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South Africa buckles under scorching weather
2023-11-24 South Africans know El Niño means a hot, dry summer, but climate experts from the North-West University (NWU) warn the El Niño impact extends beyond just drought – there is some evidence, although not significant, that it also brings severe weather events and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/advantage-suzanie-pretorius
Advantage, Suzanie Pretorius!
2024-02-02 His name is Schalk, Schalk Pretorius. And if it had not been for Schalk Pretorius, the North-West University (NWU) would have lost a tennis champion. Many years ago, in the maize farming community of Bothaville, a young Schalk decided that he wanted to play…https://news.nwu.ac.za/sanmarie-visser-persists-her-netball-dream
Sanmarie Visser persists with her netball dream
2024-04-02 On the corner of Ds Abrey Beukes Drive and Jan de Klerk Way in the suburb of Oosterville you find the words: “Persevere and Conquer”. This is the motto that learners of the Duineveld High School in the sizzling Upington see every day. This is what Sanmarie…https://news.nwu.ac.za/bhive-edcs-ignites-dynamic-entrepreneurship-initiatives
bhive EDC's ignites dynamic entrepreneurship initiatives
2024-05-22 In a bid to foster innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, the North-West University (NWU) recently held a start-up bootcamp, titled “Be your own boss”, simultaneously across all three campuses on 11 May 2024. Spearheaded by the bhive Enterprise Development…https://news.nwu.ac.za/alumnus-clinches-top-position-national-teaching-awards
Alumnus clinches top position at National Teaching Awards
2024-10-18 Itumeleng Komane, a graduate of the North-West University (NWU) Vanderbijlpark Campus and a dedicated teacher at the Sunrise View Secondary School, recently achieved a significant milestone by securing the top position in the prestigious Excellence in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/scholar-honoured-prestigious-jan-h-marais-prize
Scholar honoured with prestigious Jan H Marais Prize
2024-09-13 Prof Wannie Carstens, an accomplished Afrikaans scholar at the North-West University (NWU), was recently honoured with the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (the South African Academy of Science and Arts) Jan H Marais Prize for his outstanding…https://news.nwu.ac.za/khayalethu-residence-hosts-academic-and-entrepreneurial-symposium-students
Khayalethu residence hosts academic and entrepreneurial symposium for students
2025-04-14 By Gofaone Motsamai The Khayalethu Residence at the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted an academic symposium aimed at empowering students with knowledge on research, artificial intelligence (AI) and entrepreneurship. The…Misunderstanding is apartheid's lasting legacy
2017-08-18 The lasting legacy of apartheid is that most South Africans have stayed in their cultural bubbles. "We have never made the real effort to learn about the people we share the country with," explains Prof Henri Bezuidenhout from the North-West University's (…https://news.nwu.ac.za/vanderbijlpark-campus-launches-inter-res-tournament
Vanderbijlpark Campus launches Inter-Res tournament
2025-03-20 The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Vanderbijlpark Campus has officially launched its much-anticipated Inter-Res tournament, a sports event designed to provide all students with a chance to showcase their athletic talents while fostering inclusivity and unity…Prof Ermie Steenkamp’s dream comes true
2017-03-28 This month the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences on the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University (NWU) proudly opened the doors of its Centre for Economic Literacy. This centre, dedicated to Professor Susan Visser, former dean of the…Engineers’ community engagement moves into second gear
2019-08-22 After many years of commitment to community engagement and development, staff and students of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Engineering will now turbocharge these initiatives as the saying goes. According to Hannes du Toit, the faculty’s…https://engineering.nwu.ac.za/nuclear-engineering/funding
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2023-12-28 Our programs are designed to reduce your study costs Normally enrolling for a full course load would imply that the student will have two move to Potchefstroom and be in the office each workday during offove hours. This obviously brings the large cost of…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/music/rineke-viljoen
Ms Rineke Viljoen
2025-04-17 Lecturer Aural Training Music Notation & Music Theory Conservatory (K1), office 116 tel. +27 18 299-1702 rineke.viljoen@nwu.ac.za Blog posts 2024-04-17 ~ From the heart of the organist: practical guidelines for…https://news.nwu.ac.za/celebrating-five-finalists-prestigious-hers-sa-higher-education-women-leaders-awards
Celebrating five finalists in prestigious HERS-SA Higher Education Women Leaders Awards
2024-08-02 The North-West University (NWU) is proud to announce that five of its esteemed women trailblazers have been named finalists in the Higher Education Resource Services South Africa (HERS-SA) Higher Education Women Leaders Awards (HEWLA). The NWU finalists are…Boytjie from Braamfontein makes his mark
2018-10-15 With his glass of white wine and ice in his hand, his eyes sparkling with life, he sometimes interrupts himself to share one of his hundreds of stories (with all the facts, dates and names) at the North-West University (NWU). He is my mentor, my teacher,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/roei-bosindringing-uit
Roei bosindringing uit
2023-06-14 Bosindringing is ’n wêreldwye uitdaging, maar deur die multimiljoenrand-RIBS-projek word hierdie groot bydraer tot gronddegradering met hernude ywer aangepak. RIBS is ’n akroniem wat vir “Rangeland Improvement through Bush Control and Sustainable…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/diversiteit-musiekopvoeding-internasionale-konferensie-bespreek
Diversiteit in musiekopvoeding by internasionale konferensie bespreek
2024-03-06 Die Skool vir Musiek aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) en die navorsingsnisarea Musiekkuns in Suid-Afrika: Hulpbronne en Toepassings (MASARA) het onlangs die sestiende konferensie oor Kulturele Diversiteit in Musiekopvoeding (CDIME) onder leierskap van prof…https://education.nwu.ac.za/research-unit-self-directed-learning/testsdl
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2025-04-15 LIST OF RESEARCH PROJECTS: 2024 Title of research projects Participants Reflective practice in action: Disrupting the 'apprenticeship of observation' of student teachers in Work Integrated Learning through…https://www.nwu.ac.za/event/nwu-research-innovation-excellence-awards-2020