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NWU dietetic students do prevention
Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food. A group of third-year dietetic students from the North-West University (NWU) proved this statement true when they participated in the Dietitians Week initiative. This year’s initiative, aimed at creating awareness around the dietetics profession and the services they provide…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-student-crowned-miss-eco-africa
NWU student crowned Miss Eco Africa
A beauty pageant is defined as a competition that judges its contestants on physical beauty. However, over the past years these pageants have taken a different turn. The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Izelle Van Vuuren set out to proof that there is more to being a pageant queen than just beauty, and her fresh outlook on life can attest to…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-expert-sa%25E2%2580%2599s-growth-prospects-2018
NWU expert: This is SA’s growth prospects for 2018
The most recent statistic son the performance of the South African economy during the first quarter of the year – as reported on by Statistics South Africa – left many economists and policy makers in a state of shock. The actual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate for the first quarter is put at 2,2%, indicating a substantial contraction…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-hosts-another-successful-career-fair
NWU hosts another successful career fair
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng hosted its annual Career Fair on 20 July 2018 at the Campus Student Centre. This year’s well-attended Career Fair, an initiative of the NWU Career Centre, allowed students to engage with prospective employers. This annual event does not only close the gaps between students, employers,…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-academic-attends-international-conference-greece
NWU academic attends an International conference in Greece
Dr Musawenkosi Saurombe, an academic and researcher from the North-West University (NWU), recently attended the Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development Conference from 16 to 20 July 2018 at the Mediterranean College in Athens, Greece. The conference theme was Marketing, Managing and Financing Organisations in…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-noble-boys-are-ready-their-clash-uwc
NWU noble boys are ready for their clash with UWC
Hot on the heels of their win against the University of Western Cape (UWC) at the recent University Sports South Africa (USSA) championship, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) noble boys will seek to fortify their dominance during the kick-off of this year’s Varsity Football tournament. The NWU football team will face UWC at 16:00 on 26 July…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-promotes-awareness-about-gender
NWU promotes awareness about gender
The North-West University (NWU) is hosting a Gender Awareness Week from 2 to 8 August to promote widespread awareness of gender matters in the workplace, society and communities. The week-long event will consist of various workshops seminars, readings, exhibitions and even a music concert. Gender Awareness Week is aimed mainly at the NWU’s…https://news.nwu.ac.za/hundreds-attend-nwu-engineering-career-fair
Hundreds attend NWU Engineering Career Fair
The North-West University’s (NWU) Career Centre and the Faculty of Engineering recently hosted their annual Engineering Career Fair. NWU engineering students came out in their numbers to attend this year’s fair that took place on 19 July 2018 at the Faculty of Engineering on the campus in Potchefstroom. A total of 13 companies and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/cream-crop-network-industry
Cream of the crop network with industry
On 18 July 2018 a handful of the best engineering students from the North-West University (NWU) were selected to attend an exclusive networking event with members from Omnia Holdings, an international chemical manufacturing company. Mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering students who are in their final year of postgraduate studies…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-vice-chancellor-hosts-luncheon-school-principals
NWU vice-chancellor hosts luncheon for school principals
Prof Dan Kgwadi, vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), along with Prof Marilyn Setlalentoa, the deputy vice-chancellor for operations on the campus in Mahikeng, hosted a special lunch for principals from schools in and around the Mahikeng area on 25 July 2018. The aim of the luncheon was to deliberate on challenges and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-noble-boys-pip-uwc-2-1-stunner
NWU noble boys pip UWC in a 2-1 stunner
The North-West University (NWU) Varsity Football team, dubbed the noble boys of the tournament, did not disappoint as they delivered a solid and convincing 2-1 victory to their hopeful challengers, the University of Western Cape (UWC). Determined to cement their status as the best of the two teams, the NWU drew first blood with a devastating…https://news.nwu.ac.za/big-impact-small-bar-soap
The big impact of a small bar of soap
By observing people’s behaviour in public restrooms across South Africa, a leading South African hygiene brand found that – on average – only four out of 10 people wash their hands. And of these, only 65% used soap. Hoping to help people make a clean break with past behaviour, students from the North-West University (NWU) visited the Polokong…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-and-ministerial-delegation-reach-out-community
NWU and ministerial delegation reach out to the community
Prof. Ewert Kleynhans, an academic from the North-West University, and a ministerial delegation recently visited Manthe in Taung as part of a community outreach project. Prof Kleynhans represented the NWU’s School of Economics and Council of the South Academy of Science and Art. The ministerial delegation was headed by Ms Makhotso…https://news.nwu.ac.za/robust-debate-during-4th-annual-nwu-leadership-summit
Robust debate during 4th annual NWU Leadership Summit
Each and every one of us, as active citizens in South Africa, need to speak out about the serious lack of authentic leadership. Having said this, the challenges facing the country – such as unemployment, crime, gender-based inequalities, inadequate infrastructure and issues pertaining to land reform – can only be addressed when leaders are…https://news.nwu.ac.za/af/verandering-noodsaak-innovasie-en-groei-%25E2%2580%2593-prof-linda-du-plessis
Verandering noodsaak innovasie en groei – prof Linda du Plessis
Radikale verandering is aan die orde van die dag. So het prof Linda du Plessis, adjunk-visekanselier van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) verantwoordelik vir institusionele beplanning en Vanderbijlparkkampusbedrywighede, tydens die onlangse NWU Leierskapsberaad in Johannesburg gesê. As een van die hoofsprekers het sy die leierskapslesse…https://news.nwu.ac.za/change-necessitates-innovation-and-growth-%25E2%2580%2593-prof-linda-du-plessis
Change necessitates innovation and growth – Prof Linda du Plessis
Radical change is at the order of the day. This is according to Prof Linda du Plessis, deputy vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU) responsible for institutional planning and operations on its campus in Vanderbijlpark, during the recent NWU Leadership Summit hosted in Johannesburg. As one of the keynote speakers, she shared the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/nwu-bodybuilding-fanatic-keeps-getting-better-and-better
NWU bodybuilding fanatic keeps getting better and better
David Tshose, a third-year Bachelor of Social Sciences in Psychology student at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng and avid bodybuilder, recently added another first place title to his growing rack of trophies. Competing in the men’s category Athletic Physique under 178 cm, David has been selected to form part of the…https://news.nwu.ac.za/phoenix-rises-nwu
Phoenix rises at the NWU
From the ashes of Naledi a Phoenix rises. The North-West University’s (NWU’s) new solar car from the Faculty of Engineering, Phoenix, is fluffing its feathers to spread its wings during the Sasol Solar Challenge that starts on 22 September in Pretoria and ends in Stellenbosch. In 2016 the NWU was the star of the Solar Challenge show and…https://news.nwu.ac.za/public-protector-visits-nwu
Public protector visits NWU
The North-West University (NWU) was the third stop during the public protector’s recent roadshow. Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane met with students and management during her visit to the North West Province. Some of the issues that were raised by management included the proposed new language policy and access to language, gender awareness, student…https://news.nwu.ac.za/moving-after-setbacks-critical-entrepreneurs-says-nwu-alumna