Multisite Search
http://news.nwu.ac.za/no-limitations-quadriplegic-brandon
No limitations for quadriplegic Brandon
2022-04-06 Bertie Jacobs There are 23 metres between the bridge and the water of the Vaal River just outside Bothaville. The fall lasted just more than two seconds. Those two seconds on 8 August 2020 changed Brandon Moolman’s life irrevocably. Before he – and his…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-co-hosts-inaugural-annual-moses-kotane-lecture
NWU co-hosts inaugural annual Moses Kotane lecture
2022-11-21 The North-West University (NWU), the North-West Provincial Government (NWPG) and the Moses Mauane Kotane Foundation co-hosted the inaugural annual Moses Kotane lecture on 18 November. This year’s event with the theme: Resetting South Africa’s journey…http://news.nwu.ac.za/space-biology-will-be-first-africa
Space biology will be a first for Africa
2023-11-23 It will be a first for Africa: One innovative step by the North-West University (NWU) and one giant leap by the continent. The NWU’s Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences is set to launch the research area SpaceBiology@NWU. According to one of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/law-books-lookbooks-toast-future-advocates-final-year-farewell-dinner
From law books to lookbooks – a toast to future advocates at the final-year farewell dinner
2024-03-06 The journey of a law student is undoubtably challenging and short, and their time at the North-West University (NWU) has prepared them for the opportunities and obstacles that lie ahead. Having arrived here a few years ago, they are about to leave and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/gift-students-and-staff-hungary-may
GIFT students and staff off to Hungary in May
2023-05-02 Several lecturers from the Global, Innovative, Forefront, Talent (GIFT) Management research niche area in the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (FEMS) will soon depart for Hungary, courtesy of funding received from…http://news.nwu.ac.za/revolutionising-maths-education-whartelstm-learning-programme-helping-kids-excel
Revolutionising maths education: Whartels™ learning programme is helping kids excel
2023-05-04 A North-West University (NWU) senior lecturer in the subject group Psychology, Dr Petro Erasmus, developed and designed the mathematics programme Whartels™ – which is exclusively used in Let’s Really Play Maths Centres – to help foundation phase learners…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-sustainable-education-project-hatches-eagles
NWU sustainable education project hatches eagles
2023-04-20 In a fitting acknowledgement to the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Ikateleng project’s 35 years of dedication to improving education and lives, the university recently welcomed 132 Ikateleng beneficiaries as first-year students across its three campuses in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-expertise-addressing-urgent-societal-needs
NWU expertise is addressing urgent societal needs
2024-10-22 In the heart of South Africa, where the sun dips low over maize fields, grazing cattle and platinum mines of untold riches, dust gathers over forgotten places. It is here, where discontent grows as promises fade, that the North-West University (NWU) has heard…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-drives-impactful-nutrition-leadership-training-africa
NWU drives impactful nutrition leadership training in Africa
2025-03-11 After recent developments, impactful leadership in nutrition is needed now more than ever. The United Nations (UN) Decade of Action on Nutrition* ends this year and USAID funding to Africa and other developing countries has come to an abrupt halt. Africa…http://news.nwu.ac.za/women-shine-totalsports-womens-race
Women shine in the Totalsports Women's Race
2024-08-22 On a cold and wet morning, Maggie Jasson and Florrie Makaku from the North-West University (NWU) hit the streets of Cape Town for the Totalsports Women's Race. Maggie, an administrative assistant in the Faculty of Education at the NWU's…http://news.nwu.ac.za/building-better-futures-importance-2024-school-governing-body-elections
Building better futures: the importance of the 2024 school governing body elections
2024-04-11 Prof Leenta Grobler, deputy director of the Business School at the North-West University, explains why it is imperative that the 2024 school governing body elections must be characterised by informed decisions. “As we approach the 2024 school governing…http://news.nwu.ac.za/vice-chancellors-business-breakfast-reinforces-bond-potchefstroom-business-community
Vice-Chancellor’s Business Breakfast reinforces bond with Potchefstroom business community
