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Home - Cloned
Dec 14, 2020 - Dear school-leaver, in today’s fast-changing world of business, finding your place requires hard work. If words such as prosperity and success attract your attention, you are at the right place. This value-driven faculty offers you: Dynamic and quality education; High academic standards that are internationally evaluated; Accreditation with…, Fields of study, Accounting Sciences Business School Economic Sciences Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management Management Sciences Tourism Management, Research and Innovation, bhive EDC Global Innovative Forefront Talent (GIFT) TELIT-SA TRADE TREES WORKWELL OPTENTIA UARM MANAGEMENT CYBERNETICS NWU Faculty of Economic and Management Scienceshttp://commerce.nwu.ac.za/accounting-sciences/accounting-sciences-home-cloned
Accounting Sciences - Home - Cloned
Nov 09, 2021 - The North-West University offers programmes designed for students who wish to become Chartered Accountants, Professional Accountants or Management Accountants on three campuses, namely the Mahikeng Campus situated in Mahikeng, the Potchefstroom campus and the Vanderbijlpark Campus situated in Vanderbijlpark. Forensic Accountancy is also offered…, Fields of Study (Qualifications), This is one of the university’s flagship programmes, which is accredited with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). Chartered Accountancy This professionally accredited programme is designed to equip students with knowledge and skills to become professional accountants in public practice and business. Financial Accountancy…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/sport-tourism
Sport Tourism
Jul 24, 2025 - Sport tourism Major sport events were researched in the past including Two Oceans Marathon, Cape Town Cycle Tour, Dusi Canoe Marathon, Midmar Mile, Cape Epic, South Africa versus Australia five-day and Twenty20 international test & Global Sixes Cricket tournament, South Africa versus Brazil international soccer match and Ironman South Africa…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/mice
MICE Tourism
Aug 21, 2024 - MICE Tourism, MICE (Meeting, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions) tourism is strongly related to business tourism. South Africa has become an ideal location for international conferences, conventions, trade shows and symposiums. Our research focuses on analysing the market attracted to trade shows and exhibitions, the economic impact of these business…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/naturetourism
Nature and wildlife tourism
Aug 21, 2024 - Nature and event tourism, Our research has segmented, and profile visitors to selected national parks in the country identified visitors’ interpretation needs and advocated for the important role that national parks play in educating visitors to encourage conservation efforts. Other notable projects include investigating the biltong- and trophy hunting industry as well as…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/culinarytourism
Culinary tourism
Aug 21, 2024 - Culinary tourism Our research focusing on the culinary festival and event visitors includes marketing and economic impact analyses as well as the markets information preferences, their environmentally friendly behaviour, motivations, memorable experiences and behavioural intentions. This research makes valuable theoretical and practical…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/marinetourism
Marine tourism
Aug 21, 2024 - Marine Tourism South Africa’s tourism sector is intent on offering domestic and international travellers world-class marine and coastal tourism opportunities. These opportunities will expand the options available to travellers and increase the socio-economic value of tourism to South Africans. While marine tourism is one of the fastest-growing…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/resort_tourism
Resort tourism
Aug 21, 2024 - Resort tourism Over centuries resorts across the world have played a pivotal role in tourism and can even be regarded as the backbone of tourism as we know and comprehend it today. South Africa is no different, and the country has numerous resorts attracting thousands of visitors annually. Hence there is strong competition among the different…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/tourism-research-economics-environs-and-society-trees/national-and-international-funded-research
National and international funded research projects
Jan 21, 2021 - TREES has been involved in a number of national and international research projects, obtaining external funding as part of research consortia. National and international research projects continue to be a priority for TREES and extremely valuable. They promote internationalisation, networking, research collaborations, multidisciplinary research…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/green-bubbles-rise
Green Bubbles RISE
Jul 24, 2025 - The most relevant internationally funded research project is the Green Bubbles project, an European Union (EU)-funded project under Horizon 2020 MSCA RISE actions (see also NWU news article on: http://news.nwu.ac.za/buoyant-nwu-pools-expertise-sustainable-diving-tourism). The project was a consortium of partners from countries including Italy,…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/ndt-project-tourism-sector-demand-and-supply
NDT project: Tourism sector demand and supply
Jul 24, 2025 - Towards the end of 2020, South Africa's National Department of Tourism (NDT) opened a call for bids from South African higher education and research institutions to form part of the national department's research panel. The bid submitted by Prof Elmarie Slabbert (Director of TREES) and Dr Tafadzwa Matiza (Senior Lecturer in TREES) under the…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/tourism-research-economics-environs-and-society-trees/pubulished-research-outputs
Pubulished research outputs
Jan 21, 2021 - Over several years, TREES has established itself as a leading tourism research entity that is contributing to alleviating the scarce skills in tourism research in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa (through post-graduate studies), as well as growing the field of knowledge through published research. Three programmes have been identified to form…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/our-staff
Our Staff
Aug 19, 2025 - , staff The following staff from part of TREES Prof E Slabbert (Research Director) Elmarie.slabbert@nwu.ac.za Prof M Kruger Martinette.kruger@nwu.ac.za Prof S Lucrezi Serena.lucrezi@nwu.ac.za Prof A Viljoen Adam.viljoen@nwu.ac.za Dr T Matiza Tafadzwa.matiza@nwu.ac.za Dr T Makuyana (post-doctoral fellow) Makuyanatawanda@gmail.com Dr M Chambwe (Post…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/TRADE
About us
Aug 20, 2025 - TRADE is a dedicated research focus area within the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the North-West University (NWU), with expertise in Development Economics, International Trade, Applied Economics, Financial Markets, Supply Chain & Transport Economics As an established and multi-campus research entity, we have a presence across…, OUR VISION, Driving impactful economic research that shapes policy and promotes sustainable growth locally and globally. TRADE Visual, OUR MISSION, Through our work, we aim to support NWU, local communities, government, and the private sector in fostering a more inclusive, competitive, and productive economy — advancing knowledge, shaping policy, and promoting sustainable economic growth locally, regionally, and globally.http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/TRADE/research
Research
Aug 20, 2025 - TRADE Research, Research Focuses, Guided by national priorities and the research strengths of our members, TRADE has identified and implemented the following five sub-research fields, supported by ongoing special projects: This multidisciplinary research area focuses on the structural and human dimensions of economic development, with strong emphasis on both macroeconomic and…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/directors-welcoming
DIRECTORS WELCOMING
Jun 07, 2024 - As Faculty of Economic Management Sciences (F-EMS), we believe that we have a significant contribution to make in the social, economic and educational development of both our internal and external communities. We further believe that this contribution should be mutually beneficial. In other words, both the faculty and its students on the one hand…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/grade-12-focus-day-programme
GRADE 12 FOCUS DAY PROGRAMME
Jun 07, 2024 - On the 06 th of March, it was ‘Grade 12 Focus Day Programme’ whereby several schools from around Mahikeng and Mmabatho were invited to Mahikeng Campus. The purpose of this event was to mobilise high school learners to consider NWU as the university of their choice in future. The Tourism Society was invited to take part and market the School of…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/assist-student-campaign
ASSIST A STUDENT CAMPAIGN
Jun 07, 2024 - COVID-19 pandemic left a lot of South Africans unemployed. One of BA Honours Tourism Management students ended up in a vulnerable and financially stranded situation after the parent was on unpaid leave due to lockdown regulations. As a result, the parent was unable to send money to support the student, with either transport fare, accommodation,…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/microsoft-teams-training