NWU’s footprint expands to Malaysia
In another first for the North-West University (NWU), the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences recently co-hosted the inaugural International Conference on Management and Development Economics with the University of Kuala Lumpur (UniKL). The conference, which took place in Southeast Asia on the island of Langkawi, saw delegates from…
Meet the NWU’s Miss Varsity Cup for 2019
Recently crowned as the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Miss Varsity Cup 2019, third-year student Lesego Sathikge is an excellent example of beauty with brains. “I am very excited to be the very first black NWU Miss Varsity Cup,” says Lesego, who is studying towards a BSc degree. “It is such a great honour to have been chosen from among all…
Alumna skitter op die nasionale musiekverhoog
Met haar strelende stem, skitterpersoonlikheid en flair vir vermaak, is Verona Goslett spoedig besig om ʼn huishoudelike naam in Suid-Afrika te word. Hierdie talentvolle jong alumna van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) is tans besig om die nasionale musiekfront op horings te neem as ondermeer deelnemer aan The Voice SA (M-Net, seisoen 3) en as ‘…
Alumna shines bright on national music stage
With her soothing voice, shining personality and entertainer’s flair, Verona Goslett is fast becoming a South African household name. This talented young alumna of the North-West University (NWU) is currently taking the national music scene by storm as a participant in The Voice SA (M-Net, season 3), a chart topper with her debut single,…
Dress-a-Graduate initiative hits the spot at the NWU
The call for social support of university students around the country seems to have gone beyond the call for free education. Now, various volunteers have rallied behind the call to make students’ graduation days even more memorable. One such volunteer is former North-West University (NWU) Student Affairs manager and alumnus, Kagiso Ntshwe.…
Some dream about goals, but coach John makes them happen
A good coach can change a game, but a great coach can change a life. This quote suits John Moseki Seitlholo perfectly, because when you think about a great coach, John automatically comes to mind. John, a messenger by occupation at the North-West University’s School of Human and Movement Sciences, is also the head coach of the Ten Stars…
Bemagtig die onderwysers van môre
Daar is drie soorte onderwysers: die onderwyser wat dinge laat gebeur, die een wat kyk hoe ander dinge laat gebeur, en dié een wat wonder wat gebeur het! Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se onderwysers van die toekoms – wat opgelei word om dinge te laat gebeur – het onlangs ʼn seminaar oor onderwysaangeleenthede aangebied, en hul studenteraad…
Empowering the teachers of tomorrow
There are three types of teachers: the teacher who makes things happen, the teacher who watches others make it happen and the teacher who wonders what happened! The North-West University’s (NWU’s) teachers of the future – who are training to be teachers who make things happen – recently hosted a seminar on education matters on the campus in…
SOWASK vier Internasionale Maatskaplike Werk-dag
“Ons koester menseverhoudinge en bevorder Ubuntu en diversiteit op en om ons kampus.” Dit is hoe Tracy Mkanazi, junior dosent in maatskaplike werk en voog van die Maatskaplike Werk Studentevereniging (SOWASK) op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark, dit waarvoor SOWASK staan beskryf. SOWASK het onlangs ter viering van…
SOWASK celebrates International Social Work Day
“We are embracing human relationships and promoting Ubuntu and diversity in and around the campus.” This is how Tracy Mkwanazi, junior lecturer in social work and guardian of the Social Work Student Association (SOWASK) on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, explains the nature of the student association. SOWASK…
First NWU TEDx talk homes in on local issues
The North West province is hungry for ideas and needs a coordinated response from all stakeholders to bring about much-needed change in the lives of the province’s residents. This is according to Premier Job Mokgoro, one of the speakers at the recent inaugural TEDx event that took place on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in…
NWU’s engineering innovation brings relief to cyclone-stricken Mozambique
The catastrophic Cyclone Idai was one of the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect Africa and the southern hemisphere as a whole. The long-lived storm caused catastrophic damage when it hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi earlier in March, leaving more than 800 people dead and hundreds more unaccounted for. More than two million…
No mountain high enough for the NWU’s Letlhogonolo Mafela
Letlhogonolo Mafela is the epitome of bravery, determination and believing in oneself. He faces every challenge that comes his way head-on, despite being born without arms. Letlhogonolo added another success to his inspiring life story when he received his BCom degree in economics during the North-West University’s (NWU’s) April autumn…
Vra ʼn ekonoom: wat verwag die industrie van my?
As die rol van geld in die wêreld daarbuite jou fassineer, jy ʼn vernuftige probleemoplosser is én ʼn gawe vir analitiese redevoering het, is die kanse redelik goed dat jy vir ʼn BCom-graad in ekonomie ingeskryf is. Indien wel, teken die 16de April 2019 in jou dagboek aan en maak seker jy woon die volgende werkswinkel van die geaffilieerde…
Ask an economist: what does industry require of me?
If you are fascinated by how money makes the world go round, have a flair for problem-solving and a knack for analytic reasoning, chances are that you are enrolled for a BCom degree in economics. If so, diarise the 16th of April 2019 and make sure you attend the next workshop of the student affiliated body, Think Like an Economist (TLE) at the…
And they’re off!
All employees of the North-West University (NWU) have recently been challenged by the University of the Free State (Kovsies) to take part in the 2019 “Healthy4Health” Pedometer Challenge. Some 42 teams, consisting of four members each, have since entered, and now the NWU, Kovsies, Stellenbosch University, and the Universities of Cape Town and…
Faculty of Engineering celebrates exceptional alumni
He is an alumnus of the North-West University (NWU), an entrepreneur and a professional engineer whose expertise and experience are recognised in the international arena of distillation, heat exchange, absorption, gas scrubbing and related process operations. He is the founder and CEO of the company Mass & Heat Transfer Technology Pty Ltd,…
NWU students’ app uncovers the sounds of local artists
South Africa has vast musical talent but all too often, up-and-coming musicians are overshadowed by established artists in the industry. New artists will soon be heard loud and clear if two third-year information technology students from the North-West University (NWU) have their way. Lesego Mogorosi from Mahikeng and Katlego Namate from…
Come and experience racial differences through the eye of technology
The North-West University recently launched an initiative to put racial differences among staff and students under the spotlight and to emphasise the importance of understanding these differences. Organisers of the event feel that confronting race at a South African university involves studying the relationship between race and educational…