NWU is Varsity hockey champion!
Drama, drama and more drama. Thereafter, joy. On Monday night, 20 May 2019, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) women hockey team was crowned Varsity hockey champions after beating Maties 2-1 in an exhilarating game, decided by a penalty shootout. This impressive victory in Stellenbosch will be remembered for years to come. With none of the…
Wêreld loof NWU-student vir voedselsekerheidsoplossing
Die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) het dit weer gedoen! Tydens die wêrelduitstalling vir insentiefreise (World Exhibition for Incentive Travel, IMEX) is die NWU se toewyding tot navorsingsuitnemendheid en maatskaplike geregtigheid herbevestig toe Emilé Coetzee as die wenner van die 2019 Toekomstigeleiers-forum gekroon is. Emilé – ’n honneursstudent…
World applauds NWU student for innovative food security solution
The North-West University (NWU) has done it again! During the World Exhibition for Incentive Travel (IMEX), the NWU’s dedication to research excellence and social justice was reaffirmed when Emilé Coetzee – an honours student within the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences – was crowned as the winner of the 2019 Future Leaders Forum.…
Two NWU researchers in the running for Science Oscars
Researchers from the North-West University (NWU) have done it again. The finalists for the 2018/2019 NSTF-South32 Awards have finally been announced, and this year two esteemed researchers from the NWU have been nominated. The “Science Oscars”, also known as the NSTF-South32 Awards, aim to recognise and applaud researchers and academics that…
NWU duo wins 24-hour hackathon competition
North-West University (NWU) students, Matt Lourens and Dehan Opperman, have proven that they are the cream of the crop when it comes to statistics, programming and mathematics. The duo, who are busy with their master’s degrees in business analytics and data mining respectively, recently came first in the second MiWay 24-hours Actuarial…
NWU’s astrophysicists help unlock secrets of the universe
The high-energy astrophysics group at the Centre for Space Research at the North-West University (NWU) is playing an important role in key science programmes at the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) that will be built in Chile. The final agreements between the CTA Observatory and the European Southern Observatory were signed late last year to…
Students represent NWU at meeting with Nobel Laureates
Few scientific gatherings are as prestigious as the famous annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Two students from the North-West University (NWU) have the honour of being chosen to attend the 2019 event. In the wake of the Second World War, the science community was reunited by the efforts of Count Lennart Bernadotte, grandson of King Gustaf V…
Talentvolle spelers skiet doele om te wen
’n Mens leer lewenslesse deur aan sport deel te neem – lesse soos dissipline, verantwoordelikheid, selfvertroue, aanspreeklikheid en spanwerk. In die geval van hokkiespelers aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark help sport ook om die finansiële las te verlig wat met universiteitstudies gepaardgaan. In ’n onlangse…
Constructive journalism as a tool to build strong societies
Ask any news editor: good news does not sell newspapers. Prof Hans Henrik Knoop, extraordinary professor at the Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, warns about the dangers that the current kind of journalism holds for a democratic society. Prof Knoop, an associate professor at the…
The Faculty of Theology helping imprisoned fathers reach their potential
It took a moment for Dr Fazel Freeks to comprehend what he was hearing. Aghast at first, the images that formed from the convict’s depiction about the deed that lead to his incarceration made him think about his family. Freeks thought of his youngest daughter as he listened to the candid, vivid description about the act this person did to a…
NWU hammers opposition
The saying goes that two heads are better than one, and a strategic sport partnership between the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campuses in Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark bears testament to this. In order to ensure a competitive advantage the two campuses joined forces to share resources and expertise in preparing their hammer throwers…
Three NWU researchers rewarded for outstanding work
Three researchers of the North-West University (NWU) received awards for their work from the South African Academy for Science and Arts. Prof Leonie Stander of the Faculty of Law received the Toon van den Heever prize for law, Prof Tiaan Brink of the Faculty of Health Sciences received the FARMOVS prize for pharmacology and drug development,…
NWU talks state capture
The Album student newspaper on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng recently invited Mr Sikonathi Mantshantsha, the deputy editor of the Financial Mail, to deliver a public lecture titled “State of Capture: A South African story”. The public lecture, which analised the role of journalists in holding the executive accountable…
Faculty of Theology at the centre of the global village
The world is getting smaller and countries are more interconnected than ever before. Those unwilling to reach out will be left behind, but the Faculty of Theology at the North-West University has no intention of letting that happen. The faculty boasts an international reach like few other and this is especially evident when looking at their…
Formalised curiosity at the Faculty of Theology
“Research is formalised curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose,” said the American novelist Zora Neale Hurston. It is a sentiment that rings as true today as it did all those many decades ago. It is also a maxim that the Faculty of Theology at the North-West University (NWU) has embraced with a fervour. The does not merely extol the…
NWU public lecture examines scholarship
On 16 April 2018 the North-West University’s (NWU’s) deputy vice-chancellor for research and innovation, Prof Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya, invited members of the public and media to the fourth public lecture within the NWU Research and Innovation Seminar Series. “The NWU is a great institution with remarkable scientists, and this lecture would be…
NWU PhD student presents exciting research to combat protein energy malnutrition
Adegboyega Taofeek Tope, a PhD student in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences of the North-West University (NWU), received the first prize in two thematic areas for the best oral presentation during the 21st Symposium of the International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows (IARSAF). The symposium took place at the…
NWU academics motivated to find water crisis solutions
For the past few years a number of areas in South Africa have been battling with water crises. The Water Research Commission (WRC) recently visited the North-West University (NWU) as part of their roadshow campaign to address this issue. The aim of the road show was to motivate academics to submit innovative water solution proposals that will…
Mr and Miss NWU Vanderbijlpark: the search is on
If you thought that beauty pageants were just about high fashion and desirability, you have another thing coming. At the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, the annual Mr & Miss NWU Vaal pageant represents a celebration of confidence, charisma and talent. On 11 May 2018 the reigning title holders – the beautiful…