2024-07-26 On 24 July 2024, The Roots Lifestyle Venue in Potchefstroom was alive with activity as the principal and vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), Prof Bismark Tyobeka, hosted an important business breakfast. The event was attended by key figures…http://law.nwu.ac.za/sarchi-cles-chair/laws
By-laws
2022-12-08 By-laws What is it? By-laws are the products of the legislative (law-making) authority of a municipality and may be described as local command-and-control regulatory instruments. A municipality may pass 'local legislation' (by-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/kick-offs-final-whistles-nwu-staff-wellness-games-deliver-non-stop-action
Kick-offs to final whistles: NWU Staff Wellness games deliver non-stop action
2025-08-26 There is always something special about seeing colleagues outside the boardroom, offices and lecture halls while swapping shoes for sneakers with whistles blowing instead of the ping of an incoming email. On 15 August 2025, staff members from across all…http://news.nwu.ac.za/where-dignity-lives-story-mama-vida-and-her-fight-disability-rights-nwu
‘Where dignity lives’: The story of Mama Vida and her fight for disability rights at NWU
2025-09-03 On a quiet morning at the Mahikeng Campus of North-West University (NWU), the halls of the Disability Rights Unit hum with purpose. At the heart of it all is Vida Mutlaneng, a disability coordinator whose presence radiates warmth, compassion and an unwavering…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/nematology_education
Nemedussa Consortium Advancing Nematology Education in Sub-Sahara Africa
2021-05-25 NEMEDUSSA CONSORTIUM ADVANCING NEMATOLOGY EDUCATION IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA To develop the research and educational capacity in Sub-Sahara Africa in the field of nematology, or the study of roundworms, a joint Erasmus+ KA2 project was recently…http://news.nwu.ac.za/lo-teachers-seminar-empowering-learners-future-careers
LO Teachers seminar, empowering learners for future careers
2025-08-06 In a vibrant move to redefine Life Orientation (LO) in South Africa’s education landscape, the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted a captivating seminar aimed at giving the subject a much-needed restoration. Held on the Vanderbijlpark Campus, LO…http://news.nwu.ac.za/emotional-welfare-south-african-teachers-crisis-cannot-be-ignored
The emotional welfare of South African teachers: a crisis that cannot be ignored
2025-10-10 At a time when teachers are so often regarded as the unsung heroes of society, growing attention is being paid to the emotional burden they carry on a daily basis. The question is no longer whether teachers are under pressure, but rather how long they can…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/business/blogs
Blogs
2024-06-07 Piketty’s fix for inequality in sync with development plan, Prof Raymond Parsons ON AUGUST 16 2012, the South African police intervened in a labour conflict between workers at the Marikana platinum mine near Rustenburg and the mine owners — the stockholders of Lonmin Inc based in London. Police fired on the strikers…, XENOPHOBIA - BUSINESS MUST ACT, Prof Raymond Parsons The seriousness with which the political leadership across the board is now taking the worrying outbreak of xenophobia in SA is welcome. There needs to be decisive and principled action to deal with the problem from all key stakeholders…, Buck stops here and not with the dollar, Prof Raymond Parsons A period of self-flagellation inevitably lies ahead for the South African economy, which is not in a good space, thanks to the twin fiscal and trade deficits, energy insecurity, labour conflict, policy uncertainty, weak investor…, A banker who can see the big picture, Prof Raymond Parsons COAL mines in the past employed canaries as sentinels that alerted miners to the presence of poisonous gases. Being more sensitive to gas than humans, the birds got distressed before the gases reached levels dangerous to humans, giving…, Daylight saving may be key to security of power supply, Prof Raymond Parsons IT IS often said that South Africa should be more prepared to "think outside the box" in tackling some of its challenges. Energy conservation is clearly one of them and already a range of innovative measures are available to save energy.…, Kleinsake: Mentors het gróót voordele, Prof Tommy du Plessis Daar is een ding wat die eienaar van ’n kleinsakeonderneming maar alte goed besef – hy het meestal nie al die wysheid om die onderneming 100% reg te bestuur nie. Foute word gemaak en probleme word soms net so gelaat. Daar is deurlopend…, Sakekamers kan klein ondernemings help, Prof Tommy du Plessis Almal op die AHi-kongres in Potchefstroom verlede week was dit eens dat wat Suid-Afrika nodig het, duisende nuwe kleinsakeondernemings is – ’n syfer van minstens 1 miljoen voor 2030 is genoem. Kortweg kom dit daarop neer dat hoe meer…http://www.nwu.ac.za/content/information-parents