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Workshop equips language students for the workplace
Oct 06, 2025 - By Mzwandile Ndlovu In a tough job market, success in finding employment takes skills, strategy and professionalism. Final-year language students at the North-West University (NWU) honed their post-university preparations during a work-readiness workshop hosted by the School of Language Practice in collaboration with Career Services on the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ttis-hosts-ip-creators-celebration-honour-nwu-innovators
TTIS hosts IP Creators Celebration to honour NWU innovators
Oct 06, 2025 - The Technology Transfer and Innovation Support (TTIS) office of the North-West University (NWU) recently hosted the IP Creators Celebration to honour researchers and academics who strive to create impact from innovation. The event recognised staff and students who have, over the past three years, since the last event, submitted IP disclosures…http://news.nwu.ac.za/state-not-failing-it-functioning-exactly-designed
The state is not failing; it is functioning exactly as designed
Oct 10, 2025 - By Prof Joseph Sekhampu For millions of South Africans, the struggle for water, electricity or safety has become routine. The queues for basic services grow longer, while those in power grow richer. It feels like chaos, yet what if this dysfunction is not a sign of failure, but evidence of how the state now works? The revelations from the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/4lvins-new-single-release-letter-pursue-your-love-interests
4LViN’s new single release is a letter to pursue your love interests
Oct 08, 2025 - North-West University (NWU) student and artist Alvin Baguma, popularly known as “4LViN”, released his latest single, ‘Tie u Down’ on Friday 26 September. The song is as a letter to his fans, encouraging them to pursue their love interests. 4LViN rose to prominence in 2022 with his debut single ‘Looney Toonz’, which has over 40 thousand plays on…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africas-economic-survival-dependent-fixing-broken-roads-and-railways
South Africa’s economic survival is dependent on fixing broken roads and railways
Oct 24, 2025 - October is Transport Month in South Africa, but there is not much to celebrate as the country’s economy is paying the price for decades of underinvestment and neglect in its transport system. Failing roads, crumbling railways and inefficient ports are costing the country billions of rands and undermining its global competitiveness, according to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/south-africas-young-trailblazer-education-dr-moleboheng-mokhele-ramulumo
South Africa’s young trailblazer in education: Dr Moleboheng Mokhele-Ramulumo
Oct 28, 2025 - The North-West University (NWU) proudly celebrates one of its shining stars, Dr Moleboheng Mokhele-Ramulumo from the Research Unit for Self-Directed Learning. Dr Mokhele-Ramulumo received the South Africa’s Young Leader in Education award at the prestigious 40 Under 40 Awards ceremony held at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg. This national…http://news.nwu.ac.za/closing-arcelormittal-heavy-blow-future-manufacturing
Closing of ArcelorMittal is a heavy blow for the future of manufacturing
Oct 24, 2025 - By Gofaone Motsamai The decline of ArcelorMittal’s operations represents more than a corporate failure; it is a warning of the fragility of South Africa’s productive capacity and the urgent need to restore the country’s industrial base and get back to producing steel. This decline took centre stage when the North-West University (NWU)…http://news.nwu.ac.za/joining-forces-transform-agricultural-sector-and-encourage-black-entrepreneurship
Joining forces to transform agricultural sector and encourage black entrepreneurship
Oct 24, 2025 - By Mzwandile Ndlovu Fewer than 10% of registered veterinarians in South Africa are black – and that is just one example of how black people are underrepresented in the agricultural and veterinary sectors. As a contribution towards transformation, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the North-West University (NWU)…http://news.nwu.ac.za/academic-shares-advice-2025-matric-exams
Academic shares advice for 2025 matric exams
Oct 27, 2025 - Come 26 November, more than 900 000 Grade 12 candidates will be celebrating the conclusion of the 2025 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. The exams commenced on 21 October with the computer applications technology (CAT) practical paper, one of the 112 examination papers that have been set across the country. This follows months of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/doctoral-candidate-takes-indigenous-knowledge-research-berlin
Doctoral candidate takes indigenous knowledge research to Berlin
