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Calling the alumni of the future
Oct 13, 2017 - A university’s relationship with a student is certainly not over on graduation day. As an alumnus of a university, every student still has a role to play – years after writing that last exam. This was the message of Ms Zanele Ngobese, alumni relations officer on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijpark, to students at a…
Enactus Vaal elects new management team
Oct 13, 2017 - The team of Enactus Vaal is ready to make 2018 one of this student body’s most memorable years to date. Not only has a new management team been elected, but the members also underwent intensive training in preparation for their term of office. Enactus – which is an abbreviation for: “ENtrepreneurial ACTion creates a better world for US all”,…
Naledi shines Africa's light in Australia
Oct 13, 2017 - The North-West University's (NWU) solar car, Naledi, crossed the finish line of the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge today in what was a remarkable journey for an exceptional team. Naledi is the only solar car from Africa to compete in the prestigious race from Darwin to Adelaide. Naledi, boasting both a unique design as well as advanced…
Fulufhelo Netswera is ready to take on the challenge
Oct 17, 2017 - With more than 22 years of experience within the higher education, research and innovation sector, Prof Fulufhelo Netswera has been appointed as the new director for the North-West University School of Business and Governance Fulufhelo says that he is very excited about his new role. “I have a good grasp of what is required to run a…
NWU students benefit from Free State Province Bursary Scheme
Oct 17, 2017 - On 14 October 2017, the North-West University (NWU) welcomed representatives of the Free State Premier's Office to talk to students who received bursaries from the Free State Province Bursary Scheme. The representatives included Ms Olifant, the executive mayor of Felizile Dabidistrict municipality on behalf of the MEC for the Department of…
NWU Council chair applauds student leaders
Aug 10, 2022 - Dr Bismark Tyobeka, chairperson of the North-West University (NWU) Council, applauded student leaders for a good start to the 2018 academic year. Addressing them during the recent official academic opening of the university’s campus on Mahikeng, he also commended today’s crop of leaders for responsible and constructive engagement with…
Kundiges bespreek SA se huidige stand van sake
Mar 12, 2018 - > Suid-Afrika staan by ’n kruispad. Een pad lei na ’n ontwikkelende land wat deur voortgesette ekonomiese groei en stabiliteit gekenmerk word, terwyl die ander deurtrek is met politieke en ekonomiese onsekerheid. Die feit is egter steeds dat hierdie kruispad ’n kritieke punt in Suid-Afrika se geskiedenis verteenwoordig, met besluite met…
Experts to discuss SA’s current state of affairs
Feb 14, 2018 - > South Africa has come to a crossroad. One road leads to a developing country that is characterised by continued economic growth and stability, while the other is riddled with political and economic uncertainty. The fact remains, however, that this crossroad is representative of a critical point in South Africa’s history when decisions…
Nuwe digitale gids wil township-ekonomie ’n hupstoot gee
Mar 12, 2018 - Innovasie bloot ter wille van innovasie is nie innovasie nie. Ware innovasie is om die alledaagse uitdagings te identifiseer en nuwe en volhoubare oplossings daarvoor te vind. Só sê Olivier Tshimbidi, alumnus van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), en een van die stigterslede van Khomba Africa, ’n nuwe digitale platform wat besteding na plaaslike…
New digital directory aims to boost township economy
Feb 14, 2018 - Innovating for innovation’s sake is not innovation. True innovation comes from identifying day-to-day challenges and finding novel and sustainable solutions. This is according to North-West University (NWU) alumnus, Olivier Tshimbidi, one of the founding members of Khomba Africa, a new digital platform that aims to redirect spending to local…
NWU academic promotes nutritional food intake
Feb 14, 2018 - Dr George Sedupane, a senior lecturer in indigenous knowledge systems at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, recently published an article denouncing the manner in which consumerism has shifted the focus from nutritional food intake to quick and often non-nutritious meals, resulting in dismal consequences for one’s health…
Oxford academic joins NWU Optentia as extraordinary professor
Feb 14, 2018 - Violence against children is a global health concern with an estimated 1 billion children affected annually. Prof Franziska Meinck will take a closer look at the subject during her upcoming prestige lecture as extraordinary professor in the Optentia research focus area at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark. For the…
NWU improves food security with vegetable gardening
Feb 14, 2018 - The subject group Crop Sciences in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng recently initiated a vegetable cultivation project to improve food security for on-campus students and surrounding communities. Spearheaded by lecturer Motlogeloa Mokolobate with the assistance of final…
Resignation of Jacob Zuma paves way for better economic prospects
Feb 15, 2018 - According to renowned economist Prof Raymond Parsons from the North-West University’s School of Business and Governance, the resignation of President Jacob Zuma and the expected accession of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to the presidency of South Africa now paves the way for better economic prospects for the country. Prof Parsons says it…
NWU student selected for national Korfball team
Feb 15, 2018 - Rudolf François Van Niekerk, an MSc student in agriculture at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, was recently selected to be part of the South African Senior Korfball National team. In preparation for the Korfball World Cup that will be hosted by South Africa in Durban in 2019, the national team will attend a training…
Jeanett and Zibusiso’s debating skills put NWU on the map
Feb 16, 2018 - The North-West University (NWU) can finally boast about producing two of the best South African university debaters. Jeanett Mosala (25) and Zibusiso Ndlovu (20) who are both members of the NWU Debate Society, recently won the South African National Universities Debate Champions (SANUDC) in the category English as a Second Language. Being the…
NWU Vanderbijlpark: a campus community in mourning
Feb 16, 2018 - For the second time in just over a week the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark is mourning the tragic passing of another member of the campus community. Lerato Motsie, a second-year BCom Commercial Law student, passed away on Wednesday, 14 February. Lerato hailed from Parys in the Free State and was a member of the Oryx…
NWU student business wins major prize
Feb 19, 2018 - Two students from the North-West University (NWU) recently achieved second place with their own business in the category for green technology in the national Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP) competition. Kgaugelo Maripane and Mzwakhe Sifuba, co-founders of the student business, Business In A Bag™ (BIAB), are both BCom Accounting students…
Dwayne Pocock – NWU Vanderbijlpark se groot kolwer
Mar 12, 2018 - “In krieket, soos ook in die lewe, moet jy weet wanneer om aan en af te skakel, en die res sal self regkom.” Hierdie woorde deur Sachin Tendulkar – wat as een van die grootste kolwers ooit beskou word – geld veral vir Dwayne Pocock. Dwayne (23) is beslis “aangeskakel”, en is onlangs deur die gewilde aanlyn forum Club Cricket SA as die Suid-…