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NWU student and poet shines in Setswana
2021-07-13 Lesego Motlhankane, a third-year BEd student on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Potchefstroom Campus, recently published an anthology of Setswana poetry titled Pitsana ya Poko. The book of poetry, a collaboration between Lesego and renowned author…http://news.nwu.ac.za/empowering-youth-one-step-time
Empowering the youth, one step at a time
2022-06-22 According to Stats SA’s 2022 report, young people in South Africa continue to struggle to enter the labour market with an unemployment rate higher than the national average. According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the first quarter of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nico-kroucamp-and-team-seize-first-place-formula-one-south-african-sailing-class-national
Nico Kroucamp and team seize first place at The Formula One South African Sailing Class National Championship
2024-10-31 Nico Kroucamp, a senior IT technician at North-West University (NWU) and an accomplished sailor, has had an unforgettable season, making his mark in competitive sailing with one remarkable success after another. Earlier this year, from August 9 to 11, Nico…http://news.nwu.ac.za/climatology-conference-highlights-severity-climate-change
Climatology conference highlights severity of climate change
2025-04-22 It has happened. The world is 1,5 degrees Celsius warmer than it was in preindustrial times. A threshold has been breached, and the times they are a-changin’. When Prof Francois Engelbrecht, president of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences (…http://news.nwu.ac.za/academy-science-south-africa-honours-professor-radio-chemistry-top-scholar
Academy of Science of South Africa honours professor of Radio Chemistry as a top scholar
2024-11-26 Nuclear technology is a powerful instrument, and research has shown that it can have a significant impact on disease prevention and treatment. An extraordinary professor at the North-West University (NWU) and specialist in nuclear technology – in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-strengthens-global-ties-and-gathers-insight-ahead-new-medical-school-launch
NWU strengthens global ties and gathers insight ahead of new medical school launch
2025-06-12 On 10 June 2025, Prof Bismark Tyobeka, principal and vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), arrived in Curitiba, Brazil, alongside a delegation of senior academic staff to formalise a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the NWU and the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/buan-visit-explores-collaboration-opportunities
BUAN visit explores collaboration opportunities
2024-05-17 The proximity between the Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) and the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU) in particular makes working together easy ─ it opens opportunities to take hands in mutually beneficial…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-students-stood-solidarity-against-gbvf-honouring-purple-silence
NWU students stood in solidarity against GBVF honouring Purple Silence
2025-11-26 On Friday, 21 November, South African women silenced the nation in a powerful stand against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). Across the country, purple settled over campuses and streets alike—a quiet but unyielding promise that every story of fear,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/social-work-students-take-ubudlelane-community
Social work students take ubudlelane into the community
2026-01-27 For social work students at North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus ubuntu is no longer a concept only discussed in lectures. It is becoming a structured community programme with students preparing to lead projects that strengthen support networks in…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/sesotho
Sesotho
2020-06-18 Available on the Vanderbijlpark Campus Sesotho, or Southern Sotho, is a Bantu language that originated in the Bantu-Nguni era, with dialects originating from Sotho, Pedi and Tswana, but these are all considered to be separate languages…http://education.nwu.ac.za/self-directed-learning/keynotes
Keynotes
2018-10-01 Professor Karl Wirth Karl Wirth is an associate professor of geology and has been teaching at Macalester College for more than 25 years. His education work focuses on metacognition, self-assessment, motivation, and undergraduate research…http://theology.nwu.ac.za/m-d-programmes/1faculty-focus-theology-buatv
1.Faculty Focus Theology (BUAtv)
2020-07-07 Faculty Focus Theology In the first video of Faculty Focus we shine the spotlight on the Faculty of Theology. Through exceptional research and a commitment to the Faith, this remarkable faculty is changing lives for the better.…http://library.nwu.ac.za/icil-2022-speakers
ICIL 2022 - Speakers
2025-07-31 International Keynote Speakers, Prof. Judith Mavodza Prof. Judith Mavodza Prof. Judith Mavodza, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Judith Mavodza is Associate Professor and Assistant Director for Public Services at Zayed University, Dubai. Areas of research interest include…, National Keynote Speakers, Prof. Bosire Onyancha Prof. Bosire Onyancha Prof. Bosire Onyancha, Department of Information Science, University of South Africa Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha is a Research Professor at the Department of Information Science, University of South Africa. Prof Onyancha…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/scs/effect
Manual
2018-01-29 Table of contents PREFACE (Download document) CHAPTER 1. Introduction and Background (Download document) 1.1 Practical significance 1.2 When are effect size indices necessary? 1.3 Requirements for good effect size…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/bemagtiging-vir-vroue-sentraal-tydens-g20-sessie-die-nwu
Bemagtiging vir vroue sentraal tydens G20-sessie by die NWU
2025-04-30 ’n Sentrum vir Diversiteit en Identiteit word tans by die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) gestig, wat beteken dat akademiese kanale vir vroue en mense met gestremdhede geskep word en moeite gedoen word om ekonomiese gelykheid en insluiting te verseker. Hierdie…http://humanities.nwu.ac.za/afrocentric-governance-public-affairs/afrocentric-governance-public-affairs
Afrocentric Governance of Public Affairs
2025-09-25 [accordion] Welcome message Chapter 13 of the National Development Plan of South Africa refers to the need for building a capable developmental state to fight against the triple challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment (National…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/postgraduate
Postgraduate
2026-01-13 At the NWU Faculty of Engineering, we offer postgraduate study options from a Postgraduate Diploma through to Doctoral qualifications across various engineering fields. /* Make Bootstrap rows/cols stretch so cards match heights */ .row.…http://engineering.nwu.ac.za/engineering/new-postgraduate-draft