Oct 27, 2025 - In a rapidly warming world, Africa has much to teach about harnessing indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) for global health resilience and trauma risk reduction. Diane Thelma Molokwa, a doctoral candidate at the IKS Centre on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Mahikeng Campus, demonstrated this when she participated at the 7th International…http://news.nwu.ac.za/beyond-bee-das-post-racial-vision-and-politics-forgetting
Beyond BEE: The DA’s post-racial vision and the politics of forgetting
Oct 28, 2025 - By Prof Joseph Sekhampu The Democratic Alliance’s Public Procurement Amendment Bill proposes replacing the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) framework with a nonracial, outcomes based procurement model that measures inclusion through poverty, performance and social impact. It calls for a shift from identity based policy to measurable…http://news.nwu.ac.za/mushroom-product-neutralises-toxins-chicken-feed
Mushroom by-product neutralises toxins in chicken feed
Oct 28, 2025 - By Gofaone Motsamai As a young girl growing up in the Free State, Dineo Majoang watched her grandparents raise chickens, pigs and cattle in their small yard, making a living from the little they had. Those early experiences shaped her interest in farming and the challenges faced by rural households. It guided her research, and she recently…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-protection-services-fosters-culture-care-through-its-awareness-campaign
NWU Protection Services fosters a culture of care through its Awareness Campaign
Oct 28, 2025 - A university should be a transformative environment in which students can explore their passions and grow as individuals. While this experience shapes future professionals and responsible citizens, ensuring student safety is equally important. Academic institutions repeatedly grapple with safety concerns that extend beyond the lecture halls.…http://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-drives-south-africas-transport-and-logistics-future-dynamic-career-expos
NWU drives South Africa’s transport and logistics future with dynamic career expos
Oct 28, 2025 - South Africa’s transport system comprising roads, rail, aviation, and maritime networks remains a crucial driver of driving the country’s economic growth and trade. Yet, it faces a range of challenges including infrastructure deterioration, skills shortages, inefficiencies in freight logistics, and limited connectivity in rural areas. According to…http://news.nwu.ac.za/ai-and-assessment-training-initiative-empowers-lecturers
AI and Assessment training initiative empowers lecturers
Oct 14, 2025 - In a joint effort to strengthen digital capability, the office of the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Teaching and Learning, AI Hub, Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), and the People and Culture division launched an innovative incentive programme to encourage North-West University (NWU) academic staff to complete an AI and Assessment course…http://news.nwu.ac.za/african-games-academic-environment-nwu-hosts-first-tournament-its-kind
African games in an academic environment as NWU hosts first tournament of its kind
Oct 14, 2025 - By Gofaone Motsamai and Mzwandile Ndlovu Once played in dusty village yards and open fields where laughter echoed and children learned teamwork through play, indigenous games used to be at the heart of African childhood. Today, many of those games - from morabaraba and diketo to mmela and ntimo - are fading from memory, overshadowed by modern…http://news.nwu.ac.za/researcher-warns-courts-prioritising-process-over-planet
Researcher warns of courts prioritising process over planet
Oct 14, 2025 - South Africa’s pursuit of sustainable development remains uneven, with economic growth often taking precedence over environmental and social considerations, and while laws and policies highlight sustainability, practice tells a different story. “Economic growth dominates the discourse,” said Dr Fredua Agyemang, a postdoctoral research fellow…http://news.nwu.ac.za/alumni-gather-strengthen-ties-and-shape-future
Alumni gather to strengthen ties and shape the future
Oct 14, 2025 - The North-West University (NWU) brought together alumni, staff and partners on 27 September 2025 at Hunters Rest Hotel in Rustenburg for an inspiring evening focused on education, mentorship, and the power of alumni networks in building the university’s future. NWU Convocation president Tutu Kgobane reflected on the power of connection, noting…http://news.nwu.ac.za/prof-andre-duvenhage-south-africas-transport-infrastructure-failing-its-people
Prof André Duvenhage - South Africa’s transport infrastructure is failing its people
Oct 14, 2025 - In October, South Africans celebrate Transport Month, or should we rather say that South Africans acknowledge it? Our indispensable, but ailing transport infrastructure should be the veins through which our economy flows and grows, but these veins have been clocked by corruption, maladministration and neglect. Is our transport infrastructure in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/austrian-company-brings-real-world-chemistry-students