NWU prestige lecture focusses on eMental Health
EMental Health technology can reach many people in need and can connect with people on issues affecting their health. However, this technology needs to be engaging to be of use. This is according to Prof Saskia Kelders, newly-appointed extraordinary professor at the Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s Campus in…
UARM assists conservationists with good governance practice
Birdlife South Africa (BLSA)’s conservation leaders recently participated in a successful risk identification workshop presented by Prof Hermien Zaaiman, associate professor and manager of the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Centre for Applied Risk Management (UARM). BLSA is a donor-funded bird conservation organisation, and has important work…
Budding scientists to rub shoulders with Nobel Laureates
Two exceptional young researchers of the North-West University (NWU) will embark on a life-changing journey to Lindau, Germany where they will be rubbing shoulders with Nobel Laureates. Edith Phalane and Blessing Ahiante from the Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART) are two of only six young scientists in South Africa to attend the…
NWU experts: top eight economic indicators for 2018
Will 2018 be a better year for South Africa’s economy? This is the question on all South Africans’ lips. In an effort to provide answers, Prof Danie Meyer and Caro Janse van Rensburg – academics from the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences – offer the following insight into the principal economic…
Basic education system pivotal to realisation of free higher education
A much welcome result of the #FeesMustFall movement is that over the next three years, the South African government spending framework has made provision for the allocation of R57 billion towards fee-free higher education and training. However – according to Prof Ilyayambwa Mwanawina, associate professor at the North-West University’s (NWU’s)…
Jong karateka mik na goud
Talle karatekas droom daarvan, maar baie min kry ooit die geleentheid om die Land van die Opkomende Son te besoek. Stephen Moeketsi, ’n finalejaar-BEd-student van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), is een van die min gelukkiges wat die tuiste van karate, Japan, gaan besoek. Stephen (25), ’n student op die NWU se kampus in Vanderbijlpark, het…
Young karateka aims for gold
Many karateka dream of it but very few ever have the opportunity to visit the Land of the Rising Sun. Stephen Moeketsi, a final-year BEd student of the North-West University (NWU) is one of the lucky few who gets to visit the home of karate: Japan. Stephan (25), a student at the campus in Vanderbijlpark, recently qualified to represent the…
Natanya baan die weg vir entrepreneursuitnemendheid
Natanya Meyer is op ’n sending: om die weg te baan vir entrepreneurs van oraloor, hetsy dit deur onderrig, navorsing of mentorskap is, of in een van haar eie nuwe ondernemings. As dosent in entrepreneurskap op die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se kampus in Vanderbijlpark glo Natanya dat ’n mens deur jou voorbeeld lei en as sodanig is sy die…
Natanya is blazing a trail of entrepreneurial excellence
Natanya Meyer is on a mission: to break new ground for entrepreneurs all over, be it through education, research, mentoring or progressing one of her own start-up ventures. As a lecturer in entrepreneurship at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark, Natanya believes in leading by example and as such she was the proud…
NWU academic elected as fellow of African Academy of Sciences
Prof Simeon Materechera, an academic and director of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre (IKSC) on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, has been elected to serve as a fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (ASS). The purpose of the AAS, an Africa-wide scientist organisation, is twofold. It firstly serves to honour…
Political analyst talks about SA’s new dawn at NWU public lecture
The student chapter of the Faculty of Humanities on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng recently invited political analyst and governance specialist, Mr Dumisani Hlophe, to give a public lecture. Dumisani’s lecture was titled “Unpacking South Africa’s current political dynamics: What are the implications for the development…
Another extraordinary professor for Optentia
Not many African universities approach the African Union (AU) to ask: “How can we be part of the solution?” This is according to Prof Johnny Strijdom, head of the Division of Social Welfare and Drug Control within the AU and new extraordinary professor at the Optentia research focus area on the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in…
Death of a student: North-West University (NWU)
The university community is saddened by the unfortunate drowning of one our of students yesterday afternoon at about 15:00 on the Potchefstroom Campus. The 34-year old first-year student was at the university pool together with a friend. The incident was not related to any formal student or university activities. According to the friend they…
NWU helps preserve Potchefstroom’s heritage
Walking down the historical oak avenue in Potchefstroom brings about a feeling of calmness and serenity. The first oak trees were planted in 1910, but now, 108 years later, Potchefstroom’s most prized heritage is slowly dying. “The research done by urban ecologists at the North-West University (NWU) shows that the trees are dying due to a…
NWU vice-chancellor engages with academics during walkabout
Prof Dan Kgwadi, vice-chancellor of the North-West University (NWU), visited academic staff members from the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the NWU’s campus in Mahikeng on 16 March 2018. He was accompanied by Prof Fika Van Rensburg, NWU vice-principal and deputy vice-chancellor responsible for operations at the campus in…
NWU alumna appointed UCT vice-chancellor
Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng, an alumna of the North-West University (NWU), has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT). Prof Phakeng obtained a BSc degree from the former University of Bophuthatswana (now the NWU) in 1987, where she was the only female student in her final-year mathematics class. She went…
NWU Stakeholder Relations reaches out to staff alumni members
The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Stakeholder Relations department hosted an event for staff members who are alumni on the campus in Mahikeng on 16 March 2018. According to Mr Warren Makgowe, director of the department, the aim of the event was to update staff who are alumni and members of the Convocation on events that will take place this…
NWU SCC member scores big at Faculty of Law awards
Leo Maphosa, a member of the Student Campus Council (SCC) and third-year law student at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Mahikeng, scored big at the Faculty of Law Prestige awards. This event took place on 16 March 2018 at the Sanlam Auditorium on the campus in Potchefstroom. Leo, who is the academic affairs officer of the SCC,…
NWU alumnus earns key diplomatic posting to Nigeria
Mr Bobby Moroe, an alumnus of the North-West University (NWU), is clearly rising up the “diplomatic ladder” and was appointed to serve for four years as South Africa’s deputy high commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria in December 2017. Bobby will also serve as acting high commissioner until a permanent appointment is made. It was…