted a three day literature workshop on…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-strengthens-ties-industry-employers
NWU strengthens ties with industry employers
2022-08-31 by Phenyo Mokgothu and Nande Kolo According to statistician-general and head of Statistics South Africa Risenga Maluleke, the world of work is a competitive space where the skilled and unskilled often compete for opportunities, with some feeling…http://news.nwu.ac.za/deidre-aiming-qualify-olympic-games
Deidre is aiming to qualify for the Olympic Games
2022-08-27 This time of the year the humidity in Nigeria’s capital, Lagos, sticks to you like Prestik. It is oppressive, constant. Then there is Benin, Nigeria’s neighbour in the west, just a thousand kilometres above the equator. The port city of Cotonou is captive…http://news.nwu.ac.za/visually-impaired-cornelle-and-her-guide-dog-vogue-graduate
Visually impaired Cornelle and her guide dog Vogue graduate
2022-04-13 Bertie Jacobs “‘Vogue’, as in the magazine,” is how Cornelle Leach describes the name of her pitch-black Labrador bitch. Vogue, who excitedly barked at her very first tortoise in the Botanical Gardens the other day. Five-year-old Vogue who recently grabbed…http://news.nwu.ac.za/scarce-skill-puts-nwu-taxonomist-forefront-describing-parasites
Scarce skill puts NWU taxonomist at forefront of describing parasites
2023-09-01 “What is in a name?” William Shakespeare wanted to know. A young researcher from the North-West University (NWU) knows exactly how important a name is. She is currently believed to be the youngest gnathiid taxonomist in the world, at the forefront of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-employee-and-team-earn-5th-place-national-sailing-competition
NWU employee and team earn 5th place in national sailing competition
2023-05-17 Nico Kroucamp, a senior information technology technician at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus, along with his two teammates, Dirk Manten and JJ van Niekerk, finished fifth out of 28 teams during the J22 class sailing competition, an…http://news.nwu.ac.za/how-primary-school-hallway-led-phd-engineering
How a primary school hallway led to a PhD in engineering
2025-06-06 Refilwe Ngwaku hails from the humble dusty streets of Soweto, where she believes that there are few role models. From a young age, her dream was to be different, to become the change she wanted to see. Her goal was to show that success can come from any…http://news.nwu.ac.za/celebrating-purpose-passion-and-progress-khululwa-shibani